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James Davenport

Deer Lodge, Montana

Favorite Games:
  • Metroid Prime
  • VVVVVV

35 games reviewed
75.9 average score
78 median score
48.6% of games recommended
93 / 100 - Cruelty Squad
Jul 2, 2021

Cruelty Squad celebrates feeling bad in surprising ways, all of them fun.

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60 / 100 - BIOMUTANT
May 24, 2021

Biomutant's stunning world barely survives the painful narration, broken progression, and dearth of stuff to do.

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Feb 9, 2021

Strikers walks and talks like Persona 5, but no social game and bland combat make it one strictly for gigafans.

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78 / 100 - Cyberpunk 2077
Dec 7, 2020

Some nice characters and stories nested in an astounding open world, undercut by jarring bugs at every turn.

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94 / 100 - DOOM Eternal
Mar 17, 2020

Doom Eternal is a ceaseless, panicked nightmare that pushes you to point and click with more skill and style than ever before.

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Nov 15, 2019

Red Dead Redemption 2's stark, slow depiction of America's fading frontier is a monumental work straining against stubborn mission design and stability problems.

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63 / 100 - Borderlands 3
Sep 9, 2019

An endless font of bad jokes and cool guns in the series' most vapid story yet, Borderlands 3 skates by on watching numbers fly and goons explode.

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88 / 100 - Control
Aug 26, 2019

Jesse's telekinesis joins Half-Life 2's juiced gravity gun in the videogame physics toy hall of fame.

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Jul 25, 2019

Youngblood's gorgeous, terrible world is worth exploring, despite a slight narrative and oppressively boring progression systems.

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64 / 100 - Sea of Solitude
Jul 12, 2019

Sea of Solitude is a gorgeous adventure that knows its way around mental illness, but doesn't make great use of the medium to tell its story.

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93 / 100 - Apex Legends
Feb 12, 2019

Apex Legends is a quiet revolution in how we communicate in games, and an excellent team-based battle royale I can recommend to anyone, caveat-free.

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Aug 7, 2018

Monster Hunter: World's thrilling fights with fantastic beasts never get old, even if they require tiresome item management during downtime.

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Nov 4, 2017

A drab campaign doesn't do the history justice, but Call of Duty: WWII's multiplayer recalls the glory days of Modern Warfare.

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Oct 3, 2017

Light performance problems and a poor loot box system can't quite distract from Forza Motorsport 7's accommodating difficulty, stunning beauty, and lavish racing options.

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85 / 100 - Outlast II
Apr 24, 2017

Stealth and pursuit haven't changed much in Outlast 2, but it excels as a beautiful, brutal journey through extreme spiritual anxieties.

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Apr 3, 2017

Gorgeous but empty, challenging but not always fair, The Ringed City is a weak reflection of the series' best traits.

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68 / 100 - Watch Dogs 2
Dec 6, 2016

A great PC port and lovely open world don’t give depth to Watch Dogs 2’s shallow combat and stealth design.

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78 / 100 - Shadow Warrior 2
Oct 14, 2016

Shadow Warrior 2's combat is gleefully expressive and varied, but undermined by tired, dated humor.

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45 / 100 - ReCore
Sep 14, 2016

ReCore buries a great action platformer beneath layers and layers of open world busywork.

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Realm of Shadows indicates that it might tell an interesting Batman story, but takes time to get there and suffers from Telltale’s tired design and engine limitations.

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