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SUPER MARIO GALAXY + An honorable sequel to Super Mario 64 + Missions and worlds are incredibly varied. + Atmosphere and design are incredibly well done. - Camera is a bit fiddly. - Spring power-up can be a bitch to handle. You know, before this game came out, I was afraid that Nintendo was too far gone from what made me fall in love with them as a kid. The one-two punch of Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash…
MARIO KART WII + Fun variety of tracks and characters + Online mode is pretty solid - Gameplay is a bit samey - Wheel is useless, Nunchuk or Gamecube controller is the way to go. While the game is another great entry in the Mario Kart series, the game is faithful to the previous entries to the very letter. Sadly, Nintendo's biggest risk for this game appears to have been placed on the throwaway accessory that is the…
SONIC'S ULTIMATE GENESIS COLLECTION + Great compilation of older classics + Fantastic Price Point. + All of the ports are exact copies of their older selves... - ...for better or worse. Most glitches and such are fully intact. - Some of the game choices are a bit odd... do people actually remember Decap Attack or E-SWAT? Ah, the 16-bit era. I admit, my childhood wasn't exactly filled with the typical SEGA vs.…
HALO 3: ODST + Single-player is extremely moody. + ODST characters are much more human than the cast of previous Halo games, with a great voice cast. - Firefight becomes really mundane, really quickly. - No Firefight matchmaking or customization - Basically an expansion pack for Halo 3 A giant hype machine with insanely high production costs, an amazing vocal cast and great musical score, for some reason I couldn't…
THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION + Amazing graphics for the time + Great writing + Enormous world with intricate detail - Character models are... a bit odd (ie, ugly face) - Vocal acting gets repetitive - Slow pacing The summaries above pretty much summed up my feelings toward this game, however there's one thing I need to mention. This game really does rest on your personal tastes to fully enjoy. Are you not a fan of…
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 + Fantastic Single Player Experience + Great Gameplay + Tight engine - Micheal Bay style writing and directing - The "Hi-then-bye" style of Multiplayer I admit, when it came to Modern Warfare 2, I was one of the biggest skeptics around. I couldn't stand Activision, and I couldn't stand all of the mindnumbing hype the game kept receiving. While the hype still stands as something that's…
