Some things never change.
Capcom, via system downsizing, has managed to recapture the dark magic that made past console entries so pictorially triumphant.
Be it that the polestar of FFXIII-2 is time travel, developing an endlessly interesting, easy to adapt manner of date-skipping was something that Square Enix had to nail down on all points
Its implicit ability to be at once categorically preposterous and occasionally brilliant has become Archer’s calling card.
The theme of bloodlines newly woven and long-kindred continues to run through Justified like an un-damable river.
I knew the game was something special early on when I hoisted the Goddess Sword from its formerly eternal resting place and raised my Wiimote aerially to signify that I was its rightful master.
Return to Dreamland harbors a serenely gratifying mixture of antique charm and modern flare.
Three-on-three, elimination-style combat is the name of the game in KoF XIII, and the overall flow of each duel isn’t as frantic or, let’s face it, luck-based as UMvC3 or something like a version of BlazBlue.
For the most part the environments appear crisp and detailed, but as the game progressed I found myself yearning for a stylistic realism that these courses wholeheartedly lack.
Ultimate Tenkaichi’s two primary ways to log in playtime are its Story Mode and Hero Mode, both of which are plainly barebones and mishandled.
If there’s a reason to buy MW3, series devotee or not, it’s for its expansive multiplayer scenarios that offer hours upon hours of entrancing, customizable combat.
The game doesn’t quite raise the bar, but it unquestionably polishes it to a glowing gleam.
Tumble Bee is mostly sweet without being cloying, its songs antiquated without feeling outdated.
The show is at its most watchable not when it’s tackling some hot-button issue via the guise of a Greendale Community College campus event.
The show seems to exist only to answer the question, “How many unfunny, soulless assholes can be crammed into a half-hour cartoon?”
Grimm borrows liberally from its spiritual predecessor, co-creator David Greenblatt’s Angel, to the point of derivativeness..
While it might not spawn any fresh Poke disciples, Rumble Blast delights often enough to appease the acquainted.
The show’s long-term success rests in the hands of at least one anchoring character with which the audience can relate to.
Assault Horizon’s gameplay is initially relatively intriguing; its pacing is generally more frenetic than past titles, giving the cloud-borne battles an authentic feeling of palpable urgency.
The album lives or dies by whether it holds true to its mellow, thoroughly evocative format.