Kotaku's Reviews
Enjoyable enough to make up for its manifold flaws, but technical issues hold it back.
It's a fun multiplayer take on star Wars despite repetition and a small number of locations.
It's a massive game that combines Mad Max with retro-futuristic America.
Both the campaign and multiplayer are as great as they've ever been.
The campaign is great. The multiplayer is good. The zombie mode is lovely.
Rise of the Tomb Raider feels like a confident improvement on its predecessor, giving players more tombs, better crafting and increased options for stealth.
Wonderful characters, ample secrets, tons of replayability. Boss fights can be tedious. A subversive spin on role-playing games that's packed with heart and humor.
The campaign isn't the greatest, but multiplayer manages to succeed in the way it always has, with the addition of a fun and inventive new mode.
The newest Zelda can be a lot of fun under the right conditions, but it's more frustrating than not.
The best entry in years for a series that had seen some high-profile misfires. The Batman-ish ropeline is a terrific addition to the series of games best played from the rooftops. Too many missions feel like a to-do list, rather than an opportunity for player creativity.
A Guitar Hero game that finally lives up to the name, plus playable MTV. Amazingly immersive experience, excellent new guitar. Music television reborn and made interactive. Short single-player campaign with no hope for more. Singing requires guitar accompaniment.
An unspectacular sidescroller that squanders its core idea.
A deep, absorbing prison sim that won't teach you anything about mass incarceration in America. Enough interlocking systems to keep your mind off the systemic inequities in our actual prison system. The campaign can be boring and the tutorials are inadequate. Escape mode is disappointing.
Outstanding combat. Plenty of familiar faces and foices. Camera has issues. Repetitive environments are repetitive. The game ends. The cloest gaming has come to a playable Generation One Transformers cartoon.
It's Rock Band for a new generation (of consoles). Same great taste as the previous games. Tour mode is the best single player experience in the series. Relatively bare bones compared to previous release. Initial song list too small to support tour mode.
Get to know your friends from Persona 4 even more intimately, and maybe dance along.
Refines and improves the things that made Destiny great while fixing things we didn't realize were broken.
Finally, a toys-to-life game with real toys and not glorified statues.
Laserlife is a feast for the eyes, ears and reflexes.
If sweating profusely and screaming into the void is your idea of fun, SOMA absolutely delivers.