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	The Mist review (PC) Reviewed by Rob Hamilton on May 25, 2012 - # You'll be screwing around, attempting to input any damn command the computer might actually recognize, outside the hardware store when suddenly you'll get a "The bug just appeared" message. Now, one of two things will happen. First, if you're lucky enough to have found a bug-killing item AND are lucky enough to figure out the specific way to phrase your command so that you actually use it, you can dispatch the mutated creature. Or, more likely, you'll be dead in a turn or two.
	Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II review (PS3) Reviewed by Rhody Tobin on May 24, 2012 - # Do you think Tails has hollow bones?
	Akai Katana review (X360) Reviewed by Gary Hartley on May 12, 2012 - # So many deaths, so many bullets…
	Revenge of the Titans review (PC) Reviewed by Jason Venter on May 11, 2012 - # Compounding that particular issue is the fact that it’s difficult to see very far. The perspective is close enough to the ground that you can easily see detail around each building and your base, but to see the whole level you’ll need to use the keyboard keys or the mouse to scroll. This adds nothing useful to the experience and seems to exist mostly as a cheap means of adding difficulty.
	Confrontation review (PC) Reviewed by Leslie Paul on May 07, 2012 - # To stop all evil in the world, you control a squad of warriors belonging to the Griffin (human) faction. Though you'll recruit teammates as you travel through various lands, you can only fight with four at any given time, so you must choose your lineup carefully. You'll often be surrounded, outnumbered or overpowered. Your enemies are frequently stronger, or have better skills. It'll take your best thinking and planning to succeed.
	Xenoblade Chronicles review (WII) Reviewed by Rhody Tobin on May 03, 2012 - # If you like JRPGs and own a Wii, Xenoblade Chronicles is the game you’ve been waiting for.
	Trials Evolution review (X360) Reviewed by Rob Hamilton on May 02, 2012 - # Well, I'm going to have to find a way to perfectly run tracks that utterly brutalized my biker during my first stab at them. Hell, I'll be happy if I just FINISH the Gigatrack course. Just thinking about running it perfectly seems so unrealistic that I don't even know why I'm considering it a possibility.
	Blaster Master 2 review (GEN) Reviewed by Gary Hartley on April 30, 2012 - # Blaster Master 2 exists only as a sobering example of completely missing the entire bloody point.
	Prototype 2 review (X360) Reviewed by Mike Suskie on April 29, 2012 - # While Prototype 2 is a definite improvement, it’s not like fixing the first game’s flaws unearths some hidden masterpiece here. It’s not a great sequel so much as the game we should’ve gotten in the first place, and now it arrives several years too late to the party.
	Final Fantasy X review (PS2) Reviewed by Rob Hamilton on April 28, 2012 - # After that debacle, though, I noticed that Yuna had a particular piece of armor designed to block three particular negative statuses, so I decided to make sure she was always in the party when fighting them. Sure enough, she was able to avoid being confused or silenced by the beast and, as a result, cure my other members so they could finish it off. A tough monster made easier due to me using my brain — I was proud of myself!
	Trials Evolution review (X360) Reviewed by Calvin Kemph on April 27, 2012 - # The result may not feel like a revolutionary update, but it’s exactly the right way to pull off a quality Trials sequel.
	The Walking Dead: Episode 1 - A New Day review (PS3) Reviewed by Rhody Tobin on April 26, 2012 - # Like the comic and show, the game is really about relationships and tough decisions. The dialogue options are the heart of the game. You can choose how to react to most things characters say. Depending on the situation, you can lie or tell the truth, be hateful or helpful, insult someone or support them. Characters will remember the things you do and say to them, and later scenes will change depending on your decisions.
	Rayman 3 HD review (PS3) Reviewed by Rhody Tobin on April 26, 2012 - # While Rayman Origins hasn’t exactly set the world on fire, those who gave it a chance were impressed with it for (among other things) its sense of humour and charm. Perhaps to capitalize on these new fans, Ubisoft recently released a new HD remaster of the least charming title in the series, Rayman 3.
	Pure review (X360) Reviewed by Gary Hartley on April 22, 2012 - # Pure will just have to settle for being more fun to play than it really has any right to be.
	Raiders of the Lost Ark review (A2600) Reviewed by Rob Hamilton on April 21, 2012 - # Markets are kind of cool, as you collect money in the game and can use it in these places to buy bullets and other useful things. In this one, you also can try to interact with a giant head plastered on the left side of the screen. Which will then kill you. Ha-ha…you have to love trial-and-error puzzle solving! You're not supposed to interact with it…or walk above or below it. In fact, you should pretend its third of the room doesn't even exist.
	My Hero review (SMS) Reviewed by Marc Golding on April 11, 2012 - # You play the role of The Hero, but you look like Edward Carnby, specifically from Alone in the Dark 2, right down to the blue leisure suit and pitiful death sequences. You are the strapping, golden-domed captain of the football team, enjoying a sunset with your prudish girlfriend on the beach, besotting her with your romanticism and a bottle of Alize.
	Silent Hill HD Collection review (X360) Reviewed by Marc Golding on April 09, 2012 - # I am not enamoured of any two old games slapped together (just Silent Hill 2 and 3 in this case) being called a “collection” in the first place, especially given how easily Silent Hill 4: The Room (of the same ‘era’) could have been included for more value if not quality. Moreover, the third instalment isn't a great game anyway; certainly not on par with the second – but this is still the best release for the series in ages.
	Jungle Hunt review (A2600) Reviewed by Rob Hamilton on April 06, 2012 - # You'd start out swinging from vines like Tarzan. Interestingly enough, this game originally was called Jungle King where you controlled a guy who looked like Tarzan. And then the lawsuits came rolling in, so the name of the game and the appearance of the hero were changed, giving you a Dr. Livingston-like character instead.
	Silent Hill: Downpour review (X360) Reviewed by Marc Golding on April 03, 2012 - # Some might argue that the canon was lost once it left the hands of its original developers; since that time it has been passed from studio to studio, each with ingenuous intentions of making the first ‘next gen’ standout. Regrettably, that still hasn’t happened.
	Little King's Story review (WII) Reviewed by Jason Venter on March 31, 2012 - # Your royal guard has a tendency to get caught up on fences, on the edge of buildings and so forth. By the time you’re commanding a group of 17 soldiers, it’s all but impossible to make everyone climb a simple staircase without cautious preparation. Such issues also cropped up in games like Pikmin and Overlord, but here their impact on moment-to-moment gameplay is more severe.

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