Xbox 360 Reviews

When you bought your PlayStation 3 the chances are it wasn’t because you were dreaming of playing a game in which you built a garden of hanging vines to attract William Shakespeare to your city while Ghandi shook a stick at you in a fit of rage. The chances are even slimmer that you pictured yourself playing said game, bellowing your civilization to victory while trying to shove a sandal up Ghandi’s rear.

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"Things have changed around here, and not for the better,” utters one of the first characters Silent Hill: Homecoming protagonist Alex meets upon returning to his hometown, Shepherd’s Glen. He’s right. Or rather, half right, for while there’s some cause for complaint here, many of the series’ standout signature features are present and correct. ...

With its laidback vibe, slower pace and intuitive controls, Skate felt like liberation from the Tony Hawk series’ arcade intensity, million point combos and complex button mashing. So the worrying news – initially, at least – is that Skate 2 feels vaguely bewildering and oppressive. ...

Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. For all its strengths and its decade of refinement and polish, Smash Court Tennis is a toddler on a tricycle that Atari have wheeled out into the path of Top Spin 3’s Mack truck. It wasn’t always this way, of course. Smash Court has been around since the PlayStation days, and it shows. ...