Lollipop Magazine

LittleBigPlanet – 2 – Review

March 31, 2011

To create a sequel to a game that was bursting with content, Media Molecule has taken the kitchen sink approach. Before, you could make levels, now worlds.

Dead Rising – 2 – Review

December 7, 2010

The fantastically detailed (and sadistically difficult) game that lay beneath these visuals lives on in the sequel, with an even greater emphasis on the humor.

Kane & Lynch 2 – Dog Days – Review

October 7, 2010

Online or off, the game is firmly weighted toward stylistic and conceptual ambition rather than gameplay innovation,

Iron Man – 2 – Review

May 1, 2010

Whether you’re controlling Iron Man or War Machine, the weaponry that should be game’s selling point feels unresponsive and ineffectual.

Just Cause – 2 – Review

April 1, 2010

As secret agent Rico Rodriguez, you cruise, jump, fly, careen, zig-zag, grapple, and buzz around a fictional tropical paradise, working as a gun-for-hire.

Left 4 Dead 2 – Review

March 1, 2010

It’s the little touches in L4D2 that create an oppressively bleak atmosphere and push the game beyond the realm of just a hyperactive zombie shooting gallery.

Rotor – 2 – Review

March 16, 2007

Cosmic exploration juxtaposed by fuzzy riffery, cerebral vs he-man thud, dig? Jazzy prog wank and repetitive, slow builds, and you’ve got a bit to smoke up to.

Kingdom Hearts – 2 – Review

October 27, 2006

Even by Square standards, where cute characters frolic side by side with tortured Clay Aiken look-alikes, playing an RPG with Disney characters is pretty silly.

Resurrection 2 – Review

March 7, 2005

An 11-song collection of club/future pop tracks from the WTII Records roster, mastered superbly by Chris Randall (of Sister Machine Gun fame).

Max Payne – 2: The Fall of Max Payne – Review

February 2, 2004

Billed as a film-noir love story set on the hyper-violent streets of New York City, it delivers like a 50-caliber bullet to the temple.