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Gelugon_baat reviewed Spiral Knights for the PC...

...and gave it a 6.5. That the phrase "free-to-play" is only marketing-speak is not a thought lost on those wise enough to realize that games in this genre ultimately aim to derive revenue from...

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pokecharm reviewed Darksiders for the Xbox 360...

...and gave it a 7.5. Darksiders is basically God of War and Devil May Cry, but in a different time and place. While Devil May Cry is somewhat placed in the current time, God of War placed far in the...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow for the PC...

...and gave it a 8.0. The first Splinter Cell wowed the gaming industry with themes and gameplay that can be considered refreshing. Therefore, there is little that Pandora Tomorrow can do to replicate...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Realm of the Mad God for the PC...

...and gave it a 7.0. Realm of the Mad God does something that many games have not done, as far as many game consumers would be able to recall. Yet, it also does what many players of "free-to-play"...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Manhunt for the PC...

...and gave it a 7.5. There were few game-makers that are willing to touch on themes concerning the very much nastier and uglier aspects of the real-world, and then make these even more shocking. Yet,...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed The Binding of Isaac for the PC...

...and gave it a 8.0. Team Meat is not one to shy from utilizing outrageous themes to embellish their games with. Perhaps, even those who have observed the founders of Team Meat for some time may have...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Hitman: Contracts for the PC...

...and gave it a 7.0. Codename 47 was lambasted for wasting an otherwise great premise with frustrating gameplay and mission designs. Its sequel, Silent Assassin, ruffled some fans who preferred the...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Bit.Trip Runner for the PC...

...and gave it a 6.5. Game-makers may find that there may be some hype and appeal to be had from combining gameplay elements from different genres and then loudly proclaiming the results to be...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Worms 2 for the PC...

...and gave it a 8.0. Worms may not have been the first to do what it did; very old games like Artillery for the Apple II and Scorched Earth for DOS were the pioneers of its subgenre of strategy...

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pokecharm reviewed Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood for the PlayStation 3...

...and gave it a 8.5. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood picks up where Assassin's Creed 2 ends. The player follows the duel storylines of Ezio and Desmond as the two make their way through Ezio's memories....

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Thief: Deadly Shadows for the PC...

...and gave it a 8.0. Having popularized the stealth-sneaker genre, the Thief franchise, at the time of this game, faced competition from the likes of Rainbow Six and Splinter Cell, as well as other...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed The Suffering for the PC...

...and gave it a 7.0. Games like those in Rockstar's franchises sold themselves on the hype generated by the very mature and taboo-breaking themes in their story and gameplay. Since then, some other...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits for the PC...

...and gave it a 7.0. The Greek legend of Icarus, who wishes to reach the homes of the gods, is plenty exploitable due to narrative gaps in the fable. Although Icarus' means of reaching the divine...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Ground Control II: Operation Exodus for the PC...

...and gave it a 8.5. For years before the first game, the real-time strategy genre was inundated by titles with gameplay that is little more than about raising massive armies and crunching enemies...

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pokecharm reviewed Prototype 2 for the PlayStation 3...

...and gave it a 7.0. Being able to morph body parts into any number of weapons seems like the perfect game, but an occasional frame rate issue or frustrating game play make the game less successful...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Doom 3 for the PC...

...and gave it a 7.5. The first Doom could be considered to be the first shooter that implemented a sense of verticality, marking a departure away from dungeon crawling themes that were prevalent in...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Kohan II: Kings of War for the PC...

...and gave it a 8.5. The first game in the Kohan franchise featured a peculiar form of RTS gameplay that focused more on macro-management and manoeuvring of armies – gameplay designs that are usually...

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pokecharm reviewed Max Payne 3 for the Xbox 360...

...and gave it a 8.0. When I first heard that a sequel to the Max Payne games from the early 2000's, I was understandably sceptical. In the time that Max Payne 2 has come out, Rockstar has had a...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed LIMBO for the PC...

...and gave it a 8.0. Boys being protagonists are not an unheard of premise in video games. The games that they are in typically cater to the family, young children or teenagers, so they are not...

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Gelugon_baat reviewed Stacking for the PC...

...and gave it a 8.5. It is not very often that a game makes use of real-world inanimate objects like Matryoska stacking dolls as characters. Of course, this is not the first time in video game...

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