Suikoden Tierkreis

By Azmol Meah

If the world really is about to end as the numerous cutscenes keep telling me, shouldn’t all these concerned heroes want to get their hands dirty? [13 May 2009]

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009

By Jason Cook

As you sometimes madly point and click all over the field, the game sometimes takes on a somewhat manic feel, but it also feels like a live-action game of chess with you in control of all the pieces. [29 April 2009]

Castlevania Judgment

By Arun Subramanian

Many of the characters in Judgment seem like caricatures of themselves, their designs clearly influenced a bit too much by Soul Calibur. [19 January 2009]

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

By Arun Subramanian

While there is much familiar about Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, it is not content to exactly follow the established mold of its forebears. [1 December 2008]

Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles

By Azmol Meah

Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles is yet another part of a longtime obsession the industry has with processing power over gameplay. [27 February 2008]

Dance Dance Revolution Universe

By Ryan Smith

Here’s a startling revelation –- flailing wildly on DDR arrows makes you about as much of a real dancer as wearing a red ski mask and jumping off your roof makes you Spider-Man. [14 May 2007]

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

By G. Christopher Williams

We are unaccustomed to seeing stories about men and women that are anything but sexual dramas. [3 February 2005]

Metal Gear Acid

By Josh Lee

If the gameplay inspires some slight meditation on fate and manipulation, the story is obsessed with it. [1 January 1995]

Moving Pixels: Gyruss and the Art of the Arcade Port

Nobody seems to mention it anymore, but Gyruss was one of the best shmups of the NES era. [2 April 2008]