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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

A short but intense single player campaign and overrated multiplayer make up CoD 4.

Call of Duty 4 attempts to take the famous WW2 series Call of Duty into modern times, and for the most part it succeeds. Infinity Ward has created a FPS that feels like your average shooter, only sped up. Your main chara... Read Full Review

Devil May Cry 4

Great cutscenes and cool bosses salvage an otherwise disappointing game.

I had never played a DMC game before DMC4, but I had always heard great things about them. When DMC4 was first announced for the 360, buying it was a no brainer for me. Unfortunately, the gameplay and graphics couldn't h... Read Full Review

F.E.A.R.

FEAR offers just enough scary parts to keep you on the edge of your seat even when you're not engaged in a firefight.

At its heart FEAR is a shooter, not a horror game. Don't get me wrong; the game has enough scary parts to make the unprepared gamer squirm, but the real meat and potatoes of FEAR is its fantastic firefights. The enemies ... Read Full Review

Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed is breathless fun and innovative, even if it doesn't always work quite right.

Assassin's Creed was Ubisoft's big attempt at raking in gamer's hard earned money, and it actually turned out to be a big success. (It can often be found for $40 on sale now; check Amazon.com or Best Buy.) Unlike certain... Read Full Review

Panzer Dragoon Orta (Platinum Collection)

Now that Panzer Dragoon Orta is backwards compatible on the 360, hopefully more people will be able to experience it.

Panzer Dragoon Orta is one of the rare games that I was charmed by almost as soon as I put in the disc. The first thing I noticed was probably the excellent graphics, which are absolutely top notch for an Xbox game. Orta... Read Full Review

The Godfather: Blackhand Edition

This difinitive version of the Godfather delivers hours of fun gameplay.

Gameplay: 8/10: The Godfather BHE has the best gameplay of the numerous versions. The motion controls make The Godfather feel truly intuitive and fresh, even if the game itself is around a year old now. The previous vers... Read Full Review

No More Heroes

You can keep your heroes.

Warning: No More Heroes may contain content that is innapropriate for everyone. Blood will flow. Strange sexual references will be made. Human limbs will littler the ground. It's pure, outrageous genious. The stor... Read Full Review

Yoshi's Island DS

Yoshi's Island DS is a worthy sequel to the original, but it's still not quite as good.

Yoshi's Island was a great game no matter what system it was played on. Yoshi's unique abilities and the charming graphics and sound effects, along with large and interesting levels, were enough to propel the game over a... Read Full Review

inFamous 2

Being Bad Feels Pretty Good

When Sucker Punch released the first Infamous, I was torn. On the one hand, the combat and traversal felt great, and the story was intriguing. On the other hand, Cole's animations looked awkward, the characters were anno... Read Full Review

Dead Space 2

A Horror Game Minus The Horror

Dead Space 2 is not a horror game. Sure, the enemies are gooey and gross, the lighting is dim, and the ammo is scarce. But Silent Hill 2 (or even the first Dead Space) this is not. In EA and Visceral's sequel, jump scare... Read Full Review

SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs

Gray And Brown

It's been over five years since the last numbered SOCOM game, and the industry has evolved and shifted in untold ways since then. What may have been considered cutting edge in 2005 is now dated and generic. With that in ... Read Full Review

Duke Nukem Forever

Small Victories

Duke Nukem Forever is a real product that can be purchased from store shelves. In a way, that seems like enough of a victory for the troubled shooter. The sad, but perhaps inevitable reality is that existence is one of t... Read Full Review

Swing Golf Pangya

Super Swing makes golf fun.

Up until the Wii came out, I hated golf games. In fact, I hated pretty much every type of sports game. I'd never touch them. But Wii Sports changed my preception of sports games, and to this day I'm fiercely addicted to ... Read Full Review

Mass Effect

A stunning game that nonetheless could have used a bit more polish

Mass Effect is a big game. It seems that everything Bioware did with Mass Effect, it did so in a epic manner. The story spans entire galaxies, side quests are numerous and interesting, weapons and armor are plentiful, an... Read Full Review

Omega Five

How much do you value your ten dollars?

Omega Five is a sidescrolling shooter with great graphics from the creators of the Harvest Moon games. While shooting might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Natsume, they actually prove themsel... Read Full Review

BioShock

"Bioshock is a success... because it teaches us that games can be just as mature and emotional as movies."

Bioshock is so good that sometimes, as I play, I start to search for little flaws in the game. "How can a game be this gripping with so few evident flaws?" I ask myself. Well, the amazing part about Bioshock is that even... Read Full Review

Homefront

Can't Go Home

When it comes to shooters, I'd consider myself to be pretty jaded. With the market as saturated as it is, a game really has to work to stand out in my eyes. Consider it a testament to the strength of Homefront's premise,... Read Full Review

LittleBigPlanet 2

Did Littlebigplanet Need A Sequel?

From the moment it was announced, Sony's DIY-platformer Littlebigplanet was a shining beacon of hope for the games industry. In a market all too devoid of new and interesting ideas, LBP was one of the rare games that loo... Read Full Review

Chou Jigen Game Neptune

My Friend Moe

NIS games always tend to remind me of bygone eras in gaming. Their games on the PS2, like Ar Tonelico and Disgaea, for example, bring to mind the Super Nintendo. Hyperdimension Neptunia, in turn, reminds me of the PS2 an... Read Full Review

Project Gotham Racing 3

PGR 3 is a great bu, especially now that you can get it so cheap.

Gameplay: PGR 3's racing controls are basically the standard racing controls on all or most 360 driving games by now, but i can't complain because they work very well. The RT is used to accelerate and the LT is used to b... Read Full Review

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

Revenant Wings is the DS's premeire strategy game.

Take a glance at my profile's recent reviews and you'd think that I had stopped using my DS. There was a serious lack of great games on the DS this year, but Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings goes a good way towards fill... Read Full Review

Dead or Alive Xtreme 2

Why is this game so addictive?

Here goes nothing. I got DOAX2 based on the following logic: I enjoy softcore pornography and I enjoy video games. Therefore, a video game that is more or less about softcore porn should be alright in my book. But afte... Read Full Review

Noby Noby Boy

I just don't know.

I have no idea what's going on. Now I'm not trying to be cute or funny here; I really don't understand what is happening in front of me. Noby Noby Boy is a game with no real goals, no real characters, and no real pur... Read Full Review

flower

Flower is the best game to hit the PSN yet, and a huge breath of fresh air.

It really is startling to see how closely video games and simulated killing have become interwoven. Even child-friendly characters such as Mario are little more than pastel colored turtle squashers deep down. It is for t... Read Full Review

Lumines Supernova

Supernova improves on a solid formula in a number of ways, even as it takes a few small steps back.

Lumines Supernova is the latest in the trippy puzzle series, and the first to premiere on the PS3. As someone who owned and played the hell out of Lumines Live! for the 360, it is clear to me that Q Entertainment has lis... Read Full Review

Medal of Honor Heroes 2

It's strange how fresh Wii controls can make the same old game feel.

Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 for the Wii is not an innovative game. It does not introduce a single concept that has not been explored before in at least one other game on the Wii, so if you're expecting the evolution of the ... Read Full Review

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

lost planet would be more enjoyable if some kinks in the single player mode had been ironed out, but it's still good

lost planet's single player mode is, to me at least, very challenging. i have owned many shooters in the past, such as gears of war, metal arms: a glitch in the system and far cry predator to name just a few, but never h... Read Full Review

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Let's forget this ever happened.

I want to enjoy my time with The Force Unleashed, I really do, but Lucasarts clearly had other plans. Every time I play through a legitimately fun section of the game, I am foolishly lured into thinking, for the umpteent... Read Full Review

Costume Quest

A brief but charming quest

Costume Quest is the ultimate childhood fantasy. The ideas of monsters being real and people transforming into vicious creatures are ones that most of us have probably entertained as children, and thanks to Double Fine ... Read Full Review

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Kratosvania

Way back in the day, Castlevania was a linear game. It's important to remember that while playing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, because this is the most linear game the series has seen in years. Many fans of the series m... Read Full Review

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

An engrossing but flawed odyssey

In the war zone that is the autumn 2010 video game market, it's easy to overlook a game like Enslaved. This is a shame, because although flawed, the game is also quite unique. Backed by minimal marketing and releasing am... Read Full Review

Dead Rising 2

Love it or hate it

Dead Rising 2 may be destined to go down as one of the most divisive games of this console generation. On the surface, the game is a silly zombie-slaughtering romp through a teeming adult playground. Look under the invit... Read Full Review

Halo: Reach

Will you remember Reach?

It has been a decade since the release of Halo: Combat Evolved, and still I think of it as one of the greatest first person shooters of all time. A true masterpiece of console gaming, Halo innovated the genre with regene... Read Full Review

Vanquish

Like a ballet, only with more exit wounds

Thanks to games like Heavy Rain and Mass Effect 2, interactive storytelling has taken some big steps forward in 2010. Indeed, it seems that many developers have recently been putting a great amount of effort into immer... Read Full Review

Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia's acrobatics and ambiance make it worth playing, but it overstays its welcome.

I have to admit that I didn't expect much out of Prince of Persia before the game was released. However, after surprisingly positive reviews and a sale at my local game store, I decided to give it a shot. After taking in... Read Full Review

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

A Great Game For Fans And Newcomers Alike

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is not only the latest in Square-Enix's fan favorite series, but one of the greatest as well. For fans who may have worried that the series PSP debut might be relegated to spin-off status l... Read Full Review