Alex Donaldson's Reviews
Smooth performance makes all the difference for this game, exposing its true brilliance.
This Zelda spin-off is successful when you can get three players together, but feels much more empty solo.
A strong improvement over its predecessors, small issues aren't enough to hold this title back.
Technical hiccups aren't enough to diminish the value of this sizable package.
You'll still really feel this game, but it's been visually diminished.
Dragon Age finds an exciting new direction with its largest-scale entry to date.
A trip to the moon offers some decent new ideas, but also is clearly a stop-gap release.
It's a smart simulation game with some really great use of modern horsepower atop the basic trappings of older games in a genre that sadly isn't as active as it likely deserves to be. Just keep in mind you'll need to go in with plenty of patience and a willingness to search outside the game if something obscure trips you up. If you can get past that, and you like a bit of simulation, you're going to have a lot of fun.
While not quite able to beat the PC, this is by far the definitive console dungeon crawler.
Sacred edges away from the RPG, but sadly in doing so edges away from fun also.
The fact that it has incredible value with a very modest price tag only helps that fact. How they improve on this is something I'm excited to see.
Bethesda's big budget, massively multiplayer trip to Tamriel has some great ideas, but struggles with execution in places.
Obsidian nail South Park with one of the most faithful license adaptations ever - and make a cracking RPG to boot.
If you put the lack of missions aside as a consequence of the budget price tag, Banished is still a flawed game. There's brilliant concepts and a core that shines, but a troublesome interface and a general lack of breadth of content is clearly an issue. With all that noted, there's still something strangely and subversively compelling about it in the end. Knowing and feeling all I do, I still want to go back and play some more - and that is likely telling.
Ultimately, it has left me hungry for more - which is probably a testament to how potent a formula this is.