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Review Round-Up: Winter 2012

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By Nelson Schneider - 03/03/13 at 01:13 AM CT

Welcome back to another installment of the MeltedJoystick Review Round-Up. Here’s what our staff has reviewed since last time:

Nelson’s Reviews:
Winter saw our co-op gaming increase significantly from the previous quarter, thanks in large part to the release of the WiiU. Of course, after blasting through 3 WiiU games, we’re out of ammo now and the system will be collecting dust until at least June (provided “Pikmin 3” doesn’t get pushed back again). Outside of co-op games, I went hardcore Indie during the Winter, experiencing a wide range of quality (or lack thereof) in the process. I also continued diligently chipping away at my backlog, chiseling out a significant amount of the 5th and 6th Gen layers of strata.

Super Mario Bros. X” – 5/5
Torchlight 2” – 3/5
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Enhanced Edition” – 3/5
Beyond Good & Evil HD” – 2.5/5
Brave Fencer Musashi” – 2/5
New Super Mario Bros. U” – 4/5
Musashi: Samurai Legend” – 3/5
Wanderlust: Rebirth” – 1/5
Grandia 3” – 2/5
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed” – 4/5
The Adventures of Darwin” – 4.5/5

Chris’ Reviews:
Chris is still trying to play too many games at the same time, and has thus had trouble finishing anything outside of co-op. He did manage to wrap up one game on his own this quarter, at least. In a couple of our co-op games, though, he wasn’t really feeling the joy and could only be bothered to toss-in a token Quick Review instead of his usually-detailed work. I can’t say I blame him!

Torchlight 2” – 3.5/5
Batman: Arkham City” – 4.5/5
Nintendo Land” – 3/5 (Quick Review)
New Super Mario Bros. U” – 4/5
Wanderlust: Rebirth” – 1.5/5 (Quick Review)
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed” – 3.5/5

Nick’s Reviews:
Nick was a terrible, lazy bastard this past quarter. Despite playing all of the same co-op games as the rest of us, he didn’t submit a single review… not even a Quick Review! His “Dungeon Defenders” obsession has become completely unhealthy, and he continually pushes back the promised date of his 5000-word review because Trendy Entertainment keeps releasing more and more broken DLC for the game… and Nick can’t/won’t review it until he has ‘gotten a feel for’ all of the new DLC.

*sigh* and *facepalm*

In lieu of posting links to Nick’s nonexistent reviews, here is a picture of what his deadline clock must look like.

Featured User Review:
This quarter’s featured user review winner is prominent site member and frequent comment troll, Jonzor, for his review of “Defense Grid: The Awakening.” While Jonzor had three equally-good review submissions this quarter, his “Defense Grid: The Awakening” review won out because it was of “Defense Grid: The Awakening!” Obscure games need someone to review them, lest they remain obscure forever. “AAA” games will get reviews from everyone, so in reviewing a niche Tower Defense game for PC, Jonzor performed a service to that game’s developers as well as all those Tower Defense junkies who might never have heard of it otherwise. Well done!

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Wrote on03/03/13 at 09:56 PM CT

I appreciate being mentioned. You know, you put a lot of work into think up what you want to say and how to phrase it... I'm just glad my comments get noticed.

Oh, and I'm glad you like the reviews, too!

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Wrote on03/03/13 at 03:17 PM CT

Hopefully I'll be able to finish up Far Cry 3 soon - and, of course, Dead Block will get plenty of love for providing two solid hours of entertainment. I love that clock - I may have to get one for my wall...

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