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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.
Sep 20, 2016

Forza Horizon 3 is bigger and brighter - but is it better?

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Feb 24, 2016

Far Cry Primal takes the series back. Way, way back. Is it enough to revive a stale concept?

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When the games of this fall start rolling out, we're going to have plenty of opportunities to shoot, stab, and blow up everything we can get our crosshairs on. For now, exploring a sunlit village in Shropshire, England feels like a good, short diversion.

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Aug 26, 2015

I really enjoyed my time with Until Dawn, and I'm itching to replay it. In many ways, it reminds me of Quantic Dream games like Heavy Rain, except it works and works very well. It respects its characters and the player while offering those same kind of immersive cinematic experience those games went for. If you're a horror fan, Until Dawn is a must-play. It's a love letter and a fresh creation of its own and worth seeking out.

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Sep 9, 2016

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is bigger, better... and smaller?

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Buy - Doom
May 23, 2016

As Doom returns, will you want to go to hell, or just stay home?

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Sep 2, 2015

Media Molecule's papercraft world made the jump from PS Vita to PlayStation 4 in style.

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Uncharted's compilation transcends simple remasters with attention to artistic and technical detail.

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Sep 8, 2015

If you like fast cars — any kind of fast cars — then Forza Motorsport 6 is where you need to be.

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Apr 8, 2016

Series director Hidetaka Miyazaki has returned to bring the series to a close. Can he recapture the magic of the original Dark Souls?

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Nov 9, 2015

Can Rise of the Tomb Raider reach the standards set by its impressive predecessor?

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Buy - Fallout 4
Nov 9, 2015

Fallout 4 offers a whole lot of game for $60. It's a fantastic adventure into the wasteland, and it's packed with diverse content.

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May 18, 2015

Not a Hero shows us that Roll7 didn't just hit on a lucky concept with OlliOlli but rather seems to have found a niche for themselves making funny, colorful, and precise action games.

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Nov 3, 2014

Disney Fantasia is a fun, family-friendly way to interact with and enjoy music. It's a great use of the Xbox One's Kinect sensor as well, one that shows how much fun the sensor can be to use and how much we're missing out on as it fades away. This is likely the Kinect's last big new title – aside from some possible Just Dance and Dance Central updates – but it's a very good one. If you're craving a way to use your Kinect or get your Harmonix fix, this is the way to do it.

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Mar 10, 2015

I died 542 times while playing Ori and the Blind Forest. I was frustrated at times, but this is still one of the better games to hit Xbox One (or even next-gen altogether) so far this year.

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Sep 29, 2014

Forza Horizon 2 is a great looking game. The southern European setting is gorgeous and provides a variety of roads and settings to race on. The presentation is slick all the way through, and the six radio stations ensure you'll always have something to listen to (even if they aren't quite as stellar as those in the first Horizon, which I still listen to regularly).

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Mar 2, 2015

ScreamRide for Xbox One does't worry about all the detail of managing a park, you have one goal stretched across three game modes: Amuse and thrill at any cost.

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It's still Call of Duty, but it's a fresh take on the formula and shows that Sledgehammer was a good choice to bring into the yearly rotation of Activision's biggest shooter. I'll be looking forward to seeing what they have to offer next time around.

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Dec 5, 2014

[T]here's so much to do, and so much of it is great fun, that I don't miss those elements like I might in a game with art and writing that doesn't climb as high as Dragon Age: Inquisition does.

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Jan 30, 2015

Adventure games have always been tough to get into; they're mind-bending puzzles that many people don't have the patience for. This remaster, though, reminds us what was great about them without making us walk over hot coals to get there.

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