By Brett Todd
Posted Feb 3, 2009 6:09 pm PT
An obtuse interface makes MLB Front Office Manager bewildering even to baseball-sim veterans.
Sports management simulations have finally hit the big time. After years of indie obscurity, at least in North America, the genre has finally been hauled into the mainstream by EA Sports and 2K Sports. But [...]
By Kevin VanOrd
Posted Jan 13, 2009 11:20 am PT
Mirror’s Edge offers occasional thrills, provided that you can look past some awkward stumbles.
Like its heroine, Faith, Mirror’s Edge tries to hurdle some significant obstacles, but unlike Faith, it can’t always make the leap. No doubt, this fascinating action platformer possesses its share of innovations, from [...]
By Brett Todd
Posted Nov 19, 2008 6:24 pm PT
Although Sacred 2: Fallen Angel doesn’t break any new ground, it does impressive work freshening up an old formula.
Hack. Slash. Grab loot. Repeat. That formula is followed to a tee in Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, another action-first RPG you can toss onto the pile atop Diablo, [...]
By Brett Todd
Posted Nov 10, 2008 6:16 pm PT
Dark Horizon is an improvement on its Tarr Chronicles predecessor, but that isn’t saying much.
Has somebody airlifted a battalion of English teachers to Russia? It sure seems as though somebody at Moscow’s Quazar Studios has been taking English lessons, because Dark Horizon is considerably less laughable [...]
By Kevin VanOrd
Posted Oct 31, 2008 5:54 pm PT
A lazy porting job hinders Bully’s classic classroom hijinks.
PC game enthusiasts know they’re in trouble when a game’s menus require keyboard input rather than allow you a mouse pointer. That’s the first indication, but hardly the last, that this version of Rockstar Games’ boisterous look at [...]
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 Chris Watters
Posted Aug 11, 2008 11:17 am PT
Strong Bad and Co. venture into new territory and find themselves out of their element.
Over the past two years, Sam & Max has shown that short, humorous games can be commercially viable when released as a series of episodes. Continuing this trend, the webcomic Penny [...]
By Kevin VanOrd
Posted Aug 1, 2008 5:47 pm PT
This online RPG offers some witty humor and short-lived fun, but you’ll be ready to move on after a scant few hours.
Fantasy is so cliche. At least, that’s what the developer of Dungeon Runners would have us believe. In this online role-playing game, genre standards [...]
