IGN

BIT.TRIP Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien is a music game that doesn't bother with instruments. You won't find any plastic guitars, drum sets, or even a turntable. You can't form a band, there's no audience, and you certainly won't be yelling at your buddies for screwing up the guitar solo. And yet, it's one of the finest music games ever made.

Gunman Clive is a brief experience, but still one well worth experiencing if you’re looking for a fine $2 platformer on your 3DS. The stellar game design is emboldened by the three different characters you can play as. From start to finish, Gunman Clive is a fantastic platformer, good enough that it is worth playing multiple times to play as every character.

In the burgeoning sub-genre of physics-based, liquid platformers, Puddle is a game that only hits a little more than it misses. The game has some neat ideas, but it never fully realizes them, only offering a taste of what could have been something more expansive and interesting.

Il vero valore aggiunto continua ad essere la nanotuta, ma anche la modalità Hunter già vista nella beta è frenetica e ben strutturata e il senso di progresso del nostro alter ego è sempre presente e sufficientemente articolato, anche se meno profondo e un po' più sterile rispetto al modello di Call of Duty.

Despite its best efforts, developer Platinum Games sometimes gets in the way of its own pace -- especially for those who aren’t into the franchise. However, Rising’s troubles are rarely enough to derail the incredible momentum of an always-entertaining, action-oriented Metal Gear spinoff. Whether or not you have ever enjoyed Metal Gear, this is a must for anyone who appreciates melee-combat.

Sometimes, a couple of slight tweaks to a long-standing formula results in something great. Sometimes, like in the case of Special Forces: Team X, that experimentation can cause an otherwise okay third-person shooter to fall flat on its face.

With more time, money, and effort, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 could have been an entertaining, if basic brawler. You hear the mantra of “good concept, poor execution” with nearly absurd frequency these days. Ken's Rage 2 doesn't just exhibit poor execution, but poor understanding of what it's attempting to accomplish. Simple does not have to mean shallow, but that's precisely what it boils down to here. It truly is a sad day when you start with a character known for punching people so hard they spontaneously explode, and you manage to end up with something that's not only bad, but boring.

Dungeonland just isn't fun. Despite its great art style and goofy sense of humor, the mediocre gameplay gets easily buried beneath a grueling difficulty and a slew of glitches. As a solo experience it utterly fails and co-op is often shaky at best.

When a game comes out that tries to serve an underserved audience, you always want it to at least be decent. After all, if you're one of those game-starved fans, what are your options? But no matter how hungry you are for a way to sate your appetite for angling, Let's Fish will leave a bitter taste in your mouth.

Inutile girarci attorno, Persona 4 Golden è quanto di meglio si possa trovare oggi, come allora, in ambito di giochi di ruolo giapponesi. Presenta una storia matura, tematiche profonde, dialoghi in inglese raffinati (la versione nostrana non presenta un adattamento del testo in italiano), personaggi credibili e carismatici, una meccanica di gioco coinvolgente e un sistema di combattimento classico ma efficace.