At only a couple of hours,The Park doesn't linger or overstay its welcome. It makes smart use of established horror tricks and tropes, and gave me a character that I immediately liked and cared about, even though I recognized I'd been on this ride before.
After a few hours with Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, I know I'll be returning upon its release ... It's a clever twist on the classic formula, with an inspired use of the Wii U hardware, and a spooky, pitch-perfect Halloween game in its own right.
Fighter Within is a broken, bland launch brawler that loses its potential on poor execution.
Developer Bloober Team has promised to address some of the issues with the game, but as it stands, Basement Crawl is a trainwreck.
LocoCycle represents a complete failure to communicate
Ultimately, Moebius' technical glitches and visual blemishes mean nothing. In a stronger game, with good writing and consistent puzzle design, they'd be small distractions. But Moebius' ugliness goes right to its core, with a misogynistic tone, awful main character and poor storytelling.
Wii Fit U is too lightweight to be a contender
Mario Party: Island Tour is too random for its own good.
You could play literally any other competent third person shooter from this or the last generation, and have a comparable — and very likely better — experience.
Kinect Sports Rivals is too loose and inconsistent
Mario and Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games is too superficial to win gold
Murdered: Soul Suspect is awash in tropes, but somehow, that's part of the charm. It's a pulpy detective tale remixed as a classic ghost story, and it works as a sort of playable B-movie.
Yoshi's New Island earns its place in a classic series
Kirby: Triple Deluxe is smarter than it looks
The Novelist captures the quiet heartbreaks of family life.
Full Bore is deeper and smarter than its simple looks belie
Dead Rising 3 is a promising, ultimately clumsy next-gen debut
The Night of the Rabbit's world and characters are sweet without being cloying, while the gameplay requires serious adventure-game-logic chops. It appeals equally to innocence and experience. A few overly obscure puzzles slow the pace to a crawl, but Jerry's journey is worth taking — even if only to feel like a kid again for a little while.
Bravely Default is a masterful blend of old and new
NES Remix is intelligent, well-designed Nintendo nostalgia