Dave Rudden
It's super-fun to swing around New York City in The Amazing Spider-Man 2! Everything else, on the other hand...
There are a few notable characters and story beats in Murdered: Soul Suspect, but they're completely overshadowed by unremarkable gameplay and shoddy production values.
EA Sports UFC boasts incredibly detailed fighters and great combat. However, this debut effort from a new publisher lacks the single-player balance and the variety of modes that previous UFC games brought to the ring.
A good Transformers game has good transforming and good robot-blasting. Rise of the Dark Spark has neither.
It's fun to fight in Risen 3: Titan Lords, but other important elements of the experience fall far short of acceptable.
Minimum's style is surprisingly engaging, but the imbalanced combat will have you swinging swords or flinging s-words.
Gauntlet pays faithful homage to the '85 original, but doesn't bring the replay value expected in the post-coin-op era.
Costume Quest 2 improves on the first's combat and funny campaign, but the health and navigation systems need a revamp.
WWE 2K15 looks better and hits harder on new-gen, but some key omissions keep it from reaching the main-event.
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is an excellent action-puzzler adventure, whether you play solo or co-op.