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823 games reviewed
66.5 average score
70 median score
49.7% of games recommended

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Jul 2, 2015

If only the developer's care could have graced the poorly drawn cutscenes that lack the vitality of those in 1988's Ninja Gaiden. These sequences don't communicate the emotional sincerity needed to fulfill the potential of a story that humanizes its white-man villain while calling attention to the contemporary impact of his racism.

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Jun 29, 2015

Its most tangible accomplishment is how it responds when your priorities clash and intermingle with those of the playable character.

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Jun 28, 2015

Even with all the gadgets, all the exhilaration of success, its greatest achievement is in making it feel like it just might not be enough.

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Jun 25, 2015

Neither the artificial screen glare nor actress Viva Seifert's performance lend credibility to the game's lady-psychopath clichés.

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Jun 22, 2015

The comedic lengths the game goes to make the series's trademark wanton cruelty palatable is impressive.

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Unsurprisingly, the game runs as well on consoles as its predecessors, and its tried-and-true combat is a clean fit for the MMO format.

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Jun 12, 2015

The virtue of shooters is a simple set of parameters creating interesting decisions, and the game's greatness is how it expands that matrix.

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Jun 10, 2015

It alters the racing-car formula smartly in several areas, but the good ideas are often half-baked or hidden behind a load of cruft.

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Jun 9, 2015

It lies somewhere between a fully formed game in which wizards learn to chain elements into powerful spells and a low-rent improv show.

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May 31, 2015

It's aesthetically crisp and ninja-smooth, but the game all but vanishes from one's mind even while playing it.

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Experience is earned largely through quests, which highlights the emphasis on thoughtful storytelling over mindless bloodshed.

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Even the zombie material, which is still painfully boring and overdone conceptually, manages a few surprises.

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May 1, 2015

The part of the game that matters is an impressive romp for anyone whose inner adolescent is looking for a cheap, satisfying, bloody thrill.

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Apr 25, 2015

This isn't just a nostalgic copy of the games of the medium's youth, but also a fever dream of what the 8-bit era was capable of.

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Apr 20, 2015

Unless a player's favorite part of chess is waiting for their opponent to take their turn, S.T.E.A.M. might just end up wrinkling their brain.

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Mar 26, 2015

A result of the lack of tutorials and handholding is that each bit of incremental, hard-earned progress provides an unparalleled adrenaline rush.

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Mar 25, 2015

When any video-game franchise, mainstream or niche, breaks into the double digits, developers should recognize the unique milestone as an opportunity to revamp the series, especially if the latest entry is making its debut on the mother company's latest home console. Sadly, Mario Party 10 suggests the series has reached a downward-trending low.

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Mar 19, 2015

It wouldn't be a Battlefield game without a host of multiplayer scenarios, and Hardline is definitely no slouch in that department.

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The game is as punishing and uncompromising as the continental war that it chronicles, and it will school you.

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A cynic would be justified in thinking this edition still has its work cut out for it trying to bring back DmC fans who held the reboot in contempt.

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