Star Wars Battlefront II

Sunday, December 10, 2017
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The Good: Authentic Star War-zy graphics and sound. Some really nice cameos in the campaign. The Bad: Campaign is short and narratively awkward. The Ugly: Ridiculously imbalanced multiplayer…

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Call of Duty: WWII

Friday, November 24, 2017
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The Good: Great voice work. Beautiful graphics. Zombie horror! The Bad: Short, lackluster single player campaign. The Ugly: Limited multiplayer maps.   It’s hard not to like Call…

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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series

Wednesday, November 15, 2017
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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series is the latest entry into Telltale Games’ interactive movie catalogue. In it, you control the Guardians of the Galaxy —…

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Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds

Monday, November 13, 2017
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Aloy’s journey in Horizon Zero Dawn was one of the most exciting of 2017. As the player, we saw her grow from birth, to becoming a very young…

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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Friday, November 10, 2017
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The Good: Nazis. Who doesn’t love killing Nazis? Raucous action, supreme firepower. The Bad: Occasionally confusing maps, useless in-game map. Endless collectables. The Ugly: Uneven marriage of FPS…

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Need for Speed Payback

Thursday, November 9, 2017
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Need For Speed Payback sees the long-running franchise return after a two year-long absence. The last entry acted as a bit of a reboot and saw things shift…

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The Evil Within 2

Tuesday, November 7, 2017
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It seemed bleak. The official reception to The Evil Within had drawn such mixed feelings that it seemed Shinji Mikami’s attempt to create a new world of survival…

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Super Mario Odyssey

Sunday, November 5, 2017
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Mario’s 3D entries have been some of his greatest, and Mario Odyssey puts the beloved Italian plumber on his grandest adventure yet. Not to alarm anyone, but Bowser…

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Dungeons 3

Sunday, October 29, 2017
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Dungeons 3 is a new real-time strategy game from Realmforge Studios. It’s the third entry in the Dungeons franchise, following Dungeons (2011) and Dungeons 2 (2015). I reviewed…

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Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Monday, October 23, 2017
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The Good: Solid combat. Very nice graphics. So much stuff to do. The Bad: Some of that stuff feels like filler. Several very long cutscenes full of overly-dramatic…

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