By Victor Godinez
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, your 2008 video game holiday gift guide:
- Action
All ages: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts (Xbox 360); LEGO Batman (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS, PC)
Ages 13 and up: Prince of Persia (Xbox 360, PS3 and PC); Tomb Raider Underworld (Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PC); Mirror's Edge (Xbox 360, PS3, PC); Metal Slug 7 (DS)
Ages 17 and up: Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360); Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360 and PC); Resistance 2 (PS3); Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS, PC); Far Cry 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
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"Sonic Unleashed"
For: Xbox 360, Playstation 3,
Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii
From: Sonic Team/Sega
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
(animated blood, fantasy violence)
By hook or by crook, Sega needs to pull the plug on Sonic Team's disastrous dismantling of Sonic the Hedgehog's good name and give the reins to a developer that can figure it out.
"Sonic Unleashed," the umpteenth reboot of the franchise since things started careening south seven years ago, merely drives home this point yet another example of a developer too stubborn to give fans what they want and not nearly capable enough to justify such obstinacy.
To its partial credit, "Unleashed" isn't the technical nightmare 2006's "Sonic the Hedgehog" was. The camera only occasionally rather than constantly interferes, and the game's failings are merely disappointing instead of staggeringly impossible to understand. "Unleashed" also looks considerably better than its predecessor, which was chock full of graphical glitches, and while the story remains a complete mess, it at least won't creep you out the way "Hedgehog's" weird romance did.
Posted by courier at 09:03 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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