Reviews

It's an MMO featuring DC's superheroes and villains, and it's free, but it's not as good as Champions Online. Still, it's hard to beat free, so it might be fun enough to take for a whirl and see how many crimes you can stop or commit.

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a great example of an action-RPG where multiplayer is an integral part of the experience and the license is treated with the care and attention to detail it deserves.

For a free-to-play Facebook game, Dragon Age Legends manages to be fun enough for those who don't spend any money on it, while still offering a reasonable challenge to those who do. Combined with the developers' willingness to listen to their community and the game's regular updates, this is just about as good as these games get.

Bioshock 2 avoids the usual pitfall of many FPS games. Namely, it stays exciting and interesting as it progresses. The world is details, the gameplay is great, and the many systems flow together nicely. While maybe not as good as its predecessor, it's still a great title.

Final Fantasy XIII has about half of what you'd expect in a Final Fantasy game. It's linearity and lack of player choice chafes, as the game itself seems to take control of the player and narrative entirely. Though it is a beautiful game, it is a shallow one.

A genuine old-school CRPG that doesn't take itself too seriously, Frayed Knights: The Skull of S'makh-Daon is nowhere near as polished and streamlined as most other modern RPGs, but it more than makes up for it with a real sense of hard-earned progression, enjoyable quests, challenging turn-based combat, and rewarding exploration.