Pandora's Tower is an exciting, chain-swinging race against time to save your beloved from a beastly fate.

If you're into the classic RPG motif, or if you just like a challenge that goes beyond crafting armor and performing endless fetch quests, Grimrock is worth your dime.

To play Botanicula is to peer through a microscope at hidden world and feel like you've made the greatest of discoveries: one of a place that's so overflowing with imagination and so full of wonder that only a person with a heart of stone would fail to be taken in by its charms.

Confrontation's tactical combat occasionally thrills, but it's pitted against a host of issues too powerful for it to overcome.

Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is fun and varied, but suffers from some minor setbacks on the Vita.

It's the way it handles player choice in particular that makes it most notable. There are no contrived right-versus-wrong decisions to exploit. The results of your decision don't just influence minor details: they lead you down wildly disparate paths, each as entertaining as the others.

Control issues taint the overall experience of the otherwise enjoyable World Gone Sour.

Control issues taint the overall experience of the otherwise enjoyable World Gone Sour.

The unique tower defense hybrid Anomaly: Warzone Earth makes a smooth transition to the Xbox 360.

Small problems occasionally get in the way, but Fez has such intricate puzzles and enticing aesthetics that it's still an engaging journey.

Skullgirls is a risque fighter that wraps sex appeal and smooth jazz skintight around a smartly crafted fighting system.

Gettysburg: Armored Warfare is a busted online real-time strategy/third-person shooter hybrid that falters despite its cool premise.

Skullgirls is a risque fighter that wraps sex appeal and smooth jazz skintight around a smartly crafted fighting system.

Tropico 4: Modern Times takes the series into the contemporary world, but not without a number of problems.

This stand-alone expansion modernizes Total War while remaining true to tradition.

Rhythm Thief & The Emperor's Treasure is an enchanting rhythm adventure that really brings the funk.

Disgaea 3 does a lousy job of familiarizing you with its complex mechanics, but rewarding tactical depth and goofy humor make the learning curve worth climbing.

Blacklight: Retribution doesn't stand out from the crowd, but this free-to-play shooter offers a decent amount of bang for your non-buck.

Varied track design isn't enough to save Wheels of Destruction from a trip to the junkyard.

The enjoyable and derivative The Splatters proves that slime can get just as physical as any angry avians you might know.

Constant tension and difficult emotional decisions make I Am Alive a powerful adventure.

While light on extras, the Devil May Cry HD Collection shows that two-thirds of the original DMC trio are still fun today.

Inazuma Eleven 2 offers a new story and a couple of gameplay tweaks but is ultimately more of the same.

Inazuma Eleven 2 offers a new story and a couple of gameplay tweaks but is ultimately more of the same.

By creating intriguing rules and pushing its ideas to impossible places, Closure cements itself as a great puzzler.

Diabolical Pitch is ridiculous, but in all the wrong ways.

Silly dance sequences lighten the mood, but sluggish combat and a forgettable narrative make Kinect Star Wars a weak choice.

Tiger Woods 13 still presents a reasonably good golf game, but there isn't much new here save subtly improved PS Move and gamepad controls.