Jason Fanelli
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Capcom delivers another great fighting game collection--even with varying quality in the selections this time around.
Doom games, throughout the ages, have one simple premise: Kill demons with big guns. The formula has been modified slightly over time – our new era of Doom is now "kill demons, big guns, HEAVY METAL," which is an improvement – but as long as the basics are there, the game will likely be a ton of fun. Doom: The Dark Ages understands this, and it throws all manner of demons at you, with the express knowledge that you're going to kick the ever-living hell out of them. Man, it is a devilishly...
A mechanically sound and fun fighting experience is slightly hampered by a lacking set of modes to use it in.
While Waiting turns the most boring parts of a person’s life into an equally reverent and irreverent look at life itself. The 100 minigames offer plenty of variety – even if some of them add to the boredom rather than disperse it – and the overarching story will tug at your heartstrings and tickle your funny bone.
It will punish you with impossible odds. It will throw numbers and statistics at you at blinding speed. It will grind you beneath its heel and beat you into submission, until you finally decide to play by its rules. Don't get my words twisted, however: Everything I've just written is high praise.
If I'm being honest with myself, the opening sequence of Indiana Jones And The Great Circle had me worried sick for a while. Rather than jumping headfirst into the newest adventure starring Dr. Jones and his archaeological exploits, The Great Circle instead places its tutorial level in a digital version of one of the movie franchise's most iconic scenes. I won't say which one for spoiler reasons, but once it was over, I started having doubts.
Three additional characters and brutal Animalities are overshadowed by an uneven, head-scratching story expansion.
The frenetic fighting Dragon Ball fans expect is here, but it's marred by an overall shallow experience with more repetition than revolution.
Capcom has been on a re-release spree lately; between Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth Collection and Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, fans of franchises that have either seen games that never made it to Western shores or lay dormant for multiple years finally have something to chew on. Not to be left out, here's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster – or DRDR, for short – which rehauls Frank West's first foray into zombie-killing history.
Six classic fighters and one extra beat-'em-up come together in a collection that's well worth the wait.