Game Reviews5.2/10
Amiibo Festival Review: Nintendo’s Party Game Never Learns New Tricks
A festival of amiibo figures, wherein villager happiness is measured by points, yet the game itself remains thin and wanting.
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Game Reviews5.2/10
Bedlam Review: A Programmer Walks Out of a Virtual World Into a Realm of Connected Game Worlds — and the Delivery Falls Short
A programmer escapes a virtual world into a realm of connected game worlds, yet the shooter beneath falls short of its promise.
Game Reviews5.7/10
Twelve Years On, Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 Still Has a Paywall That Doesn’t Work
A small pile of cards, a realm of realms, and a fight for more — a review of Magic: The Gathering's Duels of the Planeswalkers.
Game Reviews9/10
Ten Years On, Breached Still Rewards Slowing Down
A solitary man wakes from cryonic slumber upon a ruined world, scavenging, repairing, and exploring until the truth of his fate is revealed.
Game Reviews5.4/10
Fated: The Silent Oath Review — A Story Worth Watching, Not Playing
A tale of a maiden named Lyra who stirs within a ruinous city, wrought in splendid vision yet wanting agency.
Game Reviews5.4/10
Time and Eternity Rewinds History Again and Again — and Nothing Changes
A princess, a knight, and a second soul seek to rewind history in a loop too thin to endure.
Game Reviews5.5/10
Adrenalin Misfits Review: Kinect-Racing Promise Outweighs Execution
A racer of monsters, leaning and leaping upon a sensor of the body, promises much yet delivers little across seven worlds.
Game Reviews5.8/10
Mario Sports Superstars Review: Five Sports, One Cartridge, Mixed Verdict
Five sports, one cartridge: Mario Sports Superstars gathers soccer, baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing for the 3DS.
Game Reviews5.5/10
The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep Is a Competent Dungeon Crawler With Little to Surprise You
A tale of dungeons and companions, wherein the bard's adventure is but a shadow of its promise.
Game Reviews5.9/10
Tennis World Tour 2 Review: Good Idea, Shaky Execution
A review of Tennis World Tour 2, wherein surface systems promise greatness yet inconsistent controls betray it.
Game Reviews5.7/10
Balan Wonderworld Review: Good Idea, Bad Execution
A tale of two children, Leo and Emma, who wander twelve worlds in search of a dark heart, yet find little joy along the way.
Game Reviews5.8/10
Game & Wario Review: 16 Minigames, One GamePad, Too Many Fits and Starts
A strange collection of sixteen minigames, each a singular world unto itself, yet the whole never quite coheres.