Review Round-Up - September 2016

Wait a minute. What year is this?! It doesn't matter when you have the all-new Review Redux!

October is here, as is autumn! Before we delve deeper into this month featuring Halloween at its tail end, let's look back at the month that was September 2016 for a Review Round-Up!

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas kicked things off with its console version, scoring an A- for its wonderful effort. Then, the 700th review of SuperPhillip Central, concluding the Summer of 700 promotion, was in the form of an all-new type of review, the Review Redux. Super Mario 3D Land was the first of this type of review, earning a fantastic A. A pair of racers then proceeded to follow Mario with Bears Can't Drift!? (C-) and Riptide GP: Renegade (B-). Mekorama delivered isometric puzzling fun with the ability to create levels, so it got a great B grade! Did I mention that game is totally free to download and play? Finally, another Review Redux arrived, capping off this past month's reviews, with a return look at Mario Kart 7 (B+).

October is going to excite with its review output. Such games that might be featured include Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Paper Mario: Color Splash, Dragon Quest Builders, and some scary titles perfect for Halloween!

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (PS4, XB1) - A-
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) Review Redux - A
Bears Can't Drift!? (PS4, Steam) - C-
Riptide GP: Renegade (iOS, Android) - B-
Mekorama (iOS, Android) - B
Mario Kart 7 (3DS) Review Redux - B+

The Review Redux also took us by land, sea, and air with a return look at Mario Kart 7!

Central City Census - September 2016

Time for a new Central City Census for the month of September! But before we delve into the new, let's look back at the old with last month's Central City Census results. Last month's question was about Pokemon GO.

In easy-to-read bar chart form, we can see that the most voted for choice was that many have never played Pokemon GO, while 14 had played it but have stopped. 11 readers are still playing to varying degrees. Finally, an unfortunate soul has yet to have the app release in their country or territory. Now let's move on to September's question.

It has to do with physical and digital games. We're heading towards a more-digital future, but physical releases are still very much possible for the most part. So September's question is: Given the choice, do you generally buy physical releases or digital releases?