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This Is the Police 2 never contemplates police brutality, wrongful arrests, or anything whatsoever about race.
At least one aspect of the gameplay inadvertently confirms the feeling that Blazkowicz is just a shell of a person.
There’s little to love about Darksiders III, even for longtime fans.
Black Mirror often alludes to the Gothic classics that inspired it, to stories full of disturbing, evil forces that threaten to overtake their characters, but the only unsettling thing about it is a glut of technical issues.
Without a way to fail, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles just soldiers on like its fishing minigame.
Driven to Win's Takedown mode feels like exploitation, the video-game equivalent of tying fireworks to G.I. Joes.
The game's politics have negligible emotional impact due to contrived voice acting and obtrusive loading screens.
The game is beautiful to look at from a distance but disappointing up close and ultimately functionless.
Gravity Rush 2 should be a sleek and swift experience, but it feels like a local train stuck in traffic.
The dialogue, mere filler between bouts, is more entertaining than the combat that’s meant to be the game’s focus.
Ironically, the game grinds to a halt whenever it indulges in callbacks to the Legend of the Zelda brand.
The game's twist is costly, as it leaves nothing else for players to discover in the nuance-less second act.
Robomodo's Activision-mandated update most often challenges players, strangely, not to score big, but stupidly.
Imagine a roller coaster that stops for maintenance every 30 feet and doesn't allow you to exit, even after you've already been around the track a few dozen times.
Players who manage to get past the technical issues will find themselves saddled with a generic, emotionless game.
Worst of all, unlocking the new monsters involves trekking through the tedious campaign over and over again, grinding for experience.
A game world that feels like a real place isn't necessarily the end all be all, but in this game's case, it helps you feel welcome.
As flawed as Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is, its video-game counterpart is even more of a disappointment.
GTA may be more graphic, but I'd rather have kids play in that fully realized world, with the wealth of side-missions, beautiful views, and more authentic vehicles, than in this dumbed-down cartoon catastrophe.
The game is our best example that we can play a movie. The fact that the movie in question is a leaden, unimaginative waste is almost incidental.