By Carolyn Petit
Posted Aug 27, 2008 5:39 pm PT
An improved control scheme and online campaign support aren’t enough to save Monster Madness from mediocrity.
Released last year for the PC and Xbox 360, Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia tried to dress up the fun of classic top-down arcade games such as Gauntlet in the [...]
By Lark Anderson
Posted Aug 26, 2008 6:55 pm PT
Pure, unadulterated fan service for the Nippon Ichi faithful and strategy RPG enthusiasts, though outsiders may find it incomprehensible.
The Disgaea series has long been a bastion of excellence in the realm of strategy role-playing games, and though Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice is no exception, it’s [...]
By Aaron Thomas
Posted Aug 26, 2008 6:57 pm PT
Friendlier controls and a host of other improvements make Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 great.
Tiger Woods 08’s touchy controls, iffy online play, and a general lack of new content made for one disappointing game. But just as Tiger didn’t let torn ligaments and a broken leg [...]
By Kevin VanOrd
Posted Jan 7, 2009 6:27 pm PT
Explore Khazad-Dum online in this excellent, narrative-driven expansion pack.
When you first enter Moria, the famous dwarven depths, an imposing stairway of 1,001 rocky steps greets you. It’s an indelible moment for Tolkien fans, but more importantly, it sets the stage for this curiously murky, moody expansion pack [...]
By Brett Todd
Posted Aug 29, 2008 5:25 pm PT
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon is dreary and dated.
Dracula again? Vampire fatigue is a legitimate feeling that you might encounter when ripping open the shrink-wrap of Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon, given that it seems like Bram Stoker’s infamous creature of [...]
By Brett Todd
Posted Aug 29, 2008 5:28 pm PT
Shattered Suns wastes its promise with terrible presentation values and poor implementation of its 3D combat system.
Fully 3D real-time strategy games set in space are a rare breed. Adding the third dimension seems to scare off both developers and gamers, so many games simply ignore [...]
By Jon Miller
Posted Aug 26, 2008 6:30 pm PT
Saving the human race shouldn’t be so tedious.
The idea was a good one: Take an established action RPG dungeon-crawler formula, infuse it with a multilayered story, and set it in space. Include multiple player paths that raise important philosophical questions–specifically, How much is your [...]
By Kevin VanOrd
Posted Dec 2, 2008 5:49 pm PT
Prince of Persia’s shimmering veneer and joyous platforming will cast a spell on you.
In many modern games, you rain death upon your enemies; how refreshing, then, that your main task in Prince of Persia is to breathe life into a darkening world. That doesn’t mean that the [...]
