Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
"No long-range strikes, not even air-to-air missiles. Instead, we've got the dogfighting version of melee attacks, up close and very personal."
Text: Christian Gaca | Gamereactor Germany
Dark Souls
"Expect to die a lot, but also expect to be richly rewarded once you master the obstacles put in front of you."
Text: Bengt Lemne
Forza Motorsport 4
"I had promised myself to never again spend time in the career mode of a racing game after my 30 plus hours with Gran Turismo 5."
Text: Petter Hegevall | GR Sweden
Red Bull X-Fighters
"There is no reason to look closer at Red Bull X-Fighters, but every reason to check out Joe Danger and Trials HD."
Text: Love Bolin | Gamereactor Sweden
Rage
"id has learnt some new tricks that embellish the experience; but it still kills the old way. In today's world, that's almost a unique proposition."
Text: Gillen McAllister
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
"We are talking about the latest edition of former giant in the genre, and the amount of improvements is not impressive."
Text: Kristian Nymoen
Burnout Crash
"Criterion have taken the popular crash mode from their Burnout series, turned it on its head and added all sorts of crazy ideas."
Text: Mathias Holmberg | Gamereactor Sweden
FIFA 12
"FIFA 12 feels more heavy-handed than its predecessor, but remains very capable of portraying the beautiful game."
Text: David Moschini | Gamereactor Germany
Renegade Ops
"You're travelling from A to B unloading whatever guns, bombs and destruction you can on the way. Contra on wheels? From the explosion count, it could well be."
Text: Matti Isotalo | Gamereactor Finland
Rise of Nightmares
"Implementation of Kinect is at times both daring and sometimes remarkable. The game takes a few confident steps in the right direction, but stumbles all too often."
Text: Thomas Blichfeldt | Gamereactor Denmark
Radiant Silvergun HD
"Microsoft and Treasure have worked closely together to offer up the definitive version of the greatest lost classic from an almost forgotten console generation."
Text: Thomas Blichfeldt
F1 2011
"It's a game that captures the racing spirit, and gives the right amount of feedback. Rarely has it felt so rewarding to master a corner or pull off an overtake."
Text: Thomas Blichfeldt | Gamereactor Denmark
The Gunstringer
"We really shouldn't have doubted retail pressure, or new tech, would have humbled or hindered the studio in any way."
Text: Ingo Delinger | Gamereactor Germany
Gears of War 3
"For those holding their breath waiting for it fail: it doesn't. For those hoping for it to innovate: it doesn't. Either way, it's damn fine entertainment."
Text: Gillen McAllister
NHL 12
"If there is one thing that successful developers of sports games struggle with, it's innovation."
Text: Bengt Lemne
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
"If you think that El Shaddai is shock full of angel choirs, long white beards and the likes you are very wrong."
Dead Island
"Later escort missions are troublesome, as it feels as though Techland has equipped the NPCs with the same artificial intelligence as the zombies by mistake."
Text: Jonas Mäki (Gamereactor Sweden)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
"That unrelenting action, that sees you pinball between rucks, is gratifyingly fun due to the emphasis on melee over gunplay."
Text: Jonas Mäki | Gamereactor Sweden
The Baconing
Crispy, tasty and made out of pigs. The Baconing comes to us offering up wonderful humour and lots of loot!
Text: Bengt Lemne
Bodycount
"So, weapons great, destruction, lovely. The fundamentals are all there; pure arcade action. Sadly the rest isn't up to par."
Text: Daniel Steinholtz
Driver: San Francisco
"Even if Shift initially raises doubts, the mechanics works much better than we had expected - and about a million times better than the unfortunate on-foot sections of Driver 3."
Text: Eerik Rahja (Gamereactor Finland)
Toy Soldiers: Cold War
"We're delighted with Toy Soldiers: Cold War, as it offers solid action, great controls, humour, and an extremely nice presentation."
Text: Daniel Steinholtz (Gamereactor Sweden)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
"Initially cold, distant, disconnected, Deus Ex gradually proves a sublime experience of player freedom and choice, negating any lingering negativity."
Text: Gillen McAllister
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition
Text: Thomas Blichfeldt
Fruit Ninja Kinect
"The only option is to slow your thrusts temporarily. But in a game requiring fast reflexes, this makes you look like a badly choreographed extra in a Michael Bay movie."
Text: Gillen McAllister
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
"Microsoft's Summer of Arcade-campaign has delivered a couple of really strong games this year, and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is no exception."
Text: Rasmus Lund-Hansen (Gamereactor Denmark)
From Dust
"Haunting, captivating, stunning...play God, build towering mountains, write profanities in sand two miles wide, but whatever you do: play this game."
Text: Gillen McAllister
Call of Juarez: The Cartel
"All hints of a serious story are thrown out the window as some Rambo-inspired warfare against drugs, complete with cheesy dialogue, begins."
Text: Jonas Mäki (Gamereactor Sweden)
Cars 2
"It's still odd seeing such extravagant violence in a Pixar title. Like Woody drawing a gun and capping Mr.Potato Head."
Text: Gillen McAllister
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
"A couple of small improvements doesn't help hide the fact that this is a shooter that lacks ideas with the Harry Potter brand tacked on."
Text: Thomas Blichfeldt (Gamereactor Denmark)
F.E.A.R. 3
"A labyrinth of blinking flat-screens, old storage rooms where pigs are hanging side-by-side with human corpses. At those times F.E.A.R. 3 seems like everything we hoped for."
Text: Thomas Blichfeldt (Gamereactor Denmark)
Shadows of the Damned
"It's a meeting of minds every bit as intriguing as the Tarantino and Rodriguez Grindhouse double-bill, yet with one key difference: it delivers."
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
"There's likely plenty of gaps in the story ripe for action-aided filler between the second and third movies (what happened to Megan Fox not being one of them)."
Red Faction: Armageddon
"...we tend to judge games like Red Faction: Armageddon way more harshly than they deserve. It's popcorn-entertainment, a good game to spend a couple of hours with, and it performs that job splendidly."
Text: Petter Mårtensson
Dungeon Siege III
"As a whole Dungeon Siege III offers some grand ideas, and the illusion of fantasy epic, but falls just before greatness due to its shortcomings."
Text: Martin Eiser
Child of Eden
"You're charged to dive in, wipe the network clear of the virus like a Norton version of Mr.Muscle...the net may be vast and infinite, but it's still 'Save the Princess' time."
Text: Gillen McAllister
Alice: Madness Returns
"Alice: Madness Returns is a nice platform game. It's not without its problems, but the mechanics are good enough that fans of the genre should give it a try."
Text: Rasmus Lund-Hansen (Gamereactor Denmark)
Dirt 3
"It's quite obvious that Codemasters have wanted to make a game that on all accounts beats the rest of the genre, and that's something that they've partially succeeded with..."
Text: Thomas Blichfeldt (Gamereactor Denmark)
Sega Rally Online Arcade
This is a conversion - with tweaks - of Sega Rally's arcade fraternity. That means the type of Championship that was built to swallow pound coins, not time.
Text: Gillen McAllister
Outland
"Outland has the craftmanship that sets it alongside Super Meat Boy and Symphony of the Night. Difficult yet captivating."
Text: Bengt Lemne, Gillen McAllister & Petter Mårtensson
L.A. Noire
The morning sun seeps in through the blinds at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters. War veteran-turned cop Cole Phelps fix his holster, pulls on his police hat and walks out the door into one of the most ambitiously designed game worlds ever.
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
"None are impervious to Lego's charms. We went in with cynical size nines strapped on, ready to stomp hard. We came away sandalled and smiling."
Text: Gillen McAllister
Brink
"Only when you've a leaderboard billing that's reassuringly full of misspelt gamertags, is the experience every bit exciting and tense as the digital gods intended."
Text: Gillen McAllister
Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury
"Cry broken gameplay and you'd be wrong. The correct interpretation is: 'I'm defending my poor reaction times with terminal intensity. Let's hit restart, and give this another go.'"
Text: Gillen McAllister
Thor: God of Thunder
"Frustration, some ill conceived boss fights and a rather unsatisfying combat system sends this God of Thunder fast on his way to the bargain bin."
Text: Bengt Lemne
Virtua Tennis 4
"Short matches, quirky mini-games, and gameplay that focuses more on reflexes and timing than on proper tactics."
Text: Bengt Lemne
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
"Despite the fact that Operation Flashpoint: Red River tops its predecessor in many areas there are just too many flaws."
Text: Jesper Karlsson (Gamereactor Sweden)
Michael Jackson: The Experience
"Michael Jackson lived an incredibly rich life, so why am I forced to suffer through this barren experience..."
Text: Jonas Mäki (Gamereactor Sweden)
Mortal Kombat
"Mortal Kombat throws me 20 years back in time and offers up wonderful retro- and nostalgia-laden memories from the wonderful 16-bit era."
Portal 2
"Portal 2 managed to surpass my very high expectations of it and it's the perfect sequel to the classic Portal. It does everything right and doesn't take a single wrong step."
Text: Rasmus Lund-Hansen (Gamereactor Denmark)