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100ft Robot Golf is fun to play, but it’s not all due to the core gameplay — the announcers add a ton of personality.
As a concept, Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live: 1st Stage is a solid buy.
Harmonia is a bite-sized taste of what VisualArts can do with the visual novel genre.
Batman: Arkham VR doesn’t do as much as prior Arkham games — but what it does is done exceptionally well.
Despite the goodwill that Coatsink may have gathered with the release of Gang Beasts, Shu is still likely to have a hard time making itself heard not only among its own genre, but among games in general, considering the crowded time period it has been released in.
For a game with a limited concept, Headmaster does succeed nicely. It sets out to do two things — providing a soccer-style game that shows VR can work with sports-themed games and throw that concept a curveball with some dark comedy. It succeeds at doing very little, and while that may sound like we’re damning it with faint praise, it really is a lot of fun to play. It’s probably the best party-style game of the launch lineup and something that any potential VR owner with a large circle of friends will want to pick up.
Even with this issue, it only slightly dampens the experience because Princess Maker 2 Refine is just that good. The simulation gameplay is utterly engrossing as you work to help your daughter down a wide variety of paths.
Gurumin not only offers a great challenge, but makes players want to go back and find every last hidden secret and collectible.
Putting aside the technical complaints, Shadow Warrior 2 is legitimately one of the best shooters of 2016 thus far.
Whether or not Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls is a recommendation comes down to the individual. Players who can’t get enough of the series are probably only reading this to reinforce a purchase decision that was already made. They can rest assured knowing that this is a worthy entry in the series, giving an enormous dose of the quirk and charm that earned the series its place.
Final Approach, in its original and Pilot’s Edition incarnation, is one of those surprises that sounds silly on paper but works extremely well in practice.
With other toys-to-life franchises seemingly folding by the day, it’s amazing that Skylanders has managed to stay not only wildly successful, but also so fresh and entertaining year after year.
If you were trying to convince your past self as to why FMV games would have a miniature comeback, The Bunker probably wouldn’t be the best example to use.
Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky mends Metroidvania style platforming and exploring with a traditional JRPG with turn-based battles to surprisingly good effect.
Outside of a sub-par soundtrack, Mantis Burn Racing is the finest overhead racer in years.
Were one to be completely honest, the gameplay found in The Silver Case would garner it a middling score.
Butcher is not an innovative title by any means, but that is also kind of the point.
While not without some issues, Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour is absolutely a worthwhile release of an absolute classic.
By the end of Thumper, the speed is insane, the music wild and oppressive, and the feeling of just barely holding on to a beast that wants to send you flying so it can gnaw your bones is disturbingly strong.
It wouldn't be surprising for Mafia III to emerge as the AAA game with the best story of 2016 as Lincoln Clay's revenge tale, and its wonderful documentary-style presentation, are engrossing from beginning to end, with a host of unique characters that make New Bordeaux feel unlike anywhere else in video games.