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Frankenreview: The Conduit
High Voltage an Sega seek to take on the mantle of the Nintendo Wii's signature first-person shooter with The Conduit. Have they succeeded? More » -
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Frankenreview: Red Faction: Guerrilla
The free citizens of Mars rise up against their Earth Defense Force oppressors in Red Faction: Guerrilla, taking the destruction of the first two titles to all-new heights.
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By Mike FaheyComment by Boom-Chicka-Ah: obviously Earth can kick Mars's ass but what about Venus? They are both about the same size no? 12 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Punch-Out!!
Everything old is new again, as Nintendo and developer Next Level Games brings the classic boxing game Punch-Out!! to the Nintendo Wii. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by ph15h: *evil laugh*: Let's go through the Nintendo modifier review score again. +10 If it's a good game on the Wii. Check. +5 If it's... 94 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Velvet Assassin
Stealthy meets sexy in Velvet Assassin, Replay Studios' World War II stealth action title based on the true story of female Allied secret agent Violette Szabo. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Komrade Kayce - Hero of Soviet Kotaku: From what I've been hearing, this game is like 'Hitman-lite' with a chick. Regardless of the reviews I'm gonna give it... 22 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: The Godfather II
EA takes another stab, several gunshots, and possibly a severe clubbing at Francis Ford Coppola's classic film trilogy, with The Godfather II.
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By Mike FaheyComment by Wahrheit: That last picture doesn't seem like a 50's car to me... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Nintendo DSi
The third iteration of the Nintendo DS is upon us, adding new functionality, more power, and an extra vowel. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by JoBo: The only thing that's stopping me from getting this is that Nintendo will probably make this the next GBA micro,... 18 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: MadWorld
Platinum Games and Sega turn down the color and turn up the violence with MadWorld, a brutal, bloody beat-em up for the Nintendo Wii. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Sloopydrew: I think this game is getting higher ratings than it deserves, simply for being a novelty on the Wii. Had... 31 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Ready 2 Rumble Revolution
Atari brings the beloved Ready 2 Rumble boxing series to with Wii with Ready 2 Rumble Revolution, possibly the most egregious waste of Frankenreview chart real estate this year.
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By Mike FaheyComment by Coolest guy of teh Internetz: I still cant see why is the Wii, the leader on this console generation. I can only count 4 or... 23 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Find out if a series touted for it's technical proficiency and high production values can thrive on the Nintendo DS in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by BubbleF**kingBuddy: I have to just try it for myself. After hearing critics call GTAIV a better game than San Andreas, I... 27 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Resistance: Retribution
The fight between humanity and the Chimera spills over onto the PlayStation Portable next week with the release of Resistance: Retribution.
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By Mike FaheyComment by kwkws: It looks good but i wonder how short it is. 10 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand
It's action and hijinks in the Middle East as 50 Cent and his pals return for another madcap adventure in THQ's 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand.
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By Mike FaheyComment by dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased: Okay. 50 got his sequel. Gears got its sequel. Let's see some Thief 4 action.... while we're... 19 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Halo Wars
Twenty years before Halo: Combat Evolved the war between humanity and the Covenant was a much more strategic affair, as proven in Ensemble Studios' swan song, Halo Wars.
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By Mike FaheyComment by Jandlecack: Just wow, Team Xbox. Just wow. I don't see Nintendo Power or OPM giving mediocre games high scores just because... 59 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Street Fighter IV
Twenty-two years after the first installment of the game hit arcades, Capcom releases the latest and possibly greatest version of the fighting game that kick-started the genre with Street Fighter IV.
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By Mike FaheyComment by BNC92781: Which system is this game better for, 360 or PS3? I am not a deuche and don't care about fanboy... 21 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And The Damned
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned expansion takes the all new Liberty City that Rockstar Games introduced last year and gives it a biker gang makeover.
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By Mike FaheyComment by killah101: PS3 owners really have to stop whining. THIS is business. If Sony was in a position to fork over 50mil... 30 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Creepy little psycho girl Alma returns in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Monolith's follow-up to their 2005 Japanese horror-themed first-person shooter.
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By Mike FaheyComment by duckmouth: "Ever get the feeling we're not all playing the same game?" It really is remarkable how two different reviewers can make... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Flower
Following up on their success with the PlayStation Network favorite Flow, thatgamecompany returns to the PlayStation 3 with Flower, a game that attempts to capture the poetry of a flower petal riding the wind.
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By Mike FaheyComment by patapon: those pictures really blow me away. (pun intended) 22 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Afro Samurai
Namco Bandai Games christens their new western games division Surge with the release of Afro Samurai for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, based on the Spike TV anime starring Mr. Samuel L. Jackson.
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By Mike FaheyComment by mascot1063: I don't trust many game reviewers anyway >_> 16 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Lord Of The Rings: Conquest
Pandemic Studios took the winning formula from the Star Wars: Battlefront series and applied it to the Lord of the Rings fantasy universe to create Lord of the Rings: Conquest. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by CockroachMan: A movie based game that sucks! SHOCKING! 11 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Mirror's Edge (PC)
While the console versions of EA DICE's ambitious first-person action adventure game Mirror's Edge might have slipped past the Frankenreview monster, the recently released PC version encounters no such luck. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Perfectnumpty: Has she got bigger boobs now to appease the japanese market? 12 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Rise Of The Argonauts
Codemasters and Liquid Entertainment have just unleashed the fury of Jason on the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3 with the release of their epic action RPG, Rise of the Argonauts. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by stranger: I'll definitely be renting this one. What I fail to understand is why titles like Rise of the Argonauts, Mirror's... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Frankenreview: Persona 4
Atlus adds yet another chapter to their beloved Shin Megami Tensei universe this week with the release of Persona 4 for the PlayStation 2.
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By Mike FaheyComment by ALT: Nice uhh... codpiece? The dude up top is rocking a pretty weird mangina-based article of clothing. 9 Responses | Other threads
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prince of persia
Frankenreview: Prince of Persia
Rather than stick with the tried and true, Ubisoft went out on a limb for the latest incarnation of their beloved Prince of Persia franchise, rebuilding the game from the ground up. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Iarwain: Eurogamer gave it a 6? Hm, doesn't surprise me. Personally, I think this is one of the best games to... 30 Responses | Other threads
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skate it
Frankenreview: Skate It (Wii)
Combine a sport that requires you to shift your body weight atop a board and a peripheral that requires you to do the same and you've got a match made in heaven, right?
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By Mike FaheyComment by babelfisher: I have been wondering, does the inability of the reviewer to master to controls himself translates directly into a lower... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Tomb Raider: Underworld
Frankenreview: Tomb Raider: Underworld
After a string of disappointing titles, Eidos handed development of Lara Croft's Tomb Raider games over to Crystal Dynamics, and she's been a changed woman ever since. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by davidtobin100: Just finished L4D and just about to pop TR: underworld into the 360. Looking forward to it from the reviews... 13 Responses | Other threads
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left 4 dead
Frankenreview: Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360)
There's nothing quite as terrifying as hordes of hungry, screaming, mindless undead, roaming the streets in search of human flesh. Survival horror has known this for ages, yet most have failed to realize the key to truly horrifying zombie movies - togetherness. True zombie horror is taken from the way groups of humans deal with desperate situations, rather than the monsters themselves. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by mlubczyk: Mh. Gd gm bt md fr nch mrkt. f t's nt n th W, t's nt wrth tlkng bt. 26 Responses | Other threads
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mortal kombat vs. dc universe
Frankenreview: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
They said it couldn't be done. Actually what they really said was it shouldn't be done, followed by several what the hell were they thinkings, but Midway went and did it anyway. Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe is a concept that frightened and confused quite a few people in the gaming community, but as new footage and details trickled out the concept slowly began to grow on us. Soon we found ourselves looking forward to beating up Sonya Blade with Wonder Woman, or Batman with Scorpion. It might not be so bad, right? More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by sailingtonorway: When a review is more than 20 points above or below Metascore, there's a good chance the reviewer wasn't being... 29 Responses | Other threads
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gears of war 2
Frankenreview: Gears Of War 2
The original Gears of War hit the Xbox 360 like a freight train, bowling over critics and fans alike with it's gritty graphics, rough characters, and run, gun, and hide gameplay that seems to have taken over the shooter genre these days. Cliff Bleszinski's baby even managed to give Microsoft's golden boy Master Chief a run for his money, easily sharing a spot with the Halo series among the must-have titles for the system. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by JamPearl: Just beat it last night! What a great game, and you got to experience it on at least a 42"... 18 Responses | Other threads
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resistance 2
Frankenreview: Resistance 2
When the PlayStation 3 began shipping back in November of 2006, there was really only one must-have game for the console, and that was Insomniac's ambitious first-person shooter, Resistance: Fall of Man. The best title at launch remains one of the best games on the console to date. Only one game due out this holiday season has a hope of stealing the sci-fi FPS crown on the console, and that's it's sequel, Resistance 2. More » -
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Frankenreview: Valkyria Chronicles
Sega drove a sketchy tank onto the rather barren field of PlayStation 3 RPGs with Valkyria Chronicles, the turn-based strategy affair that's been turning heads ever since the Japanese debut trailer hit the web last year. With the extremely attractive CANVAS graphics engine giving the game it's distinctive look and the team behind Sakura Wars and Skies of Arcadia responsible for the gameplay, PlayStation 3 JRPG fans devoured every screenshot and gameplay video, eagerly awaiting the day the title would finally fall into their hands. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by AproposOfEverything: Why didn't Eurogamer mention anything about the GAME? I don't play a story. If I wanted a good story, I'd read... 12 Responses | Other threads
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littlebigplanet
Frankenreview: LittleBigPlanet
As the 2007 Game Developers Conference approached in early January 2007, many folks in the game industry were unsure what to make of Sony's PlayStation 3. Just a couple of months old, the console only had a handful of titles, most of them sub-par, and the promise of some bigger games down the line. Many new PS3 owners were losing hope, and then LittleBigPlanet happened. Media Molecule's baby, even in the brief look we got courtesy of Phil Harris and crew at the Sony GDC keynote, captured the imagination of not just the gaming public, but the entire industry, promising levels of interactivity and user-created content unheard of for a console title. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by VonDante: Maybe I'm a little bit crazy, but this game just does absolutely nothing for me. 27 Responses | Other threads
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fallout 3
Frankenreview: Fallout 3
After leaving fans hanging for over a decade, the beloved post-apocalyptic RPG franchise Fallout finally has a new installment in the form of Bethesda Softwork's Fallout 3. Bethesda's goal was to create a compelling, open-ended gaming experience that newcomers and old-fans of the franchise alike could love, while at the same time making sure said fans didn't show up on their doorstep en masse the day of the game's release pitchforks and torches. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by darkwhitehair: I am ashamed at bethesda... the PS3 version was sucky enough for Gamespot to subtract 0.5 points from the review... 29 Responses | Other threads
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Guitar Hero World Tour
Frankenreview: Guitar Hero World Tour
After kicking off the plastic instrument craze in 2005 with the very first Guitar Hero title, developer Harmonix went on to create two follow ups to the title before Activision's purchase of RedOctane and MTV's purchase of Harmonix resulted in the creation of two separate franchises. Activision's Guitar Hero III was more than a little overshadowed by the Harmonix-developed Rock Band, which upped the ante by including drums and a microphone for the total band experience. Activision's answer to that? Guitar Hero World Tour, which takes the same gameplay made popular by Rock Band and adds a little more functionality. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by lazlo_chatter: Meh, I dunno. I read all 6 pages of the IGN review and the guy who wrote it seemed more... 12 Responses | Other threads
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far cry 2
Frankenreview: Far Cry 2 (Xbox 360)
What happens when you take one of the most successful shooters of 2004, change the development teams, scrap the old settings, characters, and story lines, and even go as far as creating your own version of the original game's award-winning engine? You get Ubisoft's Far Cry 2, the story of one man's struggle to take down the warmongering arms dealer responsible for destabilizing a large chunk of a fictional Central African state. Can the game stand on its own, or was swapping alien mutagens for malaria a monumentally bad idea? The game critics take sides after the jump. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Luigi: Eh, guess it isn't the perfect shooter everyone hyped it would be. 8 Responses | Other threads
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Fable II
Frankenreview: Fable II
Back in 2004, Peter Molyneux and the team at Lionhead Studios released Fable, a game that somehow managed to receive high praise while at the same time being one of the most disappointing titles ever released. Molyneux severely over-hyped his creation, and when the open-ended world where you can do anything and be anyone wound up being merely an extremely enjoyable action RPG, critics were given the rare opportunity to praise and pan at the same time. Now Fable II has been released for the Xbox 360, delivering what Molyneux believes is a game much closer to his original visions. Do the critics agree? Hit the jump to find out.
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By Mike FaheyComment by MOP88: Wow.... Eurogamer normally takes a shit on most games. Either it's good, or they are biased dicks. 41 Responses | Other threads
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dead space
Frankenreview: Dead Space
Dead Space comic books. Dead Space animated films. Electronic Arts' marketing push behind their new survival horror IP has been nothing short of epic. To put this much faith in an untested product, EA must be pretty sure they've got something special on their hands, but then again parents often think their children are much more attractive and intelligent than they actually are. It takes an unbiased outsider to tell you if your baby is hot or not, and that's where the game critics come in. Hit the jump to see if Dead Space is the terrifying little darling that EA hoped for or just another ugly baby. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by arniejolt: OXM Online and the upcoming issue gave the game a 6.5 22 Responses | Other threads
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silent hill: homecoming
Frankenreview: Silent Hill: Homecoming
Fans of the horror video game genre are very, very protective of their Silent Hill franchise, paying deadly close attention that each successive game is not only a high quality affair, but also stays true to the established canon of the series. It's no wonder, then that fans were taken aback when it was revealed here at Kotaku that the fifth game in the series would be developed here in the states by developer Double Helix, rather than traditional developer Team Silent. Did handing off the beloved franchise to an all-new, Western team create a darker, nastier Silent Hill, or did it simply result in darker, nastier game critics? More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by GameCouch: Yes this was addressed before, but I don't think Silent Hill needs a combat system, let alone an improved one.... 10 Responses | Other threads
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lego batman
Frankenreview: Lego Batman: The Video Game
Is everything really better when portrayed in tiny, blocky form? When Traveller's Tales first introduced us to the Lego character game with Lego Star Wars, we were pretty sure anything with Lego in front of it could do no wrong, but then Lego Indiana Jones came out earlier this year, proving that while they can still be entertaining, some franchises translate much better than others. Now the third pop-culture to Lego translation has appeared in the form of Lego Batman, and while it certainly seems like an easy win, so have so many other Batman games over the years, and look what happened there. Let's take a look at what happened when the game reviewers took apart Lego Batman block-by-block. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Chaoticevl: But does it have online Co-op,if not I'll take a pass on this one. 10 Responses | Other threads
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star wars: the force unleashed
Frankenreview: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
When LucasArts first announced Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the game where continuity is tussled in order to introduce a secret apprentice to Darth Vader, gamers were excited, and hardcore Star Wars fans were a little outraged. Star Wars continuity is not something you want to screw with unless you're George Lucas himself, and even then they're not too sure about it. Now time has passed, emotions have settled somewhat, and what is essentially the next installment of the epic Star Wars story is upon us. Has LucasArts managed to appease both gamers and Star Wars junkies, or have they left both groups out in the cold? The game critics tally midi-chlorians, after the jump. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Kidd: This game is garbage. Terribly clunky controls. Poor, sometimes even awkward writing. Buggy. Doesn't push the boundries of anything like it... 5 Responses | Other threads
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spore
Frankenreview: Spore
Game industry legend Will Wright is no stranger to creating life, but Spore marks his first attempt to create it from the ground up. One of the most highly anticipated PC games of the past decade, Spore's ambitions don't stop at expanding what a life simulation can be. The game also seeks to expand the PC gamer audience beyond the hardcore, perhaps acting as a stepping stone for the ever-growing numbers of casual PC players. With a scope this large and ambitions this great, you just know the game critics are paying extra-close attention. Let's see what they saw when the put Spore under their critical microscope. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by DugDawg: I imagine I'll eventually pick this up, but I'm just not excited about playing games on the computer anymore. I built... 6 Responses | Other threads
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mercenaries 2: world in flames
Frankenreview: Mercenaries 2: World In Flames
Pandemic Studio's 2005 Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, took the sandbox genre and placed it in a military setting with rather impressive results. Three years, various delays, and a purchase by Electronic Arts later, Pandemic gives us Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. Swapping the previous game's Korean setting for Venezuela, Mercenaries 2 ups the ante with improved graphics, an enhanced arsenal, new fire physics, and am all-new multiplayer co-op mode, Has the leap to new and improved consoles produced a new and improved game? See what happens when game critics team up to take on Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by axiomatic: oh, forgot one thing... you can't get more than 500m from your friend in multiplayer. Irritating too because it take... 7 Responses | Other threads
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