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Apr 2, 2012
There's an awful lot to be said about Mass Effect 3. (I should know: the night after I finished the game, I sat down with two of my best friends and discussed it for almost four hours straight.) Here, however, I'll attempt to be brief, mentioning just a few of the title's most noteworthy strengths and weaknesses. The Good: Characters from both previous Mass Effects return to fight - and, in som...
Mass Effect 3: First Impressions
Mar 19, 2012
Twelve hours deep into ME3, I feel as though I've only dipped my toes into this giant pool . Everywhere I turn, familiar faces remind me of my past successes, my past failures, and my future fate. It's rare that I care so much about characters or the choices that I make in a game. I'll be bummed when this one's over!
Journey: One and Done
Mar 16, 2012
Journey is the first game in as long as I can remember that I've played from beginning to end in one sitting. It offers such an ephemeral experience that any preview would be pointless; any review would spoil too much. Thus, instead of directly discussing Journey at all, I'd like to say only this: Does the question "What if Jason Rohrer joined Team Ico?" get you giddy? If so, then Journey is pr...
Warp: Final Verdict
Mar 14, 2012
The Good: The protagonist's progression through a series of alien powers (such as "Warp", "Frag", and "Echo") is fun and impressively organic. The game's antagonist, reminiscent of several Metal Gear Solid bosses, is surprisingly memorable. Level and sound design are terrific. And the game only costs $10! The Bad: Gameplay relies perhaps too heavily upon trial-and-error. Most challenge rooms ar...
Warp: First Impressions
Mar 2, 2012
It's been a long wait since I first got my hands on a demo of Warp back at last year's PAX East. I'm still not sure how best to describe this "puzzle-based stealth action game", but any title that can remind me of Shadow Complex, Portal, and Metal Gear Solid all at once must be doing something right!
Ico: Vinyl Verdict
Feb 26, 2012
The Good: I don't think I appreciated this back in 2001, but Ico remains a superb study in opposites and the effects that can be achieved by contrasting them: panoramic camera angles make it clear from the outset that our hero is a tiny cog in a gigantic machine; this weak and lonely human protagonist is faced with a legion of monstrous enemies; he ventures back and forth between sprawling, sun...
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