Star Ocean: The Last Hope International is being released in the shadow of Final Fantasy XIII which is however much less traditional than this Tri-Ace release of the acclaimed sci-fi series and its JRPGesque features: cities, quests, optional content, secret bosses, lengthy and elaborate dungeons. Although not standing out visually speaking, Star Ocean: The Last Hope offers an enjoyable plot and interesting characters together with an outstanding battle system and quite a lot of features which make it a long-lasting and compelling game.

Call of Pripyat has more varied missions and a really unique atmosphere which makes it better than Clear Sky and the most polished in the series.

Cryptic did well recreating the Star Trek universe and the space combat works just fine. It's so a shame that ground episodes are that bad and the experience feels less massive than It was supposed to be.

White Knight Chronicles isn't the best JRPG of current consoles generation, especially because it does not have a great graphical impact or a very original story line. Anyway, thanks to a fair online play mode and a good gameplay that mixes MMORPG and classic role play games elements it's still a decent game.

Legends of Exidia is a mature and complete game that represent a significant step forward for the Nintendo internet based service DSi-Ware. This adventure is a good action-rpg based on the old style Japanese titles of the '90, but lacks the magic of the true classics.

The Battle of Forlì is a disappointing DLC that is build on some of the weakest parts of the original game; not really an essential purchase then, even at the low price point.

If you can get over the compromises through which the X360 version went starting from the PC one, you may enjoy a fun and compelling game. Board game's fans should surely give a close look.

Modern, fascinating and truly innovative, Mass Effect 2 is a brand new take for the western rpg, Bioware reached a perfect mix between action and storytelling, graced by stunning visuals and a long and challenging gameplay.

Modern, fascinating and truly innovative, Mass Effect 2 is a brand new take for the western rpg, Bioware reached a perfect mix between action and storytelling, graced by stunning visuals and a long and challenging gameplay.

While it unavoidably looses the shock factor of the prequel, No More Heroes 2 is overall a better game, boosting some well-designed new content and leaving behind many of the so-so features of the first game.

Even if we had to wait a long year for the game to get outside Japan, Tatsunoko vs Capcom is still a great beat'em up, filled with content and boosting a nice online mode.

MAG delivers a massive online multiplayer for up to 256 players, a good matchmaking and almost no lag. The maps are huge, but they come with a mediocre design and you can see only four of them when you choose your army. The frame rate has frequent issues, while the sound effects are mediocre. We were expecting more from Zipper Interactive's PS3 debut.

UNO is a fun and fast game even in this Wii-Ware version, supported by a good online mode and wii-speak. Some live chat issues and lack of options make this version not perfect, but is still a game for everyone that can entertain for a long time everybody in the family.

Dark Void sounds a lot like a missed opportunity. Flying sections are good, but samey, and ground ones are nice, but could have been much better and Dark Void is over a little too soon, too.

Starhip Patrol is another great game from the Q-Games team; a perfectly balanced and accessible tower defense, with tons of style and great value for money. One of the rare gems on the disappointing DSiWare catalogue.

The '80 are back in action with another original work by Capcom: Dark Void Zero is a brilliant but short platform adventure similar to masterpieces like Metroid and Castlevania.

Muscle March has many flaws in terms of gameplay and control detection and it's also really short in its single player mode. Nevertheless, this is an entertaining game to play with friends (even for a short time), with a characterization that surely will bring many laughs for everyone.

Vancouver 2010 offers fourteen sports, thirty challenges and an poor online multiplayer: too little to compete even with SEGA's previous Olympic effort, Beijing 2008. The game delivers very good graphics and sound, but lacks of a career mode.

A short and insipid dlc which doesn't add nothing to the original game. Five dollars are just too many for this kind of experience.

EA listened to a lot of gamers' complaints about the first Army of Two and delivered a much better effort under almost every respect. This game is a fun coop experience which has its moments even when played on your own. In this case, by the way, you may notice IA unsolved problems and that you are actually roaming one single setting, even if it's very well done.

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While undoubtedly a good game, Sky Crawlers is indeed is a stripped down version of Ace Combat, with simplified gameplay, decent graphics and a kinda short story mode. Just don't even try to play it with the awkward default motion sensor controls.

Good modes, fast gameplay and a nice style for a traditional arcade driving game that will please nostalgics.

In its portable version, Army of Two: The 40th Day delivers good graphics and some classic shoot'em-up action. However, the gameplay suffers from a mediocre AI and the six stages are too short to last more than four hours.

This WiiWare version of Phoenix Wright is basically a very lazy porting of the DS version, that stands on his legs just thanks to the quality of the gameplay.

Darksiders is a perfect example of how a videogames should be made: very well balanced gameplay, a lot of variety, artistically sublime. Even if the game lacks of any extra after you finish the main story, we highly recommend it, also because it's so close to great classics like Metroid Prime.

Bayonetta is truly a masterpiece of the action genre, a fresh, funny and spectacular stylish game also very deep in its gameplay. Platinum Games has definitely made a title that put Devil May Cry and every other action game in shame. Must Buy, period.

Bayonetta is truly a masterpiece of the action genre, a fresh, funny and spectacular stylish game also very deep in its gameplay. Platinum Games has definitely made a title that put Devil May Cry and every other action game in shame. Must Buy, period.

Despite some technical problems and a not so complex lore, Divinity 2: Ego Draconis provides a well crafted mix between RPG elements and action.

Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot is really a disappointment, taking away from Borderlands the best elements of the gameplay; the result is a punishing, hardcore and ingenerous experience that only few people will enjoy.

The Crystal Bearers is a game full of interesting ideas, but only a bunch of them got crafted into solid game mechanics: the result is an half-baked action-rpg, which probably won't appeal neither to hardcore Final Fantasy fans nor casual gamers.

For 40$ Wings of Prey Offers a fifty missions long campaign and a mix of arcade style and realistic flight experience.

Football Manager Handheld 2010 is still the best football management simulation available on portable devices, but it didn't change that much since last year effort. Browsing via d-pad is still slow and cumbersome, while the visual simulation of the match is really awful.

This game still provide great fun for all the family or friends, now featuring online multiplayer through Wi-Fi Connection. Good improvement for a good game make it a better sequel.

Alien Breed Evolution is a really nice looking shooter which never betrays its '90's heritage. It's probably worth the price only for the true fans of the original game.

The Void is pretty unique: the gameplay is hard to describe with a mix of complex mechanics, the first person view and an innovative storytelling. It's not for everyone but still worth a try!

New contents, a better artificial intelligence and a simpler interface. With these improvements Heir to the Throne consolidate Europe Universalis III's leadership in the genre.

Saira will challenge both your hands and brain, offering beautiful scenarios and an intelligent level design. It's not for everyone but is still a great piece of indie.

PixelJunk Shooter is another great new entry in the pixelJunk series: an accessible but challenging work of art, with great visuals and addictive gameplay. One of the best PSN exclusives yet.

The Saboteur, the last game from Pandemic, is a good game, with a well devised gameplay, that puts together GTA style car chases and a strong action platform attitude, typical of games like infamous and Prototype. The Saboteur is very fun and entertaining but suffers from a bad a.i. and sometimes poor visuals.

Shattered Memories is actually a reinterpretation of the very first Silent Hill game. We still don't know if this is a new beginning for the series or an isolated experiment, however Climax did a great job putting together an unique atmosphere, a lot of interesting solutions and a smart use of the motion-sensitive controls. One of the best and most adult experiences on Wii so far.

Dirt 2 is the best arcade off-road experience to date providing good time both to new and skilled player. DirectX 11 are a nice touch to this solid offer.

Episode 5 is a good season finale for Tales of Monkey Island. It closes the story arch while providing good fun and some nice, maybe too easy to solve puzzles.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks may not feel like a real new chapter of the series, but the important improvements over Phantom Hourglass make this entry easily one of the best games ever on the DS.

Rogue Trooper is not a bad game, it's just a shallow porting of an average third-person shooter that's going to appeal neither to hardcore nor casual gamers.

Fast, fun and cheap. For less than 10 bucks and despite a not so charming visual style, Altitude is a very good multiplayer shoot'em up.

The single-player campaign flies away in a couple of hours, without surprises, with a tragicomic script. The "fatalities" and the third person elements seem interesting, but everything else is truly disappointing.

Two campaigns, one of which is really not what you might expect from a AAA game, some multiplayer modes and all too samey missions aren't enough to bring this game up to the hype's level surrounding the incoming Cameron's film. A bit too rough around the edges for those who are not waiting for the movie in awe.

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game it's a poor and hasty tie-in. The gameplay is based almost entirely on stealth action, but the exploration is reduced to a minimum. The combat system seems to work well, but it makes possible to kill the enemies just shaking the controller randomly.

Maybe this is not the best motocross and off-road racing game, but with its good separate bike and rider control scheme and its dynamic ground morphing system, MX vs. ATV Reflex is one of the best product of this genre.

This is your typical sleeper hit: a fantastic game that comes without much hype, but it will rule your free time in the next months.

Resident Evil Zero was indeed a good game in 2002, but today it really suffers from its archaic design, frustrating gameplay elements and awkward control system. We doubt that newcomers will find this attractive, and there are no extra features for the fans of the original game.

Even if it's a two-year-old game, Dream of the Turtle is one of the best - or the best - graphic adventure available for Nintendo Wii. A must buy for the fans of the genre, an useless entry for the Runaway fans (who, obviously, had already played the game in 2007).

A fighting game with a classic, solid gameplay, a cast of forty characters, various modes of play and several rankings and customization. Tekken 6 on PlayStation Portable is probably the best version of this game.

Zombie Island of Dr. Ned is an excellent DLC able to expand both on Borderlands' world and gameplay. You can expect hours of fun and a really good overall expansion.

Graphics apart, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter doesn't have anything that distinguishes it from the original one. If you have played it in the past and don’t want to replay the experience, you’d better leave it. But if you haven’t played it, what are you waiting for? Go buy it!

A well executed mix between a Total War series kind of strategy and a role playing game. A too heavy difficult level and some unbalanced units keep the game away from better scores.

Bit.Trip Void is a stylish homage to the graphic and the spirit of the iconic videogames of the 80s. It is also a brilliant puzzle game with an intuitive and addictive mechanic. The only flaws are its shortness and the lack of online leaderboards, but for 600 points it's a good choice.

Like The Legend, just better thanks to loads of new contents and a more refined balance.

Assassin's Creed II is not only a welcomed tribute to Italy, but also a videogame that has improved almost everything from the previous game. Graphically beautiful, with a great story, a lot of things to do and some cool ideas (like Auditore's Mansion), the last game from Ubisoft is finally a compelling game, that everyone should at least give a try. Obviously there are many things that still need to be improved, like AI and combat system, but as far as we can tell, the game is a must buy even for his gameplay, apart from the surroundings.

The Darkside Chronicles is a nice improvement over the previous game, adding length and depth to a solid on-rails shooting experience. Story and characters are really outdated though, and aiming through the Remote is a real pain at times.

Left 4 Dead 2 misses the sense of wonder of the first chapter but still has a lot of new content, a more compelling competitive experience and some great campaigns. It's a full game, not a data disk, and It worth all the money It costs.

This game is built around the fun you get in collecting tons of secrets and items all across its levels. Combat mechanics, physics and vehicle handling are a bit outdated and could use some improvements, but all in all there's a lot of good time to spend with Indy made out of Lego Bricks.

Regardless of its faults, Assassin's Creed II: Discovery is a far better game than its prequel. With the idea of imitating the original design dropped for good, Discovery feels now like a traditional side-scrolling platform. In the end the game mixes a good level design with flat pace, simple fights and boring, frustrating stealth sessions.

While expressing the most of its potential on the PS3, LittleBigPlanet fits the context of portable gaming with extraordinary ease. This port is virtually perfect in terms of gameplay, with all-new levels, a powerful editor and the chance to share your creations with the community on the PSN.

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines is in many ways the fulfillment of a dream: a portable version of Assassin's Creed that loses as little as possible in terms of graphics and freedom of movement. The result is a product of good quality, a little short (the total length would be around six to seven hours) and plagued by some problems about the controls and the camera.

Accompanied by four awful multiplayer minigames, the single player mode offers a good number of different missions, but the "hunting" sessions have lost much of their charm due to the low level of challenge and pretty inaccurate controls.

Armada 2526 is a classic RTS with a good exploration phase, but the fights are ugly and the graphics seem to come from ten years ago. There are certainly die-hard enthusiasts who will appreciate the quality of the title developed by Nitronium Games, but it's hard to suggest this game to someone who doesn't like the genre.

The Sims 3: WA changes some gameplay mechanics and give to The Sims experience some really new tastes. One of the best expansion packs of the series.

While it's definitely not a racing game that'll make your head spin, F1 2009 is indeed a much more polished game than the last Formula 1 games.

Even if 2D Super Mario Bros can't be the avant-garde of the video gaming world in 2009 as it was twenty years ago, it's still fun and entertaining as no other. "New SMB Wii" isn't perfect as "SMB 3", it alternates pieces of pure genius with some stages a bit too manneristic, but overall it takes the 2d platform games where they hadn't been in the last ten years.

Phantasy Star Zero will not disappoint those Phantasy Star Online fans who aren't still tired of its immutable concept, but how many of them are out there? Moreover, this is probably the worst among all episodes, mainly due to a chaotic combat system and poor AI. Still, it's not so bad and will guarantee your daily dose of grinding and looting.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a great game, but not as great as we expected. The revamped multiplayer and new spec ops are worth the price, but the single player is too much similar to the first episode and it lacks the excellence of the story telling of Modern Warfare.

Dragon Ball: Raging Blast is the best game in the saga available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Spectacular combats and the excellent graphics make up for a less than acceptable camera. If you are a fan, you'll love it.

Pes 2010 on the Wii is really a little step forward compared to the 2009 edition; the series seems to have lost some kind of interest by Konami itself, and the result is a product that fails to impress and innovate over the solid exclusive wiimote gameplay.

Is this conversion of Modern Warfare worth the wait? Frankly, no. Wii owners were expecting a more polished game, though the well-known technical limitations of the Nintendo console, while this one comes with mediocre graphics and unresponsive controls.

World Rally is an almost perfect tribute to the original Excitebike, but maybe it's just too old for the modern player. Its quick action and the online multiplayer fits well in the WiiWare context, but it's better enjoyed in short sessions.

Basically Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage seems a little bit too similar to "Road Trip". On the one hand it's quite good if you haven't played it yet, but it's not enough if you bought last year's game.

Given its particular nature, Shattered Horizon inevitably generates mixed feelings. On the one hand, we can consider the strategic elements inherent in the particular physical scenario, on the other the lack of nice locations to support them. Maybe it's worth a try.

It's really difficult to describe in a few words what Dragon Age: Origins means for the RPG genre. It's role-playing at its roots, with an incredible story arc, deep gameplay and an atmosphere no other game can deliver. You'll hope the game will last forever. There are really few problems in the gameplay but we can say without any doubt that Origins is the RPG of the year and, perhaps, of the last few years.

The latest Jak and Daxter game on the PSP comes with some flaws, but also delivers a good gameplay, three different kind of action and plenty of missions. The Lost Frontier takes a little to start up, but then proves to be a product of great substance, very well made and full of good ideas.

LEGO Rock Band is both for kids and experienced players, since the expert level is still a tough one. It's a really cute game and well done as an overall, but there should have been more songs, especially considering the price and the fact that you will be asked to play them over and over before you get to the end of the single player campaign.

Though it's not even close to the real Rock Band experience, LEGO Rock Band offers great fun and an unexpected thickness. The tracklist lacks of many of the songs you can get with the Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii versions, but the audio quality is awesome for the Nintendo DS standards.

PES 2010 is certainly the best of its series that we have seen so far on the new generation, but it still misses something. Stunning graphics and realistic ball physics are opposed to some conservative choices still tied to its glorious past, including an incomplete 360° control system.

In Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for Nintendo DS you can switch between four classes and use different weapons, but unfortunately this doesn't change the poor combat system and the lack of a decent level design.

C.O.P. The Recruit is a shallow and boring experience that tries without success to replicate the GTA formula. The only positive aspect is the graphical engine, really impressive based on the hardware limitations.

It's really difficult to describe in a few words what Dragon Age: Origins means for the RPG genre. It's role-playing at its roots, with an incredible story arc, deep gameplay and an atmosphere no other game can deliver. You'll hope the game will last forever. There are really few problems in the gameplay but we can say without any doubt that Origins is the RPG of the year and, perhaps, of the last few years.

Band Hero feels more like a data disk rather than a brand new franchise: however, its focus on multiplayer, pop tracklist and interesting connectivity options with the DS make it a perfect-suited rhythm game for the Wii audience.

In the awkward world of the "band" games on DS, Band Hero suffers from the very disappointing absence of a career mode and the limited compatibility with the DS consoles. Overall, a competent but forgettable game.

Despite some too difficult passages, Football Manager 2010 has a lot of new features to offer, solid bases and tons of hours of fun.

Take it as "My first FIFA": Academy of Champions is a clever and amusing way to introduce kids to the world of football, and while it isn’t the most beautiful kids game ever made, there are far worse ways to entertain children.

The same game we played one year ago, with some bonus contents and a lack of polishing that makes this version the worst one.

Cradle of Egypt is a fun, addictive little game, but unfortunately it doesn't offer anything more than its many free counterparts, not even a multiplayer mode! So, why bother?

Packed with cartoon-style graphics, drifting-based gameplay and plenty of nitro boosts, Need for Speed: Nitro for Nintendo Wii is a fun, addictive and spectacular racer.

Rabbids go Home is a simple, yet original and very enjoyable action game, full of moments that are gonna make you laugh out loud. In short terms, it's a lot of fun.

Rabbids Go Home is a great puzzle game on the DS, a real must have for everyone who loves puzzles and/or the Rabbids!

Despite some lacks in the matches engine, FIFA Manager 10 is a step forward in the series, with tons of options and a nice look.

The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood starts slowly and so It ends. In the middle Telltale put a good story, a couple of fantastic characters and some rewarding puzzles. Maybe not the best episode of the series, The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood is still an enjoyable game.