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Far Cry 3 Review

By Daniel Weissenberger on February 10, 2013 - 3:27pm.

Bloodbath Island

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HIGH Leaping off a zipline and driving a machete into one pirate, then slashing his friend's throat before he realizes what's happening.

LOW Being asked to make one of the stupidest endgame choices in history.

WTF Okay, that's a lot of Komodo Dragons all in one place.

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Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Review

By Michael A. Cunn... on February 10, 2013 - 1:37pm.

Meow to Tail a Story

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HIGH Witty dialogue and great voice acting make the characters more personable.

LOW Getting stuck because I couldn't see the one object I needed to interact with.

WTF How every character seems to possess advanced knowledge of quantum physics.

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Hitman: Absolution Third Opinion

By Guest Critic on January 24, 2013 - 4:51pm.

If Agent 47 and Sam Fisher had a Lovechild, Absolution Would be its Name

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HIGH Absolution has the most realistic living world I've experienced in a game.

LOW The checkpoint system is totally broken.

WTF Who casts badass Vivica A. Fox just to give her a tiny bit of dialogue?

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DmC: Devil May Cry Review

By Darren Forman on January 18, 2013 - 1:37pm.

Fanboys May Cry

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HIGH Comboing through a group of enemies like a tidal wave, leaving nothing but their shattered remains in Dante's wake.

LOW The penultimate boss fight is disappointingly pedestrian compared to the rest of the game.

WTF The battle against Bob Barbas is... is... it's...

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Dead or Alive 5 Review

By Darren Forman on January 16, 2013 - 6:20pm.

Staying Alive

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HIGH Landing a well timed Power Blow that destroys the opponent—not to mention everyone and everything around them.

LOW Inconsistent netcode often leads to irritating online matches.

WTF Virtua Fighter characters made it into the series before Rachel and Momiji did? Seriously?

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Anarchy Reigns Review

By Brad Gallaway on January 13, 2013 - 5:36pm.

Goes to 11? More like 14.

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HIGH Sasha. Also, Sasha.

LOW Not realizing there was an elevator behind the tentacle.

WTF The "red eyes" are never sufficiently explained.

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Hitman: Absolution Second Opinion

By Mike Bracken on January 7, 2013 - 6:57am.

The Most Murderous Janitor in History

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HIGH Sneaking around as a scarecrow while killing nuns is so surreal it's sort of fun.

LOW Having a guard 100 yards away see right through my disguise.

WTF Who left all these empty dumpsters around for me to hide in? Why does no one ever look inside them?

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Black Knight Sword Review

By Brad Gallaway on January 7, 2013 - 6:46am.

Nothing Inside the Armor

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HIGH The first four levels have style for miles.

LOW The final level is boring, and the last boss is infuriating.

WTF The dry-humping piggybacker.

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Sine Mora (Vita) Review

By Brad Gallaway on December 18, 2012 - 4:17pm.

You got Your Bullet-hell in My Side-scroller!

Sine Mora (Vita) Screenshot

HIGH It's… so… damned… pretty…

LOW Flying through the debris chute and failing to avoid the lasers.

WTF Why are the other powers not in story mode?

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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes Second Opinion

By Sparky Clarkson on December 13, 2012 - 11:28am.

Alimentary, My Dear Watson

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes Screenshot

HIGH "You control Sherlock Holmes."

LOW The terrible frame story populated by hideous children.

WTF You control... a dog?

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