Everyone’s favorite sidekick is back in an all new game all to himself in the form of Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, which is the sequel to Luigi’s Mansion which originally appeared on the Nintendo GameCube. This time the cowardly-hero tries his best to suck up some ghosts on the go. Is Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon an adventure worth taking, or like Luigi’s weapon of choice, the Poltergust 5000, does it suck?
As far as reputation goes, Blizzard has a pretty stellar one. People line up out the door for their games and ask for more with a smile on their face. The company starts off 2013 with releasing a much anticipated Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm. An expansion set for one of the most iconic strategy games that brings the Zerg, and their enigmatic and now outcast leader – Kerrigan – to the forefront. Is it worth picking up the fight or should you let this one slide?
Lara Croft can be considered one of the elder statesmen (stateswomen?) of video games. She, along with Samus Aran and a few other notables are the original female leads of the digital world. Unfortunately things have gotten stale for Ms. Croft over the years. She’s gone from a quality lead character to a stand-in on a b-class sitcom. Honestly, it was time for a reboot, but does it stack up against the series great titles.
The reputable bodybuilder of the gaming community. The Crysis series has always made PCs flex their muscle. Visually stunning and often extremely inventive when it comes to gameplay. Prophet is back, but should you suit up in the latest and greatest of nanotechnology or let this one pass by?
Skulls of the Shogun is the new turn-based strategy game just released on the Xbox LIVE Arcade as well as all Windows 7 and 8 platforms by developer 17-Bit. Generally speaking I have a pretty love-hate relationship with these types of games. As a lover of strategy and the contemplation and implementation of said strategy, these Final Fantasy Tactics’-style time-wasters should be right up my alley. I could never get into the majority of them, however. I think it has something to do with the grueling learning curve and massive penalty for failure, like having to start a 2-hour long battle over again from the beginning. Stuff like that always gave me the impression that the game was taking itself a little too seriously, you know, like the challenge of the game was subverting the fun? Maybe that was just me.
Another iOS title coming from Orange pixel has been released called Gunglugs. This is a change of pace for the Orange Pixel roster, is it a good change?
Take a bit of Grand Theft Auto and mix in some 8-Bit graphics, then sprinkle in some 80′s and early 90′s memories and references and you get Retro City Rampage. Is this a batch worth mixing or are your memories safer untouched?
