Matt Paprocki's Reviews
Bernie Sanders could use Assassin's Creed Syndicate's tale of greed and capitalist abuse at campaign rallies. It's too routine after a dozen games.
Uncharted's flubs are many, but the series is keen on narrative and character - enough to see it through three games.
A proud legacy follows Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, a legacy which is pushed through walls, caught in geometry, and smothered by inexcusable anti-consumer nonsense.
Forza continues to be part of Microsoft's dwindling core of exclusives and while fun, it's beginning to lose its grip as sequels blend together.
Mad Max is bloated, full of busy work, and keeps women locked in chains. Fury Road this is not.
Madden 16 is what the NFL wants to believe its league is: Clean, friendly, and inspirational. It's not.
If Until Dawn were the movie it was trying to be, it's Rotten Tomatoes score would be single digits.
UbiSoft thinks it's okay to plaster paid DLC characters on the box art, which sums up what happened to the otherwise great Toy Soldiers series.
Rare Replay is a compilation with selective eye sight, but portrays the studio for what they did best: Character.
The sky hates you. Plants hate you. Saws hate you. And evolution? It's trying to eliminate your fluffy, winged existence as a species, and yet, it's quite enjoyable.
Lego Jurassic World is as expected: Legos, dinosaurs, and puzzles. But, the formula is too familiar and needs more chaos theory.
Schrodinger's Cat is a bit of a bomb. Lively and exuberant about quantum theories as it can be, there is a lack of sustained momentum.
Splatoon offers little, and yet the melding of color, punk rock, and nostalgia create a winner.
Project Cars is infatuated and enamored by cars, but only cars, not the modes or features to make them interesting.
Project Root is an enthusiastic first attempt at a top down, twin stick from developer OPQAM, but it is a game caught in a trap of its own design.
Axiom Verge is familiar, homely, and far too simple, but those turn out to be its greatest qualities. This homage to 2D adventures is smartly and carefully done.
MLB 15: The Show's level of perfectionism is obsessive, making it a necessary pairing for baseball traditionalists.
Rack N Ruin is lost and confused in its own design, a helpless blending of top down adventures and retro shooters without any guidance to speak of.
Battlefield takes on the police state scenario embedded into modern politics and does nothing with it short of making itself appear restless.
It's adorable, charming, and totally Kirby except for the pesky controls. And gameplay. And Game Pad.So no, it's not that good.