Top Spin 4 review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Review: 2K Czech makes tennis fun again with, Top Spin 4.

This review will be entirely pun free. You will not hear any jokes about how much I “love-love” the game, nor will you hear me discuss this game’s many “advantages”. Get it? Advantages, like the score after deuce? Anyway…

The thing is, there really isn’t any need to fall back on puns and cheap rhetoric. I may anyway, but there is no need to, because Top Spin 4 is a game that speaks for itself. It is a video game that will keeps fans of tennis happy for a long time, and may even have some crossover appeal–if it can convince players to try it, which will be difficult because it doesn’t offer much in way of features that will appeal to non-tennis aficionados, but the gameplay is worth a look for any fans of sports games.

But more than that, and where this game aces—sorry–this game bests its predecessor and other competitors is that it retains the intricate play controls that make mastering the game an achievement, but it also offers a style that is accessible to new players.

Top Spin 4 is a game that anyone could pick up and have fun with. There is even a party game mode for four players that will likely be played for the first time by fans that have never tried a tennis video game before, and yet they should enjoy it. And yet it will keep players coming back to attempt to master the system, which will not be easy. That variable level of difficulty, along with a ridiculously deep career mode make Top Spin 4 the best tennis game out right now, and a great overall sports game in its own right.

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Joyswag: Dreamcast Collection, soundtrack vinyl and 'Still Thinking' hoodie !!!!!!!!

How does one pay tribute to such a great console as the late Sega Dreamcast? With cool swag, of course. To celebrate the company's final console -- and the release of Dreamcast Collection -- Sega manufactured a limited run of the title's soundtrack on vinyl. This snow-white record was intended only for Australia, but we got our hands on a few to give to you (because we kinda, y'know, like you). Some really sharp Dreamcast hoodies were also made. They're zip-up, with orange hood lining and draw strings, plus an embroidered Dreamcast logo on the front and the Dreamcast swirl above the words "Still Thinking ... " on the back.

Four lucky readers will win a package consisting of one soundtrack vinyl, one sweatshirt and one copy ofDreamcast Collection for Xbox 360. Head past the break for the full contest rules, and good luck!To enter:

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Crysis 2 and 3DS preview!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crysis 2 and the Nintendo 3DS both disrupted the steady order of the UK all-formats charts last week, with Crytek's showcase shooter taking top spot in software. According to Chart-Track, the distribution of sales across formats for Crysis 2 gave 57 percent to Xbox 360, 29 percent to PS3 and 14 percent on PC -- of course, the company doesn't account for digital distribution, which would likely alter the PC figure.

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Madden NFL Football 3DS review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Review: EA’s Madden franchise joins the list of launch titles for the Nintendo 3DS is an unimpressive and uninspired translation that can be downright dull.

It wouldn’t be a new video game system if there weren’t at least a few sports games to go with the launch, and EA has stepped up to fill that role with a port of the Madden franchise. With the multiple options that the publisher has to choose from, you would expect EA to have a sports game ready for the launch. You just don’t expect it to be this dull.

Madden for the 3DS is an attempt to cram a complex game into a simplistic package, and as a result the video game feels more like an interpretation of football rather than a playable version of it. The game is unrefined and feels more like something you might find on the Super Nintendo than a brand new system. The features are limited, and there just isn’t anything that really pops with this title. It is almost like the game grudgingly included any features other than a play now option.

Madden offers two types of football, either 5 on 5 or 11 on 11. Both options are available in the season mode as well as the play now, and that’s about it. There is no depth at all to this title, which is surprising compared to the massive amount of player data included with the console versions. Obviously you don’t expect to have anywhere near the same sophistication in a handheld game, but this title feels like it should have just slapped on a generic “Nintendo football” name and left it at that.

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Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars 3D review!!!!!!!!!!!!

Review: Lego Star Wars III brings the unique Lego style to the Star Wars universe to the Nintendo 3DS in this mediocre port of the console game.

If you have never played the Lego style of games before, then you might want to start off with a different title and you should definitely avoid the handheld versions. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars brings the unique  and generally very entertaining Lego style to the Nintendo 3DS, but it fails to capture the magic that makes these games so much fun.

If you have played the console version of this game, avoid this title at all costs. It is not a direct port, it is a severely cut version of it. The console version is a fun and original game using a style that has been proven. The 3DS version is not.

You play through the Clone Wars as several characters, each of which has their own ability that you must use to complete the section they are assigned to.  For example, early on you take control of Yoda as well as light and heavy troopers, and you switch through the three with the touch of a button. As you progress you will need to utilize each character’s abilities to progress. Some areas will require a Jedi, while others will ask you to shoot certain obstacles as a light trooper. The problem is that there is never any real challenge to this. You will come across an obstacle, use the appropriate character to interact with it, then move on.

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Ridge Racer 3D review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Review: If you own a Nintendo 3DS and you are a fan of racing games, Namco Bandai’s Ridge Racer 3D is a must have launch title.

Namco Bandai’s racing offering for the Nintendo 3DS has two things working for it. It is easily the best vehicle based offering on the launch day of the new system, and more importantly, it is just a fun game to play. The gameplay is a bit on the arcade side for those that prefer the ultra-realism of the Gran Turismo and Forza franchises, but the drift based mechanics make the game continually feel fresh and entertaining.

Ridge Racer 3D doesn’t try to be anything other than what it is. You burn around tracks in a handful of cars through a use of speed, drifting, and race fundamentals. Many of the tracks will feel familiar to fans of the series, and they all are well designed. A handful of cars can also be augmented by three loadout options that you can purchase at the start of each race, including nitro and things like that. It won’t appease the racing simulator fans, but it makes the cars all entertaining to test out.

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