Nylige anmeldelser av Tim Carroll

It's Mega Man X as a roguelike: Kill bosses, steal their powers, bite off more than you can chew, die horribly, repeat.

FFX still everything I loved and hated when first I played it - great story, simple combat with rock hard boss battles, too much emphasis on minigames.

FFX-2 may indulge in some of the ickier aspects of anime (there's a hotspring episode, for God's sake) but the gameplay is good, and it really hammers home that Yuna is a teenager trying to find her way in a new world.

I found Last Mission to actually be the most fun in the moment to moment gameplay, and again I found that it had some surprisingly deep things to say about growing up and growing apart from old friends.

A mashup of Zelda and God of War, without the charm of the former or the scale of the latter.

What else needs to be said? Easy enough to jump into, hard enough to lose yourself in. It's Sid Meier.

Playing this game is basically like owning a succulent: just check in on it. Like, ever. And you're winning. There's nothing like coming home after a long day at work and discovering that you can level up your entire party.

Ubisoft gets some bad press for making yearly sequels, but I'm not sure why. I've liked almost every game in the series and (with the exception of AC3) they've essentially found ways to make minute improvements each time. In Rogue, we bring back some of the multiflavored bombs of revelation and add stealth enemies while removing most of the frustrating "getting spotted loses you the mission" stealth sections. In addition, we have an interesting main character with clear goals, unlike Edward in the previous installment.

All in all, a great experience.

This is one of the cleverest, most inventive games I've ever played. Entertaining mechanics, difficult challenges and a genuine sense of humor will have you dying to see what's next (I think I felt part of my soul burn away on that pun). Also, this may have the most worthwhile closing sequence I've ever seen in a game.

Okay, it's basically Halo with magic powers. You've got your regenerating shield and your inability to carry more than two weapons. And I like that. The characters and the world are as immersive as any other Bioshock game, and the vigors are more varied in their effects than the plasmids were. Also, they balanced the economy better, so you never end up leaving money behind or spending it willy nilly.

The ending felt a little forced and tacked on, but otherwise this was a stellar game.

Murdered by strangers simulator!

Yeah, I know it's a survival game, but come on, someone put a rifle bullet in my naked body after laughing at me for not knowing that I shouldn't drink seawater. You're literally getting killed by high level morons before you've learned where to get basic resources.

I don't like stealth games, but this is fun, proabably because it has more in common with Pacman than Hitman. Yeah, it's short (like six hours long) but at this price, I don't really expect 40 hours. The voices are good, the story better than passible. What more are you looking for?