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	Generation of Chaos: Pandora's Reflection review (PSP) Reviewed on February 18, 2013 Developers these days often try to pack as many features into their games as possible, but, for the most part, those features wind up feeling half-assed. In contrast, Generation of Chaos: Pandora’s Reflection emphasizes a single feature and streamlines everything else to accommodate it.
	Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi review (SNES) Reviewed on February 17, 2013 And most importantly: once upon a time, three brave heroes advanced upon the castle of the fierce demon lord Mudo in an attempt to bring his reign of terror to an end. The foul beast was prepared, though, and cast a horrible spell that caused the heroic party members to be frozen momentarily in air before finally vanishing. In a bed in a remote village, the leader of the brave triumvirate wakes up… to what apparently is the same boring, rustic life he always has lived.
	White Noise: A tale of Horror review (X360) Reviewed on February 15, 2013 You can never accuse White Noise of being original, but that’s okay; it’s sure as hell effective.
	Brain Age: Concentration Training review (3DS) Reviewed on February 14, 2013 You will do as the floating polygonal head commands.
	Dungeonland review (PC) Reviewed on February 13, 2013 You might cackle at the fact that Critical Studio intentionally labeled the easiest difficulty setting as Hard, but that laughter won’t last for long. There will be livid grunting and even a runaway tear here or there, until you and your crew band together with heroic purpose. Teamwork is unquestionably the main draw of Dungeonland, and I absolutely love the game for it.
	Aliens: Colonial Marines review (X360) Reviewed on February 13, 2013 I'll say this about Colonial Marines: had it been released a decade ago, it would have looked passable. The blocky modeling, muddy textures and embarrassing particle effects are all GameCube-quality, and the characters' complete lack of facial expressions would be acceptable in a world in which Half-Life 2 didn't come out over eight years ago.
	Dead Space 3 review (X360) Reviewed on February 08, 2013 I don't mind that Dead Space 3 is an action game; I mind that it's a clumsy, uninspired one.
	Fire Emblem: Awakening review (3DS) Reviewed on February 06, 2013 Gregor ees on job!
	Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!! review (3DS) Reviewed on February 04, 2013 Jake and Finn's quest to retrieve their trash from the Ice King borrows a number of cool ideas from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, but the adventure doesn't last long enough to do anything substantial.
	Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion review (3DS) Reviewed on February 03, 2013 Although the stages are large enough to be interesting, you’ll have to visit each one several times if you want to discover all of the castle’s secrets. You unlock life meter extensions and improvements to your various attacks by completing various side quests, so you might have a rough time defeating Mizrabel if you don’t seek out all of your potential allies (though perhaps not, since she’s not actually a difficult opponent).
	Spyro the Dragon review (PSX) Reviewed on February 03, 2013 Level designs often pair different sorts of beasts and toss them into a compact space. In Alpine Ridge, you’ll face armored rooster people that try to smack you with their scepters. In the same general vicinity, you’ll also encounter grotesque bears and druids that have a habit of moving platforms around.
	Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed review (PS3) Reviewed on February 03, 2013 Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing: Transformed is a kart racer that quickly and cheerfully dispels any cynicism about the genre.
	Under Defeat HD review (X360) Reviewed on February 02, 2013 There’s nothing else out there quite like Under Defeat, and while it gained reverence in its obscurity, the world missed out. Don’t miss out at an unexpectedly well-crafted second chance to find out for yourself.
	Salamander review (TG16) Reviewed on February 02, 2013 Sadly, Salamander is a rarity — a Gradius-style game that doesn't operate by these rules. Instead, you get the simple-n-generic sort of system where enemies drop power-ups represented by various icons and, by collecting them, you automatically get whatever goodie they represent. This takes some of the fun out of this title, as the ability to customize the way you power up your ship was quite a nice touch.
	Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask review (3DS) Reviewed on February 01, 2013 Since we’ve now reached the fifth game in the series, it’s natural that not every puzzle is a winner, but the stuff that you’ll find here is mostly very good even if it mostly doesn’t utilize the 3DS hardware in any meaningful way. There are some challenges that do repeat a few times, including some irritating ones that ask you to divide a board into four pieces of the same size while gerrymandering your way around chess pawns, but a lot of the brain teasers are intuitive and creative enough to keep you absorbed even if you find yourself stumped for a few minutes at a time.
	Secret of Mana review (SNES) Reviewed on January 25, 2013 The farther you advance into the adventure, the more worthless the hero becomes when compared to his two companions. He is the best melee fighter, which is great for mowing through the common enemies that reside on the paths your party must navigate while traversing the overworld and any dungeons, but he possesses no magic of his own. When left to fight alone, the best the hero can do is charge up his weapon of choice (which isn't the quickest of processes) and hope to connect with an enemy by unleashing an enhanced attack.
	DmC: Devil May Cry review (X360) Reviewed on January 17, 2013 DmC retains the combat that made the series popular but, in stark contrast to the previous release, embellishes it with confidence, audacity and newfound visual majesty. The series creator moved on ages ago to reach greater heights; maybe it was time the series itself did, too.
	Super Hexagon review (PC) Reviewed on January 15, 2013 Super Hexagon is a master class in single-minded vision, minimalism in design, and pure addictive compulsion.
	Anarchy Reigns review (PS3) Reviewed on January 12, 2013 Is this a fight or a beauty pageant?
	Wrecked: Revenge Revisited review (X360) Reviewed on January 12, 2013 With three friends at your side, there are few other titles out there that’ll reveal your ugliest competitive streak quite so vividly.

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