Jeff Gerstmann

This retelling of the original Strider arcade game has a lot of cool moments, but a lack of meaningful challenges holds it back.

The great driving and great looks of Forza 5 get buried by bad menus, frustrating AI, and a disappointing number of "opportunities" to spend additional money.

Killer Instinct shows you the ropes quite well and has a combo system that's fun to execute, though slightly less fun to defend against.

There's a fantastic game hiding inside of Need for Speed Rivals, but there aren't enough systems in place to draw that greatness out where it belongs.

The campaign is a real drag, but Shadow Fall's multiplayer props up the package with its fun, configurable action.

The basic core of fast-action multiplayer shooting is largely intact on all platforms, but Call of Duty: Ghosts tries new things that don't make the game better while omitting features and modes that players have come to expect from the franchise.

Prodding at The Stanley Parable and seeing how it will react to your various actions makes for a great, brief experience.

Grand Theft Auto V's unique storytelling meshes well with standard GTA-style action, giving you multiple perspectives on some fantastic criminal activities.

Saints Row IV builds on the style and sense of humor of the previous game really well, even if it leans a little too heavily on its predecessor at times.

Blood Dragon has a terrific sense of style and gives you some good extra Far Cry 3-style gameplay to fool around with.

Injustice's unique fighting systems and wild super moves set it apart from the developer's previous work.

Infinite keeps the soul of BioShock at its core, but it isn't afraid to strike out in some very exciting new directions.

Judgment's campaign twists the Gears formula in some interesting ways, but the rest of the package feels pretty thin for a full-priced retail product.

Crysis 3 looks great on the PC, but was this sequel really necessary?

Antichamber's mindbending puzzles force you to learn the rules of an unfamiliar world and it makes for an exciting and thought-provoking time.

This frantic fighting game just doesn't pack in enough PlayStation flavor to truly earn the title of "All-Star."

You'd think that the people in charge of the Call of Duty franchise would be more protective of it than this.

If you're looking for a multiplayer driving game that's about way more than simple races, Most Wanted's speedlist system makes for an amazingly good time.

Plenty of racing games have tried to split the difference between simulation and "arcade" racing in the past, but there aren't many that do it as well as Forza Horizon.

Borderlands 2 gives you more Borderlands. No more, no less.