The best bajillion by bajillion square mile free roaming speeder bike simulator. All those cars and quads and motorbikes and roads are really clever facades; it's all about going crazy fast through trees for no real reason.

The melee combat engine that won the world. Oh, and the realization of Arkham is pretty sweet too. Oh, and that sneaking part? Yeah, that works as well. Where did you guys (Rocksteady) come from?!

Everything I want from an MMO - exploration, sprawling yet only occasionally relevant quests, obvious power progression, INSANE loots, engaging and varied combats ... oh, and no other people (or up to 3 others if you're really into that). It's perfect.

Lionhead has succeeeded in just one thing: they managed to outdo Bioware in the "How to strip a sequel of all the things that made the previous game fun" game.

Congrats.

Is this "spy games/conspiracies" game an RPG or an FPS? Both! No wait, I'm wrong - it's an RPG. From equipment tweaking to stat fiddling and even a respec option, all the way to ridiculous skills like outright invisibility or landing headshots from around corners, this game fooled all the critics into rating it like a lousy, cover-based shooter with a lot of talking.

Turns out it's a methodical, almost puzzle-like RPG with a lot of talking (as is only right and proper in something by Chris "Planescape: Torment" Avellone!). Why not go check it out? And I mean, ((X) Coerce) right now.

A bite-sized (GET IT GET IT?) gameplay sample of what Dead Rising is all about, for 5 bucks. You got your psychos, your time limits, your survivors and a ton of zombies, and that overall story arc that you may or may not finish (with appropriate multiple endings served). A better pre-game DLC could not have been envisioned.

RDR is two games for the price of one: 1) a lightweight economic simulator set in the Wild West and 2) a linear, story-based whackamole shooter.

Unfortunately, the economic sim is a bit too lightweight and there is no endgame, and the shooter is the typical Rockstar gibberish with incomprehensible characters, a story-driving macguffin that doesn't show up until 60% through the game, and a love affair with the chest-high wall. The shooting isn't great, either.

Sure is purty, though!