Game Reviews8.2/10
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 Review: Drop-In Co-op Is the Reason to Return
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 review: drop-in co-op, Bishop, thermal-vision enemies, 11 new maps. An 8.2 for a sequel that knows its strengths.
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Tag: Xbox 360
Game Reviews8/10
BandFuse: Rock Legends review: real guitars, real tablature, real friction
BandFuse: Rock Legends plugged a real guitar into PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2013. Animated tablature, SpeedFuse cable, and an honest 8.0 score.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Fight Night Round 3 Ditched the Health Bar and Made You Read the Fighter’s Body
Fight Night Round 3 review: EA Chicago's 2006 boxing game ditched the HUD, added Total Punch Control, and earned 8.4/10.
Game Reviews8.1/10
EA Sports MMA Review: Rule-Set Variety and Two Submission Systems That Still Hold Up
EA Sports MMA shipped in 2010 with Strikeforce, Japanese and Vale Tudo rules, two submission systems and a career mode. The online servers closed in 2012.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Ms. Splosion Man Still Blows Up Real Good, 15 Years Later
Ms. Splosion Man review: Twisted Pixel's 2011 Xbox 360 sequel with 100 levels, energy rails, cannons, and a difficulty-skipping overworld that respects players.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Dance Central 3: The Kinect Dance Game That Justified the Camera
Dance Central 3 review: Harmonix's Kinect rhythm game time-travels through the Hustle, Macarena and Cupid Shuffle. Crew Throwdown, 20 dancers, 8.7/10.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Fable II’s open-world Albion still holds up 18 years on
Fable II launched in 2008 as Lionhead's open-world sequel, adding property empires, a loyal dog and moral choices across Albion 500 years on.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Saints Row 2 Made Volition’s Crime Series Stop Aping Grand Theft Auto
Saints Row 2 review: Volition's 2008 open-world sequel that gave the franchise its own voice, with the Respect system, Stilwater, and gang warfare.
Game Reviews8/10
Midnight Club: Los Angeles at 18: The Biggest, and Still the One That Holds Up
Midnight Club: Los Angeles launched late in 2008 as the biggest game in the series, with 43 cars, a seamless LA map and a City Champ career.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Test Drive Unlimited: 1,000 Miles of Oʻahu and the Reboot That Earned Its Sequel
Test Drive Unlimited launched in 2006 with 1,000 miles of Oʻahu roads and real-time online racing. A reboot that earned its sequels and still holds up.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Alan Wake Review: A Writer Hunted by His Own Unfinished Sentences
Alan Wake review: Remedy's 2010 thriller traps a blocked novelist in his own manuscript. Light as a weapon, six episodes, and a score of 8.3/10.
Game Reviews8.6/10
The DJ Hero sequel that finally made the turntable controller worth owning
DJ Hero 2 review: FreeStyleGames kept the 2009 turntable, added mix-specific freestyle samples and a third singer, and earned 8.6 out of 10.