Reviews by asherdeus

GoldenEye 007: Reloaded review

The game is in many ways a perfect example of Activision's consistent mishandling of the Bond license. It's certainly gotten a little more polish than your average licensed Activision release, but it’s still not worth your time.

asherdeus · December 2, 2011

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution review

Eidos Montreal deftly updated the game to give it more modern sensibilities while retaining the core of what captivated us with the original. I'd even go as far as arguing that this is the very best entry in the series and closest to the…

asherdeus · October 4, 2011

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Bodycount review

Somewhere along the way, the vision for this game was lost and what remains is a jumbled, unsatisfying mess. There are good ideas here - the controls work very well and the core ideas the game calls on have potential. It's just very poorly…

asherdeus · September 15, 2011

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Red Faction: Armageddon review

Armageddon takes the core elements that attracted all of us to the series in the first place and combines them to create a solid game that series fans can't afford to miss.

asherdeus · July 1, 2011

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L.A. Noire review

L.A. Noire is a fairly dull detective game unnecessarily superimposed on an open-world. Most of the time players spend while playing L.A. Noire is doing things that are boring, mindless, rote. When the cases are interesting, as several…

asherdeus · May 22, 2011

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Mafia II review

[Mafia II] doesn't pave new ground and it probably won't be remembered as one of the greatest mafia stories ever told across any medium, but it is the best mafia story that our industry has ever told and I think that's something to…

asherdeus · April 30, 2011

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MLB 11: The Show review

MLB 11: The Show spent the off-season focusing on core mechanics and the latest entry delivers substantially.

asherdeus · April 5, 2011

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 review

Early on in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, our hero, Starkiller, escapes from a cloning facility in Darth Vader's TIE fighter. The caped arch-villain watches as his failed protégé takes to the air and escapes the Empire's custody…

asherdeus · February 12, 2011

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Blood Drive review

If you remove the hearts from Twisted Metal and Left 4 Dead and boil them down to their core ideas, what you have in Blood Drive is a near perfect fusion of the gameplay found in each. Twisted Metal has you steering cars occupied by…

asherdeus · January 28, 2011

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50 Cent: Blood on the Sand review

[VERSE 1] They comin' at 50, they after his jewels, if they comin' at 50, God they must be fools. This man is from Queens, and he ain't fucking around, when he's spraying that gat, better drop to the ground. He’s armed to the teeth…

asherdeus · January 5, 2011

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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands review

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is such a sad game. It isn't really that bad, and it aims high, but it just isn't that good. After a failed reboot, the developers sought to resurrect the franchise by bringing it back to its roots…

asherdeus · December 25, 2010

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Fable III review

An entry that attempts to make many radical changes to the franchise's direction, Fable III more often than not disappoints rather than achieves whatever goals the developers had in mind. In an effort to make the experience more…

asherdeus · November 17, 2010

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Blood Stone: 007 review

I'm normally not one to tell someone how they should go about playing a game, but for James Bond 007: Blood Stone, I'll make an exception. Though players may be tempted to approach the game as they would Gears of War or Splinter Cell…

asherdeus · November 5, 2010

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Singularity review

Going back in time and changing the past is something we’ve all thought about. We’ve of course done it selfishly; how many mistakes have you made that you’ve wished you could go back and avoid? And obviously, a lot of us would go back in…

asherdeus · August 7, 2010

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Jurassic: The Hunted review

Dinosaurs might have gone extinct millions of years ago, but the last couple of decades have been very good to them. Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” ignited the imaginations of the millions who watched, spawning an entire industry of…

asherdeus · July 28, 2010

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Split/Second review

In a week crowded with releases like Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption and Remedy’s Alan Wake, it’s easy to forgive gamers who didn’t pick up Split/Second on day one. But now that the game has been out for a while, any fan of arcade-style…

asherdeus · July 21, 2010

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Left 4 Dead 2 review

I've never understood video game boycotts. From Diablo 3 to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, a small segment of fanatic gamers responds to seemingly any sequel with rage normally found in only the worst fanboys. Left 4 Dead 2's recent…

asherdeus · July 15, 2010

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Wheelman review

In so many ways, The Wheelman is a fitting title to mark the final major product released by the now defunct Midway Games. Riddled with references to the gems of the company’s past, the game has all of the classic trappings – good and bad…

asherdeus · July 8, 2010

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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City review

Combining two substantial pieces of downloadable content into one retail package, Episodes from Liberty City adds a tremendous amount of depth and life to Liberty City, last visited in 2008’s Grand Theft Auto IV. The two episodes, The Lost…

asherdeus · May 21, 2010

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Dante's Inferno review

It’s hard to imagine that there was even a moment where I legitimately enjoyed playing Dante’s Inferno. Knee deep in Hell, buried in the game’s final levels, slaughtering the same enemies over and over and over again, I’m tired. A…

asherdeus · May 10, 2010