Video Game Review: Madden NFL ’12

That’s not to suggest the series has gone backward (or even sideways), it’s just that the majority of the enhancements are more subtle, behind-the-scenes type of stuff, the biggest of which is the collision-based tackling system. Designed to eliminate players suctioning onto one another in tackling situations, the system keeps you in control of a player until contact is initiated. At that point the game takes into account things like size and momentum to determine what happens next. It makes for smoother, more realistic looking tackles (even if there’s a proclivity for big hits).

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Video Game Review: Rezurrection DLC

That would be Moon, which answers the age old question, “Can zombies survive in outer space?,” with a resounding yes. You begin on Earth in a location referred to as No Man’s Land, which provides a potentially significant challenge right out of the gate as the small space fills up with zombies and hell hounds in a matter of moments. I say potentially because you can leave the area in under 30 seconds and transport to the moon, but there are a couple powerful items available if you can stay alive long enough to earn the points necessary to purchase them.

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Video Game Review: Call of Juarez: The Cartel

It may take a little time to acclimate to the game’s button layout, but once that’s squared away the actual shooting mechanics are solid. You’ll carry three guns (two pistols and a rifle/shotgun) and have the ability to dual-wield your two smaller weapons with the usual drawback of not being able to aim down the sight. Grenades and melee attacks are also available.

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Video Game Review: Toy Soldiers: Cold War

Working the turrets is solid, though a manual reload function is strangely absent. Vehicular setups have been smoothed out considerably from the original, and I rarely felt like I was fighting to get the various tanks and choppers to do what I wanted. There are still some limitations with the camera, though, which leave aspects of the map obscured even from an overhead perspective. It’s a frustrating issue, especially when you’re trying to set up defenses and suddenly run into an invisible wall that halts your scanning.

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Video Game Review: Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

With little variation, you and your squad mates have two objectives: 1. find the Ravagers (the general term used for the combined insect/alien armada); and 2. kill the Ravagers. A few boss fights will be sprinkled in throughout the 15-mission campaign, but there’s nothing realistic or tactical about any of the game’s combat. This is a title where you basically shut off your brain and just revel in the act of eliminating wave after wave of massive insects.

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Video Game Review: Fruit Ninja Kinect

Sending your arms gliding and arcing through the air is a lot of fun, and probably 95 times out of 100 the Kinect will read your movements perfectly. Of course, that leaves instances where it doesn’t, and you’ll hit a bomb while just resetting your arm position or only register a dozen hits on a score multiplying pomegranate instead of your usual 50 — for no discernible reason.

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