First-person truth about the latest games.

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• The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity
• An offbeat and idiosyncratic IP, The Chase mixes wonderfully innovative gameplay with some incredibly frustrating design choices, creating an original, if ultimately forgettable experience....

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• Neopets Puzzle Adventure - DS
• Neopets Puzzle Adventure only delivers half of what it promises in the title. While the puzzle elements show a faint bit of innovation, everything else in the game feels too simple and kid-oriented, even for casual gamer...

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• Chrono Trigger
• Normally, when I hear that a classic game is being ported to a handheld, I become skeptical because the usual result is a no-frills port meant to cash in on gamers' nostalgia. But thankfully, Square Enix isn't that kind...

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• Age of Empires: Mythologies
• So how do you spice up a turn-based strategy game previously based on classical figures and historical battles? According to THQ, you add mythological monsters and make the battles more fictitious, because if there's on...

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• Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff
• Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff runs back the clock to an era of pre-franchise mode football sims with 8-bit sprites and cut-scene laced arcade gameplay. THE BOTTOM LINE: Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff attempts to provi...

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• Robocalypse
• I'm surprised there aren't more RTS titles on the DS. The stylus and dual screens seem like a natural fit for the genre but aside from a handful of titles, it's sort of slim pickings for RTS fans. Robocalypse aims to fil...