Alien: Isolation finally delivers the Alien experience fans have been waiting for.
What we have here is the first, full-on, legitimate mystery game for the current generation.
Treating this game as a single player campaign—while technically feasible—is the weakest aspect of the game.
It may not be a great rhythm/JRPG, but it's a solid FF rhythm game, and for fans, that's probably enough.
The Sims 4 will be worth it. Right now, it's too hamstrung by EA's need to make those expansions worthwhile to be a solid standalone title.
For $14.99, First Light packs in an impressive amount of entertainment for its asking price.
It's one the more unusual, charming and relaxing indie efforts available on a consoles today.
If you're a former Wii or Xbox 360 owner that missed out on this title last year, it is, absolutely, an essential purchase.
What's on show here is still a unique—and occasionally maddening—puzzle platforming game with a sense of identity unlike anything else on the market
This is another one of those games that's going to have a severe, divisive reaction among the gamers of 2014, depending on how old you are.
Ubisoft Montpellier made a decision to not make the player feel powerful, to instead make them afraid of the war.
Ronan is dead, has become a ghost, and it's now his "unfinished business" to find his killer before he can move on..
Watch Dogs is here and it's good but not great.
There are some solid mechanics here that are marred by some significant issues, preventing the game from becoming a classic.
In the end, the entertainment value of Octodad rests on one all-important factor; what kind of sense of humor you, as a player, have. If you can laugh at the absurdity of game mechanics, then this game will be silly, goofy fun and well worth the $15. If, on the other hand, you get mad at any design failing that impedes your ability to win, this game will simply bore you at best, enrage you and make you put your foot through your TV at worst.
It's easy to play, but demands real skill at higher levels.
Simply put, there is no better looking MMO currently available on consoles
Yes, it's shades of Gundam/Macross, but it's also something so rarely done in a game—let alone done right—that this anime cliché still feels fresh here.
Dynasty Warriors 8 made some improvements to the series, which make it play better than its predecessors, but it's still not quite the accessible, mainstream hit of titles like The Last of Us or Bioshock.
nfamous has clearly been taking lessons from that surprise super-hero game of 2013, Saints Row 4.