Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

Great fun, beautiful, but little longevity

A beautiful, creative addition to the Sid Meier genre, but clearly incomplete. I immersed myself in it completely over the last month and just recently completed the last of the 64 achievements. It will take the upcom... Read Full Review

Dead Island: Riptide

Dragon Age II

Classic case of the sequel falling far short of its predecessor. Bioware misjudged why the first game was so popular.

The original Dragon Age did one thing really well that no other RPG has been able to do: it made me care about the characters and the storyline and take my focus off leveling, equipment, and a high score. It did this i... Read Full Review

Dead Island: Riptide

A step down from the original.

As a huge fan of Dead Island, Riptide gave me my money's worth, but only barely. What I especially loved about the original is the sense that I really was enduring the zombie apocalypse. Screams trailing away from an i... Read Full Review

Diablo III

Visually stunning, immaculately constructed, but ultimately disappointing.

Look, you're going to get your money's worth out of this one. No need to fear that with a Blizzard game. There were some initial problems with disconnects from the server, but those are becoming more and more infrequen... Read Full Review

Dead Island

Mostly mindless zombie fun - great replay value.

First of all, I should stipulate that this is my first zombie game, and I was thrilled with it. I've heard others complain that it was nothing new and faulted it when compared to other games of the genre. I don't know ... Read Full Review