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I had no frame of reference for what to expect from Far Cry 3, having never played the previous entries in the franchise. Like several series that were off my radar before it, the hype surrounding Far Cry 3 in late 2012 was too much to ignore. Claims of “Skyrim with guns” from the game’s marketing were enough for me to take a chance on it. The result is a game that succeeds in many aspects, but stumbles in an…
Sleeping Dogs (Xbox 360) I abandoned the open-world crime genre with 2004’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I became weary of the game half-way through (having played the two previous entries in quick succession) and completely passed on GTA IV. In 2011, Volition released Saints Row: The Third and completely renewed my interest in this type of game. Sleeping Dogs, much like Saints Row, was a surprise hit and had me…
I downloaded a package of XCOM games during a Steam sale a few years back on a friend’s recommendation. He was adamant I would love the game, based on my enjoyment of another game he had introduced me to; Final Fantasy Tactics. However, I have difficulty going back to older games these days and I didn’t make it that far. Like Fallout before it, I needed an update of a classic PC series to understand the hype. Enter…
My expectations for Assassin’s Creed 3 were very high. A few shorts months ago I was trudging through Assassin’s Creed Revelations; the last entry in the main Assassin’s Creed franchise to deal with Ezio Auditore. Revelations gave an interesting closure to the characters of Ezio and Altair, but the familiarity of the experience wore on me. The promise of a new numbered entry in the series gave me the push I needed…
