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4 public reviews

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Sunset Overdrive2014

4 out of 5 stars

I'm officially referring to Sunset Overdrive as my "Pleasant surprise of the year" because, man, I really didn't expect to like it at all. Insomniac's favor with me fell off pretty drastically during what I considered to be a run of pretty mediocre PS3 exclusive FPSes, uninspired Ratchet and Clank sequels, and then whatever the fuck Fuse was. This heartbreak and subsequent loss of faith in Insomniac's ability to…

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare2014

3 out of 5 stars

Do note that this review is only of the campaign and does not take into account any of the multiplayer features. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is at least better than the low point found in last year's entry, Ghosts, but more importantly, it manages to actually recapture a little bit of what made Call of Duty such an enjoyable series in the early years. That is to say Advanced Warfare is strange because while it…

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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments2014

4 out of 5 stars

Uh... You legitimately never do anything depicted in this cover art Something made me take a sixty dollar chance on a random Sherlock Holmes game that I'd heard extremely little about prior to release. Well, actually... Boredom. It was probably just boredom. But it wasn't long after booting the game up and methodically picking my way through the first case that I realized it was an extremely solid adventure game…

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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor2014

4 out of 5 stars

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is an interesting beast indeed. When broken down into its simplest ideas, the game really is nothing more than a collection of tried and true mechanics from various other franchises. You’re bound to see numerous familiar elements if you’ve played Arkham, Assassin’s Creed, Infamous, Far Cry, or really any other open world game in the past few years. That said, these mechanics often…

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