Five Reasons Mass Effect 3 Will Beat Mass Effect 2
Posted by Game Spot on Feb 02, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Mass Effect 3 will be a renegade punch in the neck of its predecessor. Here’s why.
If you’ve been paying attention to Mass Effect 3, you’ll be au fait with a handful of headline features. The new cooperative multiplayer. Kinect voice commands. Freddie Prinze Jr.
You’ll know this is the third and final act in a galaxy-wide fight for survival. The implacable Reapers are preparing to purge the Milky Way of organic life, for real this time, setting the stage for an...
SoulCalibur V Review
Posted by Game Spot on Jan 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment
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Let the Rhythm Take You to Heaven
Posted by Game Spot on Jan 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Rhythm Heaven Fever looks to end the Wii’s life cycle on a high note.
The popular handheld series Rhythm Heaven is finally making its debut on the Wii, and rather than requiring you to use motion controls to complete minigames, the new entry goes back to basics, incorporating properly timed button presses as its main mechanic.
For the unfamiliar, the Rhythm Heaven series has always been about using musical and onscreen cues to complete objectives. The series...
Tokitowa: The RPG That Hearkens Back To 2D/3D Days Of Yore
Posted by Game Spot on Jan 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Image Epoch’s latest action RPG aims to blend the best of anime and games with a twist of monogamy.
As we saw time and time again in PlayStation-era RPGs, mixing 2D sprite animation with 3D graphics can have mixed results. Developer Image Epoch knew that such an experiment would be risky, but the company that made Arc Rise Fantasia and the Luminous Arc series decided to say “screw it” and go for gold with Tokitowa, a game that claims to be an anime in video game motion.
As...
Tokitowa: The RPG That Harks Back to 2D/3D Days of Yore
Posted by Game Spot on Jan 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Image Epoch’s latest action RPG aims to blend the best of anime and games with a twist of monogamy.
As we have seen time and time again in PlayStation-era role-playing games, mixing 2D sprite animation with 3D graphics can have mixed results. Developer Image Epoch knew that such an experiment would be risky, but the company that made Arc Rise Fantasia and the Luminous Arc series decided to say “screw it” and go for gold with Tokitowa, a game that claims to be an anime in video...
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Review
Posted by Game Spot on Jan 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Kevin VanOrd travels through time searching for Lightning in this video review for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
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The Good
Monster collection is fun and addictive
Multiple heartfelt moments combine story and gameplay in effective ways
Caius is a fantastic villain
Impressive, varied visual design.
The Bad
The best characters were sidelined in favor of less interesting ones
Multiple sequences bog down the pace
Main story is relatively easy...
Five Ways SSX Reinvents Itself
Posted by Game Spot on Jan 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment
SSX makes its return after a five-year vacation. We highlight what makes it different from previous games in the series.
The latest entry in EA’s snowboarding popular snowboarding series is available on February 28. We’ve compiled a small list of features to help get you caught up on just how different this SSX is from its predecessors.
RiderNet
As we’ve seen with Autolog and Battlelog before it, RiderNet is your way of connecting with friends, racing against them, and...
Darksiders II: Putting the Action Into Action RPG
Posted by Game Spot on Jan 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment
We pick up our scythe and get harvesting with a look at the role-playing elements in Darksiders II.
It would have been easy to dismiss the original Darksiders as the equivalent of a gaming pickpocket, liberally pilfering ideas from third-person action adventure titles such as God of War and The Legend of Zelda. But for a game that borrowed so heavily, Darksiders carved out its own clear and fascinating identity. At the centre of the experience was War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,...
Sniper Elite V2 – I Can Wait All Day
Posted by Game Spot on Jan 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment
By incorporating sandbox level designs, varied weapons, and other tricks, Rebellion looks to deliver a different action experience with Sniper Elite V2
The number of military action games based on the events of World War II has tapered away during the past several years, with the setting focusing on either current or futuristic storylines. Bucking this trend, Rebellion Games is going back to the tail end of WWII with its upcoming third-person action game. Sniper Elite...
Major League Baseball 2K12 – Being That Perfect Pitcher
Posted by Game Spot on Jan 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Dynamic AI highlights some of what baseball fans can expect later this year with MLB 2K12.
It’s hard to argue against the fact that pitching is the most important aspect of baseball. Regardless of how everyone else is playing on the field, if your pitching is lacking, then the likelihood that your team will win is diminished. 2K Sports understands this, and for this year’s MLB 2K12, on top of the many things 2K is addressing, pitching is seeing the biggest...
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