Shadow of the Colossus is an all-time classic, and this excellent remaster provides a vital opportunity to play it again or discover it for the first time.
Buggy matches, inability to connect to a match, frozen matches, post-match freezes before you’re rewarded; this beta has a weapon wheel of frustration.
MLB 11 The Show offers the best baseball experience on a console, due in large part to the stellar audiovisual presentation that mimics an actual MLB broadcast.
ModNation Racers could have succumbed to the same pitfalls as LittleBigPlanet, but it steers deftly around them. The core kart racing is breezy and satisfying.
The gameplay, from the pleasures of gliding over rooftops and grinding on electrical wires, to the frenzied and varied combat system, is incredibly satisfying.
For baseball fans looking for something a little more serious, this has every option, tweak, game mode, and feature, all wrapped in a sterling presentation.
The satisfying feedback of shooting combines the increased realism of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare with the chunky, heavy-machinery approach of Gears of War.