Xbox Live Arcade has been a random field of quality tiles and junk, not unlike the mainstream retail market. However, Live’s mandatory requirement of demo mode for each game makes it easier to separate the quality from the chaff.
Zombies are everywhere. They’re usually on a boat. In a mall. Or in a hospital. This time, they’re in a Las Vegas-like town called Fortune City.
The fourth game, and a prequel no less, in the Halo series has arrived, “Halo: Reach.” For the uninitiated, “Reach” takes place just before the first game and leads into the events of the original Xbox blockbuster title.
I don’t play sports games. Well. I don’t play realistic sports games. Except for “Tiger Woods.” And “Fight Night.” OK, so I only play certain sports games. But never “Madden.” Ever.
Jumping from rooftop to rooftop, running faster than any car on the road, punching monsters and confronting a citizen rebellion; this isn’t a super hero game – this is the freshman game from new development studio Ruffian Games, “Crackdown 2.”
Sega was showing off the latest build of Alpha Protocol just minutes away from the huge gathering at PAX East. Alpha Protocol is a cross between an espionage RPG, a third person shooter, and a stealth game.
Up to, during, and after its release, Mass Effect set the imaginations of gamers ablaze. It was an experience that many people seemed to embrace without a second thought. It was some time after its release that people saw Mass Effect for what it really was: a nice, if unsuccessful attempt.
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