Video Game Review: Country Dance All-Stars

There aren’t many features to speak of in this boot scootin’ boogie with its four different modes — Normal, Perfection, Freeze and Rehearsal. The Rehearsal mode is a rather weak and watered down practice session where you simply go through the routine without being scored. Since this game’s dance routines free flow as one number instead of being broken down into segments, the ability to tackle the song piece by piece in inaccessible. Perfection mode is simply the same as Normal mode except you’ll only be rewarded points for hitting “Great” moves.

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Video Game Review: The Walking Dead

As this isn’t an official license of the AMC TV show, you won’t hear the familiar theme song, though its rippling violin line was obviously the inspiration for the game’s theme tune. Like the show, the use of silence and low atmospheric music is done to create mood without ever being too invasive. As for the zombies, well, they sound like zombies. I’m sure there’s a stock library for all entertainment media to use for zombie sound effects at this point.

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Video Game Review: LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7

With only a few commands to keep track of here there are actually several redundancies found on the Vita’s setup. Specifically there are three different ways to cycle through your selection of spells: the right analog stick, the left and right bumpers or by touching the spell wheel with your finger. Casting is done with the square; up to three targets can be painted, or you can hold down the button and lock-on with a more powerful version of your spell. You can also jump (X), switch between characters (triangle) and interact with the environment (O).

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