Reviews by jerec
51 reviews · showing 21–40
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Reader PlayStation 4 HG exclusive
Final Fantasy XV review
Dude, where's my car?
jerec · January 1, 2017
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Reader 3DS
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call review
Have you ever caught yourself tapping your fingers on a desk to the beat of a Final Fantasy battle theme?
jerec · October 11, 2014
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Reader PlayStation 3
Final Fantasy XIII-2 review
The most difficult thing about Final Fantasy XIII-2 is trying to figure out where you were up to. As this game’s narrative is completely fractured, and the characters are so bland, the game becomes very tiresome.
jerec · August 17, 2014
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Reader PC
Gone Home review
Gone Home quickly creates an atmospheric, creepy mansion, and then proceeds to do absolutely nothing with it.
jerec · February 18, 2014
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Reader DS
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors review
9 people have been kidnapped by someone named Zero to take part in the “Nonary Game”, a lovely piece of mathematical idiosyncrasy involving the digital roots of numbers.
jerec · February 18, 2014
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Reader 3DS
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds review
Now players are forced to not only think outside the box, but around the edges of the box.
jerec · January 13, 2014
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Reader 3DS
Bravely Default review
Borrow from the past and the future to make the most of the present.
jerec · January 6, 2014
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Reader Wii HG exclusive
Mario Party 9 review
Mario Party 9 operates differently. Rather than four players wandering around a board to buy a star from Toad, all the players travel together in a single vehicle, taking turns at being behind the wheel. The boards aren’t circuits; they…
jerec · March 30, 2012
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Reader Xbox 360 Review of the Week HG exclusive
Fallout: New Vegas review
It’s well past midnight and I cannot sleep. My conscience weighs heavily on me for what I have done. I have tried to prevent bloodshed, but in the end I have killed so many. I have tried to stand up to injustice, but in the end I have…
jerec · January 16, 2011
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Reader Wii HG exclusive
New Play Control! Pikmin review
Captain Olimar, a tiny space alien, is a manipulative bastard. Upon crash landing on a strange planet, Olimar discovers the Pikmin – little plant creatures that are so brainless they would march to their deaths if Olimar forced them to…
jerec · January 6, 2011
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Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Final Fantasy XII review
World-building is a very important aspect of the fantasy genre, but many works fall into the trap of making world-building the most important aspect. This typically happens when a constructed world is so deep, so immense, and so full of…
jerec · July 24, 2010
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Reader GameCube
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker review
Expectations can be dangerous, especially when what you get is not what you wanted. The real tragedy is that sometimes what you get is actually better than what you wanted, but you’re simply unable to see it. Ten years ago, there was a…
jerec · July 9, 2010
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Reader PlayStation 3
Final Fantasy XIII review
Square-Enix would love to create masterpieces of storytelling, if only the player and the whole gameplay aspect would stop getting in the way, which is why they are taking such drastic steps to phase them out. Final Fantasy XIII isn’t a…
jerec · July 1, 2010
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Reader Xbox 360
Lost: Via Domus review
There's a special feature on the LOST - Season 3 DVD that looks at the concept and creation of the video game. It's really nothing more than four minutes of hype and promises, which makes LOST: Via Domus sound really awesome. The writers…
jerec · December 14, 2009
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Reader PSP
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII review
Crisis Core is a shallow game, rarely giving you a chance to deviate from the main story and explore, as the story whisks you from one chapter to the next at an incredible pace. The story is well told, though. Zack, a minor but important…
jerec · November 2, 2009
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Reader Xbox 360
Tales of Vesperia review
A Tales game is easily identifiable by its fast-paced, action driven battle system, a complex fantasy story, and a lovable cast of characters. Those who might criticise Tales of Vesperia for being too similar to previous games in the…
jerec · September 6, 2009
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Reader GameCube
Animal Crossing review
It was a couple of days before Halloween, and I’d decided to move out of my parent’s basement and take up residency in a sunny little forest village called Jerktown. With a name like that, how could the town be anything but a nice place to…
jerec · May 15, 2009
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Reader Xbox 360
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga review
LEGO Star Wars is not an easy game to describe with words. I can remember reading a few reviews for the LEGO games that have popped up in the last few years, and from them, all I understood was that the game was funny. I can even remember…
jerec · March 23, 2009
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Reader Wii
Wii Fit review
It would seem that Nintendo's master plan has finally come full circle. After fattening up their user base over the last 20 years, they've finally released their own antidote: Wii Fit. I was given Wii Fit for Christmas in a not-so-subtle…
jerec · March 15, 2009
