The game bears some new features in its console incarnation, the most noticeable being a “dynamic” difficulty setting, resulting in a faster flow of play and more aggressive enemy AI.
Trust me, nobody really wants to revisit such “memorable” avatars as Goose, Lark, and Robin.
The efforts of the player don’t always sync up with the rewards that the game itself produces.
Steeped in history but not bogged down by it, Ōkamiden is a grandiose adventure that also manages to remain chipper and airy.
Even the most graphically snobbish would concede that de Blob 2 is a candy-colored treat for the eyes, made even more so on an HD display.
LittleBigPlanet 2’s visuals with beautifully rendered environments and enhanced liquid and particle effects
Fluidity offers a mostly solid WiiWare puzzler with some satisfying moments and an overall pleasantry in its execution.
When a video game can genuinely delight, you know that it’s doing the right thing.
In terms of presentation, Other M stuns with its high-caliber visuals and sound design.
What surprised me during my play-through wasn’t the stellar depth of the gameplay (which I was expecting), but rather the breadth of it.
Each objective in each galaxy is just long enough to keep things fresh without feeling monotonous.
Surgery, the mainstay of the series, is again present as one of the six arms of play and is, for better or worse, intact almost exactly as before.
Gamers looking for an engaging story or politically charged setting need to keep right on drivin’.
The game’s climactic set-piece battles are as tense and exciting as any other action game to date.