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Review: BioShock 2
When BioShock launched in 2007, it felt like a breath of fresh air to many gamers. A brand-new IP with a fantastic story and an interesting sandbox-style approach to combat within a linear format...
Review: Dante's Inferno
Strip away marketing and PR controversy, and forget for a moment that Dante's Inferno is a videogame interpretation of a literary classic (albeit loosely).
Sure, Visceral Games -- the talented te...
Review: Chime
Right off the bat, I'm just going to say it: Chime is an utterly compelling, aesthetically minimalistic puzzle game that rides the cusp of being entirely fantastic, faltering only at its lack of ...
Review: Hustle Kings
Ever since I was a boy, I've loved playing pool. From the first game played in a childhood friend's basement to the weekly game I participate in today, the sport has always enchanted me. There's ...
iPhone Review Round-up: January
January 2010's review line-up brings some pretty likable titles to the App Store, and we've rounded up some of them for you in a group review.
Two of this month's titles from Square Enix, but the...
Review: No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
At the time of this writing, I have just finished No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle after a 16-hour marathon play through, with occasional breaks to nap and go to the bathroom. This is not the...
Review: Mass Effect 2
Sparing intergalactic civilization from annihilation isn't a new narrative construct -- all budding sci-fi game writers and novelists must have soggy dreams about weaving this sort of epic -- but...
Review: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
When I tell one of my fighting game-playing friends that Capcom's releasing a new fighting game called Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, the first thing they ask is, "What's a Tatsunoko?", frequently with an...
Review: MAG
MAG, otherwise known as Massive Action Game, has never been short of ambition. Cramming 256 players into a single FPS multiplayer match is no small task at the best of times, but doing it on home...
Review: Dark Void
When Capcom publishes a game, there are very few people who don't know about it, but it has to be said that Dark Void's marketing and hype has been somewhat minimal. Sure, quite a few people know...
Review: Army of Two: The 40th Day
Army of Two didn't exactly set the gaming world aflame when it released back in 2008. In fact, the only remarkable thing about EA Montreal's co-op shooter was its sheer tastelessness, as dar...
Review: Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces
When I first heard about Innocent Aces, I scratched my head. It seemed like a bit of a strange title to turn into a flight sim, especially after hearing one of my writers over at Japanator discus...
Review: Darksiders
It started life as an unknown game from an untested studio, but as we drew closer and closer to Darksiders' release date, people started to take notice. The incredible art design, the promise of ...
Review: Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond
I am a huge fan of Matt Hazard's universe. I love the ridiculous characters, set pieces and humor found in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard and knew as soon as it was over that I would ne...
Review: VVVVVV
Upon reading the list of 2010 IGF finalists, I had only one question: where the f*ck was VVVVVV?
I know it's bad form to admit your opinion of a game before entering the review proper, but I'll j...
Review: Bayonetta
How can one accurately describe Bayonetta? The truth is, one can't, and that makes starting a review very difficult indeed. You could list any number of adjectives that partially describe the exp...
Review: Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
One of my New Year's resolutions is to cut to the chase, so here goes.
If you like traditional Castlevania games, buy Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth right now. You will enjoy it. Contrary to ...
Review: Pallurikio
"Everyone would love to stay with Pallurikio all day long."
That's one of the opening lines from the tutorial of Pallurikio, a new puzzle/platforming game on WiiWare. It's also a lie. Everyone wo...
Review: Madden NFL Arcade
In the current economic climate, with studios suffering layoffs every other day, many publishers have stated a preference for sticking with established IPs that are almost guaranteed to sell well...
iPhone Review Round-up: December
December brings lots of really strong iPhone titles to the iTunes App Store, and we've rounded up some of them for you in a group review.
Two of this month's titles are actually ports or reworkin...
Review: Gratuitous Space Battles
Usually, most declarations of one game genre or another being "dead" are just hot air. That said, such sentiments are probably closest to truth when applied to space games. Space games are somewh...
Review: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5
Guybrush Threepwood is dead; long live Guybrush Threepwood. Thrown into the underworld and seemingly powerless to stop the forces of piratey evil , the fifth Tales of Monkey Island chapter, entit...
Review: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Wii)
No weapons? Wii waggle? And a "re-imagining" of the first Silent Hill game is what they're calling this? The combination sounds like Silent Hill: My Worst Nightmare, and I don't mean that in a go...
Review: PixelJunk Shooter
Kyoto-based developer Q-Games has found success on the PlayStation Network with its PixelJunk series, which uses simple gameplay premises and takes them in new directions.
Its last title, P...
Review: God of War Collection
"I don't know anything about it," said of God of War III producer Stig Asmussen of a God of War I/II Blu-ray collection, "so I don't think it's likely it's gonna happen."
That was at E3 earlier t...
Review: James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
Videogames made solely to coincide with the release of a major movie tend to be terrible -- rushed, lazy, and made with little to no care by studios who are just doing the bare minimum required t...
Review: Zombie Driver
This is a review for a game called Zombie Driver.
The game is about running zombies over in a car and killing them with weapons attached to said car.
The review will tell you, in my opinion, whet...
Review: The Saboteur
World War II games are a penny a dozen, having earned a reputation as one of the most overused settings in videogame history. Likewise, the open world genre has been exploited so often and so sha...
Review: Creature Defense
Here's the concept: Take tower defense and mix it with card-based strategy games. If you're a total fu*king geek like I am, that sounds amazing. That's what Creature Defense is. And you know what...
Review: Tony Hawk: Ride
Ever wanted to actually get on a skateboard, but simply couldn't find the time to leave your living room?
Having lost a lot of market- and mind-share to its competition, Activision went bac...
Review: Blast Off (PSP Mini)
Perhaps you've heard about the PSP Mini games and wondered what the big deal was. They've been likened to the iPhone App games in size and function. And that's about right, except you get to use ...
Review: LEGO Rock Band
A year ago, the music game genre was at its peak. Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour had recently launched to rave reviews, and looking back, it appears that the developers of those games -- ...
Review: Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Screw Duke Nukem. Sam "Serious" Stone is the real king of first-person-shooter meatheads and if anybody deserved to make a triumphant comeback, it was him. Sure, Sam may not be quite as high prof...
Review: Echoes
With games costing between five and ten bucks, it seems that many developers have missed the point of PSP Minis. Really, it feels no different than the regular PlayStation Network Store, lacking ...
Review: Assassin's Creed 2
Assassin's Creed is generally considered to be a solid, if somewhat flawed, videogame. Despite earning praise for its visuals, concept and unique story, the 2007 title was criticized for its repe...
Peripherally Speaking: Crossfire Remote Pistol
When it comes to Wii accessories, the vast majority of products are ones designed to work in conjunction with the Wii Remote. Just look at all of the assorted plastic bits of junk that you can sl...
Review: Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
When I first heard that Capcom's next Resident Evil game was going to be a sequel to the Wii-exclusive Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, I was pretty disappointed. Umbrella Chronicles actua...
Review: Left 4 Dead 2
New friends, more zombies, better apocalypse. That's what Valve has promised, and that's what fans will come to expect when they finally pick up the sequel to one of the best zombie games ever m...
Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex
I don't generally like wartime FPSes. In fact, I'd say that the "normal guy with guns shooting other normal guys with guns" genre is my least favorite in all of videogame-dom, starting with Golde...
Review: Arkedo Series - 02 SWAP!
A few weeks ago, indie game developer Arkedo sent me an e-mail titled "An Easy Game from Arkedo to Dtoid, with Love": "Do you think it would be possible to have your mad skillz colleague try and ...
Review: EyePet
Before the Wii, Sony brought casual motion-controlled gaming to the masses with EyeToy. Unfortunately, Sony never really capitalized on it and is only now scrabbling to make use of its camera per...
Review: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
It's a-me! Mario! Nick said he's too lazy to write an intro! But he reviewed New Super Mario Bros. Wii and you can read that after the jump! There's also a neat-o video review, too! Woo hoo!
Lov...
Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
The biggest game of the year is finally here. Infinity Ward created one of the most popular, well-crafted and subsequently imitated first-person-shooter games in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare a...
Review: Gravitronix
Rght around the time that WiiWare was just becoming known to the public, a little company in New Hampshire called Medaverse Studios announced that they would be jumping in on the fun with a game ...
Review: Dragon Age: Origins
What do you do when you stop making games for one of the biggest roleplaying franchises of all time? If you're BioWare, the answer is easy -- make your own roleplaying franchise and start again f...
Review: Lost Winds: The Winter of the Melodias
When I heard the news that a second Lost Winds game was coming out I knew I had to finally download the first game and become a big fan of it. So I did download it and I did become a big fan of i...
Review: Osmos
Upon reading the title of this post, I assume you will have one of two reactions:
1. What the hell is Osmos what is this crap why are you wasting my
2. Didn't that game come out, like, almost thr...
Review: Space Invaders Extreme 2
Space Invaders Extreme is regarded by many as among the greatest DS games of all time, and an essential component of any portable gaming repertoire. It was undoubtedly a brilliant game, and so a ...
Review: Half-Minute Hero
Roleplaying games are dramatic, lengthy affairs in which most players could reasonably expect to lose up to eighty hours of their time. Half-Minute Hero exists to tell you just how much you're wa...
Review: JU-ON: The Grudge
It's almost Halloween, and if you're anything like me, you're going to try to make the most of it. Playing survival horror games can be one way of doing that, but the way the genre has evolved (o...
Destructoid review: Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble
You know how it goes. There's always that one badass at school that no one messes with. Everyone around knows that this particular badass has dignified himself by pulling enough sucker punches an...
Review: Thexder Neo
Thexder began life life in 1985 on the NEC PC-8801. Although regarded as a classic, the SHMUP never became a massive franchise. It gained international success when converted for the MSX system, ...
Review: Domino Rally
As far as I know, Domino Rally has not yet been released in stores. It's also not available on GameStop's site, or most other online retail outlets. The game came out over a month ago, but I thin...
Review: Eufloria
Eufloria -- formerly known as Dyson -- has been on my radar for a while now. Firstly, one of its creators also made Cottage of Doom. This, in itself, is sufficient reason for excitement.Secondly,...
Review: BIT.TRIP Void
Fans of BIT.TRIP Beat and BIT.TRIP Core will be thrilled to hear that the development team at Gaijin Games has been hard at work on a third game in the BIT.TRIP series called BIT.TRIP Void. While...
Review: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Insomniac Games' Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time represents the ninth game in the series, which started back in 2002 on the PlayStation 2. That's nine games in seven years, folks. Wow.&...
Review: Wii Fit Plus
Wii Fit Plus is a $20 upgrade to Wii Fit. It includes everything from the original title, plus new games and new "fitness"-related things that I only sort-of care about. The game now tr...
Review: Machinarium
Machinarium may be the best adventure game I've ever played.
I don't know if I prefer it outright over the motion-controlled glory that is Zack and Wiki, or the wacky time-travel-laffs of Chariot...
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