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It's the rare video game that requires no real player intervention to complete. But, the best possible payoff is a result of diligently following all the stories and getting a full picture of all the proceedings. By the end, you'll feel as if you cleverly solved this murder. In all actuality, you only watched the murder solve itself. That is The Invisible Hours' greatest theatrical feat.

Oddmar, even as an abbreviated experience, is one hell of a game and easily one of the best platformers on the App Store. Everything about it smells of effort and dedication to the craft. This is a game that respects me as a player, not as just another potential whale to siphon money out of.

God of War is a different game for a new era of the medium. While I'm a sucker for more frantic arcadey action there are plenty of studios left carrying on that legacy. Unless something catastrophic happens to Sony Santa Monica, there’s more story to tell, and I hope the exact same team is able to tell it.

Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.

Metropolis: Lux Obscura is another entry in the crowded Match 3 market, albeit one with a decadent coating of sleaze and brutality. Fans of the genre will have a fun time while it lasts, but anyone disinterested in such games will find nothing new here.

Nothing in Gal*Gun 2 tries to go beyond what the series has done before. Many parts don’t even keep on par. Changing the structure of the campaign helps pad the play time and it’s still a silly, relaxing, and quirky experience with bizarre elements that are beyond explanation -- hit the minus button to see what I’m talking about. But it’s all just so gentrified and clean cut.

Zombies might not be as kooky as it was in the past with Seth Green and Ray Liotta cameos, but the move to a grittier angle has paid off with some really memorable enemy designs. For once the zombies actually feel terrifying. WWII's DLC is slipping into a comfortable skin, which is great if you've already nabbed your season pass, and meh news for everyone else.

Extinction is a good blueprint for a more interesting game. I came in excited to slice up some giants, but after the fifth rote exercise I was kind of over it. There are some flashes of brilliance every now and then but the over-reliance on the core energy meter idea keeps it imprisoned in the depths of repetitive arcade territory.

It isn't perfect, since nothing is, but came as close as you could get in a given genre. The new leader to beat.

NIS delivers the weird yet again with Penny-Punching Princess, a fun little arcade romp that just escapes the danger of staleness. Stretched a little too thin but a lot of people are going to be enjoying this one with a price drop.