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Enslaved: Odyssey To The West (Xbox 360, PS3) ($19.99 through Amazon)

 Enslaved is a beautiful game that carries a well-done combat system and lush, future “dystopian America” environments.  Throughout the game, you’ll take on the role of Monkey as you’re forced on a quest to bring your companion Trip to her home city and protect her from the Mechs; a mechanized army intent on eradicating the human race. While the gameplay was fun, slightly buggy controls and constant annoyances with the camera (an issue in many new hack-and-slash games) kept it from being the amazing new IP it could have been last year but, for $20, it’s certainly worth picking up.

Back To The Future (Episode 1) (PC,Mac) ($24.99 through Steam)

Back To The Future, being released as five separate episodes throughout 2011, picks up six months after the ending of the third film. Throughout the game, you’ll play as Marty McFly and solve puzzles, visit new times, and assist both Doc Brown and his teenage counterpart. If you’ve never seen the movies, you won’t be at a terrible loss when it comes to story but for those returning fans you’ll see a ton of little winks and nods toward the original three throughout. The gameplay, look, and sounds of the game are reminders of why Telltale is amazing and is worth picking up for both fans and newcomers.

Little Big Planet 2 (PS3) ($59.99 through Amazon)

While a vast improvement on the original’s platforming formula, Little Big Planet 2 delivers more of the same customization, level-building, and community interactions that you’ll know and love from the original. Tack on an improved system, a bunch of new features, and a cleaner online system and you’ve got an amazing (albeit shorter) sequel. But while the game is great, don’t expect it to win you over if you didn’t get into the other as, unfortunately, it’s just a more polished original product.