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Sleeping Dogs [5 Minute Review]
As a gamer of Asian descent, I originally thought True Crime: Streets of LA could give me a descent Asian lead character, but all I got was an almond-eyed police officer that was certifiably insane. I don’t know, maybe the writers … Continue reading
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Tagged review, sleeping dogs, square enix london, united front games
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Medal of Honor: Warfighter [5 Minute Review]
EA has bitten off more than it could chew. The company’s strategy to take on Activision’s FPS beast and attempt to chip away at its market share was a highly ambitious one. Publishing two separate games and releasing them one … Continue reading
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Tagged danger close, ea, medal of honor warfighter, review
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Borderlands 2 [5 Minute Review]
Love it or hate it, Borderlands is back with its formula of loot-chests-and-corpses-to-gain-progressively-more-powerful-weapons-so-you-can-do-the-same-thing-for-the-next-80-hours. It was a good bit of fun for Yours Truly, though, and it pleasantly surpassed my own expectations. Gearbox Software must have figured out it was onto a winner … Continue reading
Guns Fall Silent
You may have noticed that I haven’t posted in a while. I recently finished up my time in Japan and have been back home for about two weeks. I’m in the process of finding a new job, and in the … Continue reading
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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception [5 Minute Review]
Good things come in threes, and the Uncharted series has been a very good thing indeed. Naughty Dog’s trilogy has been a shot in the arm for action-adventure, and the company is now shuttering the colourful career of the highly … Continue reading
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Tagged drakes deception, naughty dog, ps3, review, uncharted 3
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Journey [5 Minute Review]
Let’s get one thing straight: Journey isn’t for everyone. If you’re expecting a lot of frantic combat or particle-filled explosions, you will be sorely disappointed. If you want dramatic dialogue and clever plot twists, you’re not going to get any. … Continue reading
Spec Ops: The Line [5 Minute Review]
Yes, yes, we know. We know. War is bad. War is wrong. War changes people. Terrible things happen during the course of war, so what is it good for? Trivialising it in the form of a video game, apparently. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged 2k games, review, spec ops the line, yager development
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Inversion [5 Minute Review]
How many ways can you skin a cover-based shooter? Inversion suggests that it can be done on the walls and ceiling with liberal amounts of gravity manipulation. It’s another case of “the more things change, the more they stay the … Continue reading
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Tagged inversion, namco bandai games, review, saber interactive
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Infinity Blade 2 [5 Minute Review]
Chair’s mobile slash-tapping RPG will not appeal to everyone. Behind the flashy graphics and dramatic presentation, the concept is simple and toned down for mobile devices – swipe and tap to attack, dodge left and right to avoid most blows, … Continue reading
