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Eric Frederiksen

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Favorite Games:
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • Pac Man CE DX
  • Resident Evil 4

71 games reviewed
72.0 average score
70 median score
46.5% of games recommended

Eric Frederiksen's Reviews

Eric Frederiksen has been a gamer since someone made the mistake of letting him play their Nintendo many years ago, pushing him to beg for his own, and it's been downhill ever since. Eric takes a multifaceted approach to gaming news and reviews, mixing business analysis, cultural studies, tech and design. Eric has written for outlets like TechnoBuffalo.com, Playboy.com, TabTimes.com, and Kombo.com. In his free time, Eric perfects his napping technique and pursues the elusive perfect cheeseburger.
Nov 19, 2018

Red Dead Redemption 2 is going to stand for a long time, I think, as the height of achievement in building huge virtual spaces for gamers to explore. The level of detail at this scale is staggering, even as I find myself unable to ignore how much required overtime went into making things happen, and how many of these details – like horse testicles ascending in colder weather – took real human work hours while actually doing little to flesh out the game world. But it’s impossible to deny what a beautiful, sad, huge, and remarkable thing Rockstar and its many employees, past and present, have put together.

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Oct 18, 2018

Despite essentially being the same game four times running, Forza Horizon has life left in it, and it leaves me looking forward to wherever the next game takes it. In the meantime, I'll probably be playing this into 2020 just like I've played Forza Horizon 3 in the months running up to this one. It has that much life in it.

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Even if you've been away from the series for years, Assassin's Creed Origins is a great jumping-on point.

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Feb 20, 2018

I can't honestly say it's the best Monster Hunter, as I haven't played the others, but it's the best way to get into Monster Hunter, for sure, and it stands on its own as one of the best games so far this year and likely one of my favorites going forward.

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Apr 11, 2018

Instead of a tired, bored tale of vengeance, Sony has revived a god.

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May 28, 2014

Machine Games mixed an old school shooter with interesting, well-written characters to make something that adds up to more than the sum of its parts.

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Apr 4, 2014

I'm glad I had my PlayStation in time, because inFamous: Second Son might be the first platform exclusive to make the system worth buying.

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8.5 / 10.0 - OlliOlli
Sep 11, 2014

The soundtrack and gameplay come together to give what initially seems like a small package a lot of replay value.

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8 / 10.0 - Peggle 2
Dec 14, 2013

Even with the problems, Peggle 2 is still Peggle.

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Mar 27, 2014

Aside from some skinned knees earned by stumbles through the story, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a great starting point for this generation's big Metal Gear Solid experience. I'm more excited than I might've been otherwise for The Phantom Pain. With that in mind, it would be a lie if I didn't say that The Phantom Pain, appropriately named in this case, haunts every corner of this game. Everything feels like a taste of what is to come. Call it a demo or a prologue, it isn't a full game.

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- Prey
May 18, 2017

Prey is one of my favorite games of 2017 so far.

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7 / 10.0 - Child of Light
May 8, 2014

Parts of the game don't work, but they don't take away from what it's trying to do.

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7 / 10.0 - Dead Rising 3
Dec 5, 2013

Just like it did on Xbox 360, Dead Rising 3 stands out as one of the first memorable titles on a new Xbox console.

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Nov 27, 2013

Forza has some major problems, but the core gameplay is as good as ever.

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If you've built up Planescape: Torment to legendary status in your mind, or if you're looking for detailed mechanical systems, you may find Torment: Tides of Numenera a bit lacking. It's strengths are in the writing, art, and atmosphere. It's also a bit expensive right now.

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Oct 3, 2017

I want to tell you to dive into Forza Motorsport 7. I want to tell you to have fun. But bring a shovel – you're going to have to go digging.

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Jun 2, 2018

The art alone is worth checking Swords of Ditto out.

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider isn't a bad game . . . But Shadow of the Tomb Raider isn't much more than competent

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey is worth checking out just for the vistas, but maybe set it to easy. Turn off "Exploration" mode. Skip the procedurally-generated quests. Don't play for too long at once. And if you try to dive deep, expect to hit bottom real fast.

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6.5 / 10.0 - Trials Fusion
Apr 25, 2014

A solid core overcomes the aesthetic missteps.

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