Slender: The Arrival exudes excellent atmosphere and genuine dread, but recycled and repetitive gameplay deeply hampers a potentially enjoyable horror experience.
Dragon Ball: XenoVerse may not be the perfect Dragon Ball experience, but it is absolutely the perfect foundation for one. Here's to hoping Dimps makes the right choices for the inevitable follow-up.
Those who are pining for another Warriors fix are in for a longer wait. Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires was originally slated to come out at the end of January but is now set to release on February 24th instead. KOEI TECMO hasn't released a reason as to why the game has been delayed, but one can only assume it's for further polishing. At least it's only a month out as opposed to being pushed back to the late spring/mid-summer window.
Tennis In The Face provides the same basic satisfaction that Angry Birds does, but lacks heart and charm, resulting in an enjoyable, but unmemorable game.
NBA Live 15 is an appreciated step forward from last year's instalment. However, thanks to stiff gameplay and undercooked game modes, you'll want to draft NBA 2K15 instead.
Dynasty Warriors 8 was originally released earlier this year during the summer. It was met with mostly lukewarm-to-positive reviews that mainly stated that it was basically the Dynasty Warriors gameplay we've all come to expect with a few meaningful tweaks. Now, it looks like developer Omega Force believes that Dynasty Warriors 8 has more to offer and are planning to release a meatier version via Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires on January 2015.
Samurai Warriors 4 is undoubtedly the same game we expected it to be, except with prettier graphics. If you're okay with that, then it's worth a purchase.