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Insect Armageddon fails to capture the chaos that made its predecessor "special," meaning there's little to distract you from the simple, repetitive, and boring gameplay underneath.

Dead Block is dead boring.

Striking the proper balance between nostalgic and new, Jamestown is a real treat for classic shooter fans.

Even the most devoted fans of the Mercenaries mode from the modern Resident Evil games will be ill-served by this insubstantial and expensive cash-in.

Don't blink or you'll miss this pleasantly ludicrous parody of 16-bit Japanese role-playing games.

Lucha Fury is like a master class in how to make a terrible beat-'em-up.

After the previous games' high standards for chilling atmosphere and cinematic intensity, it's hard not to be disappointed by the common FPS trappings of FEAR 3.

Though some aspects of it are short-lived, there are enough great multiplayer moments in Trenched to make it worth your while.

Shadows of the Damned is a hell of a good time.

After more than a decade, portability and a lovely visual makeover are just bonus features for a game that holds up as well as Ocarina of Time.

Child of Eden is Tetsuya Mizuguchi's most fully realized lightspeed bioluminescent cyberspace techno-synthetic neon air sculpture. That it's also a video game seems beside the point.

It's not quite as refined as you'd expect a sequel to be, but Infamous 2 is still an electrifying good time.

Like its predecessor, Alice: Madness Returns is a game whose considerable dark artistic visions ease much of the gameplay's burden--but not all of it.

Duke Nukem Forever is a sad mess of a game, but hey, at least it finally came out, right?

A few physics-based weapons and destructible environments can't elevate this strictly average third-person shooter.

Like an extreme sports video directed by Roland Emmerich, MotorStorm: Apocalypse is simultaneously at its best and worst when it ramps up its particular brand of delirious carnage.

Dirt 3 isn't as big a jump forward as Dirt 2 was, but tweaks and additional modes and features make it as deep as it is fun.

Rockstar's bold open-world adventure game wraps macabre '40s grit around gripping detective work.

The latest Lego extravaganza from Traveller's Tales offers some convincing reasons not to give up on this prolific, kid-oriented series.

Flat combat and a lack of variety are just two of the things that make Brink such a disappointment.