Disconnection Notice takes risks, but they’re worth it. A definite improvement from their last album (which was still decent). Goldfinger may be getting older, but they’re still rocking out, and doing it better than most of the young pop-punkers.
When you’ve got Splinter Cell and Ninja Gaiden, something so mediocre is inexcusable. Gameplay is rote and uninspired, and the graphics feel dated and clunky.
You head-butt your opponent and proceed to shove your blade into his gaping maw, extracting glowing spheres of life energy. You don’t defeat, you annihilate.
The old-school shooting of Doom 3 pissed a lot of people off. Beyond bleeding-edge graphics, it delivered lighting and shadows as dynamic as those in real life.
The last Devil May Cry entry was a near total derailment of a series. Try as you might to resist 3, you’ll stick around because the gameplay is so damn good.