Reviews

As usual, last year’s entry in this long-running baseball series was a disappointment, especially when compared to the PS3-exclusive The Show. With their exclusivity deal ending this year, can Take Two finally give people a compelling game?

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Attempting to breathe new life into shoot-‘em-ups, Sine Mora, co-developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality, blends old-school gameplay with some mechanics never before seen in the genre. Although it might not be enough to entice those unfamiliar with the genre, Sine Mora has plenty to offer those who already have plenty of experience. READ MORE

With fighting games riding the current wave of popularity, a dream match game seemed inevitable. In that respect, Street Fighter X Tekken seems like a no-brainer. Two top-selling franchises squaring off together is the stuff fan fiction is made for, right? But the series play completely differently, so how did the minds at Capcom reconcile the two? READ MORE

The tower defense genre is a difficult one to enter. If you change it up too much, you’re not really creating tower defense, and if you leave it the same, people will decry it for being just like the tower defense games they’ve already paid for and played. Defenders of Ardania, however, manages to still feel like tower defense, even if the combination of all of the added elements means that none can really take center stage. READ MORE

Occasionally, I see a game and I wonder why it even exists in the first place. Very rarely do I ever get to play the game in question. One of those games would be Hungry Giraffe. While it’s not a terrible game by any stretch, it’s definitely quirky. READ MORE