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Fat Princess Review

By Trent Fingland on October 9, 2009 - 11:18am.

Empty calories

Fat Princess Art

HIGH Holding both princesses for the last few seconds while the entire enemy team is running wild in the castle.

LOW The sudden realization that almost every match plays out the same way.

WTF The sudden realization that almost every match plays out the same way.

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Shatter Second Opinion

By Trent Fingland on October 9, 2009 - 8:43am.

A summer blockbuster in more ways than one

Shatter Screenshot

HIGH It was a feast for the eyes and ears all the way to the end.

LOW When it's over, it's really over.

WTF The "storyline" piqued my curiosity more than it probably should have.

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Quantz Review

By Tera Kirk on September 29, 2009 - 11:01am.

A Rubik's Cube for the digital age 

Quantz Screenshot

HIGH: The graphics and sound are beautiful, and flow like a clear, computerized river.

LOW: Flipping the cubes is a delicate operation, and often frustrating.

WTF: It's a puzzle game. The whole concept is one big WTF, really.

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Sudoku Ball Detective Review

By Brad Gallaway on September 27, 2009 - 10:14am.

Yes, you read that right

Sudoku Ball Detective Screenshot Sudoku Ball Detective Screenshot

HIGH It's Sudoku.

LOW It's just Sudoku.

WTF Why put "Detective" in the title when it's barely in the game?

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Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard Review

By Daniel Weissenberger on September 24, 2009 - 12:38pm.

No laughing matter

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard Screenshot

HIGH The Cloud Sephiroh fight.

LOW The rest of the game.

WTF Doing a William Shatner impression does not count as a "joke".

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Muramasa: The Demon Blade Review

By Brad Gallaway on September 22, 2009 - 11:11am.

Not nearly as sharp as it looks

Muramasa: The Demon Blade Screenshot

HIGH The hand-drawn artwork is incredible eye-candy.

LOW Feels empty and barren; a rough sketch of a bigger game.

WTF Did the developers honestly think that style trumps substance?

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Cursed Mountain Review

By Brad Gallaway on September 17, 2009 - 10:46am.

Proving that horror isn't based on guns and gore

Cursed Mountain Screenshot

HIGH Refreshingly different and mature on a kid-centric console.

LOW The lack of play variety may put off some players.

WTF Do religious artifacts really need more powerful upgrades?

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Bionic Commando Second Opinion

By Trent Fingland on September 17, 2009 - 10:40am.

He's not angry, just misunderstood

Bionic Commando Screenshot

HIGH Hanging motionless for a split second a hundred feet in the air above a boss before crashing down on it bionic fist first.

LOW Fumbling ineptly with certain biomech enemies for a large amount of time before discovering their weakness.

WTF When replaying certain sections, the in-game chatter is sometimes replaced with more profane versions of the same sentence.

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Osmos Review

By Richard Naik on September 16, 2009 - 9:48am.

I apologize in advance for any biology-related discrepancies

Osmos Screenshot

HIGH Absorbing a big lifeform just slightly smaller than me.

LOW Miscalculating my orbit in the sun levels and dying when I was close to finishing a level.

WTF Shouldn't my lifeform become intelligent at some point after consuming so many others?

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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona Review

By Mike Bracken on September 13, 2009 - 11:48am.

Bring your demons to Show-and-Tell

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona Screenshot

HIGH The new updates (both in terms of gameplay and aesthetics) are amazing.

LOW The difficulty level can be brutal.

WTF Japanese teenagers are surprisingly nonchalant about interacting with the supernatural.

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