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Gladiator Begins Review

By Brad Gallaway on June 12, 2011 - 10:33am.

Swords, Sandals and Stats

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HIGH Improving my favorite sword and killing an opponent in two strikes.

LOW Taking humbling beatdowns from the Egyptian fighters.

WTF Why aren't there more bull, tiger and elephant battles?

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L.A. Noire Review

By Daniel Weissenberger on May 31, 2011 - 4:14pm.

I Think it's Spelled "Noir"

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HIGH Sprinting after crooks through the uncannily-rendered alleys and culverts of L.A.

LOW Trying to figure out which piece of evidence the game wants me to present.

WTF The distracting yet funny Mad Men cameos.

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Yakuza 4 Review

By Daniel Weissenberger on May 22, 2011 - 4:56pm.

My Fist, Your Face

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HIGH Hero vs. Hero & Hero.

LOW My continuing inability to find a save point in downtown Tokyo.

WTF Death Volley, the Volleyball-themed assassin!

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Mortal Kombat Review

By Brad Gallaway on May 17, 2011 - 7:46pm.

Rebooted into Respectability

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HIGH The story mode is one of the best ever seen in a fighter.

LOW The AI vacillates between "invincible" and "lobotomized".

WTF Shang Tsung's "Joker" fatality.

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Lord of Arcana Second Opinion

By Chris Green on May 7, 2011 - 2:08pm.

Square Enix is Out Hunting Monsters

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HIGH The Lock-on System, a simple yet essential addition to the genre.

LOW Environments really aren't all that inspiring.

WTF No Infrastructure mode, seriously?

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The 3rd Birthday Review

By Kristin Renee Taylor on May 5, 2011 - 9:12pm.

The Greatest Enemy Lies Within Your PSP

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HIGH Blowing up Twisted with an orbital laser satellite.

LOW Spending five minutes waiting for a soldier to appear with the only weapon that can hurt a monster —only to watch him immediately die before you can swap to him.

WTF The entire story.

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Fight Night Champion Review

By Guest Critic on May 1, 2011 - 2:18pm.

As Goes the Heavyweights, So Goes Boxing

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HIGH Brian Kenny's soft hair reporting on my last fight.

LOW Controlling a fight for nine rounds, only to be instantly knocked out by poor collision detection.

WTF The feeling of watching my boxer, with my face, get pummeled mercilessly into unconsciousness.

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Lord of Arcana Review

By Mike Bracken on April 27, 2011 - 8:57pm.

A (Very) Poor Man's Monster Hunter

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HIGH The game didn't crash once on me in 40+ hours of playtime. Hurray!

LOW Tedious boss fights that feel like they're more based on luck and memorization than any kind of skill.

WTF The game doesn't have cooperative online—it is still 2011, right?

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The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile Review

By Richard Naik on April 7, 2011 - 7:30am.

I was a Cyborg Ninja Assassin

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile Screenshot

HIGH: Finally beating a particularly nasty wave of bad guys in the second-to-last level.

LOW: Realizing that the strategy for every single enemy is "warp behind them, then attack."

WTF: The text RPG boss.

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Knights Contract Review

By Trent Fingland on April 6, 2011 - 3:36pm.

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

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HIGH Ping-ponging a room full of enemies with a combination of spell and scythe, and watching them all meet their grisly fate simultaneously, tangled in the vines of Mag Mell's Rose.

LOW Getting knocked down a hole after failing a boss QTE 20 times.

WTF For being upset at having to execute all of her sisters, Gretchen sure seems to love making a graphic display of their demise.

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