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The Darkness II Review

February 14, 2012 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

Most people would think a game predicated on using guns and a pair of shoulder-mounted bloodthirsty demon arms would be little more than a gore fest. That would only be telling half the story with The Darkness II, because The Darkness II is the bloodiest, most brutal and hard-edged love story you may ever play. Yes, love story. Based on a series of graphic novels, The Darkness II doesn’t immediately seem rife with romance potential, but it’s appropriate that we’re publishing our review of the game on Valentine’s Day. 2K Games’ …
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Epic Quest Pinball FX 2 Table Review

February 14, 2012 By Jeff Paramchuk Leave a Comment

As it sits, Zen Studios runs the show for pinball on home consoles, and their steady roll out of new tables keeps the title in high rotation in my home. In fact, just last night my wife made a comment about how long I’ve been playing Pinball FX 2 – it has been a very long time. Not content just to sit on the laurels of Marvel Pinball, Zen is bringing something entirely of their own creation to PSN and XBLA this week in the form of Epic Quest. Not content with just pinball, Zen decided to make this pinball RPG, complete with a character …
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Need for Speed: The Run Review

February 11, 2012 By Eric Pitt Leave a Comment

I’ve been a fan of the Need for Speed series since the Xbox 360 launch, when the console’s launch-window entry taught us all how fun evading the cops could be at ridiculously high speeds. The Need for Speed series has undergone some changes in the past five years, flipping between arcade- and sim-style racing and hopping between cop-evasion and race-driven gameplay. The latest entry, Need for Speed: The Run, evolves the series yet again, with players occasionally getting out of their car to race, jump and quick-action-button-press their way …
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Filed Under: Features, GameRankings Archive, PS3 Reviews, Xbox 360 Reviews Tagged With: Black box, EA, Need for Speed, Need for Speed The Run

Tekken Hybrid Review

February 5, 2012 By Jeff Paramchuk Leave a Comment

The Tekken series was a mainstay during my time in college and even though it was a long time ago, I still remember using all the classic characters like it was yesterday, and I am bad now as I was then. It’s been a few years since home consoles have seen Tekken come back, and just in time for the arcade version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (in Japan at least) comes this strange ‘collection’ of the Tekken series. Tekken Hybrid isn’t a new game in the series – but more a glimpse of the future, a visit to the past and something to help …
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Filed Under: 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray Reviews, Features, GameRankings Archive, PS3 Reviews Tagged With: 3D, Tag, Tekken

Marvel Pinball Vengeance and Virtue Pack Review

January 4, 2012 By Jeff Paramchuk Leave a Comment

If you’ve read any of our Pinball FX 2 coverage in the past, then it should be no surprise to you that we are huge fans of the platform/game. Zen Studios knows pinball and lately everything they’ve been touching has been gold. It goes without saying that the physics in this newest set of tables, Marvel Vengence & Virtue, are spot on blending the realism of a physics based table with the computer generated magic that only video pinball can offer. Each of the four tables in this pack is completely unique but do hold some similarities to …
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Assassin’s Creed Revelations Review

December 29, 2011 By Jeff Paramchuk Leave a Comment

I adore the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Even though I look back on the first entry in to the series and remember the problems I had with it, there was something special there that kept me interested enough to check the sequel. AC2 addressed the biggest flaw that the first had, and that was the boredom that permeated the game, and then Brotherhood came out and much to the surprise of a lot of people included not only one of the better single player sections of the series, but added a ridiculously entertaining multiplayer mode. Cut to the third …
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Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure Review

December 22, 2011 By Jonas Allen 2 Comments

I’ve been struggling for a while now to post my Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure review, because I’ve honestly had trouble putting the darn thing down. The overall concept is the most unique technological concept to come out of the game industry in 2011: the family-friendly action RPG uses real-world toys with embedded memory chips to track each character’s upgrades, and players can swap out their on-screen character with a new one at any time simply by placing a new toy on the Portal of Power accessory. Players can even take their toy(s) …
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Filed Under: EditorsChoice, Features, GameRankings Archive, PS3 Reviews, Wii Reviews, Xbox 360 Reviews Tagged With: Activision, Skylanders

Back to the Future: The Game Review

December 20, 2011 By Martin Ray Leave a Comment

Back to the Future was a distinct movie trilogy, one with action, comedy, an interesting concept and an uncanny ability to poke fun at itself while still being serious enough to build a cult following. The combination of time-traveling cars and a rabid fanbase seemed like great justification for a series-based resurgence, so Telltale Games created Back to the Future: The Game, which originally released as an episodic series on PC. The episodes -- which feature the voice talents of Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown) and the creative efforts of one of …
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Modern Warfare 3 Review

December 18, 2011 By Jonas Allen 2 Comments

As one of the most revered first-person franchises around, the Call of Duty series has a reputation to uphold. Naturally you know it’s safe to expect high production values, particularly with the Infinity Ward-developed entries like Modern Warfare 3, but you also know not to expect Activision to rock the boat. After all, why change a franchise that’s set multiple all-time sales records? I certainly won’t argue with that logic; making money is why developers and publishers release games in the first place. But as a gamer, not an investor, …
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GoldenEye 007 Reloaded Review

December 8, 2011 By Eric Pitt Leave a Comment

The original Goldeneye 007 catapulted the first-person-shooter genre to the stratospheric status it enjoys today. The franchise was good and the N64 graphics were solid, but it was the gameplay --especially multiplayer -- that won gamers’ hearts. With Goldeneye 007: Reloaded, Activision hoped to capture lightning in a bottle and bring the franchise to a new generation of gamers. The result is a mix of old and new experiences that delivers some fun but can’t completely keep up with the outstanding FPSes modern gamers have at their …
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