This past year has been a frustrating exercise in expectation control. I have had to constantly lower my expectations, or posthumously accept the sinking realization that almost none of them are going to be met. With the exception of a few isolated experiences there hasn’t been a game this year that...
Saying that Two Worlds 2 is a vast improvement over the first game is like saying that you like being able to breathe over having your head caught in a complete vacuum that pulls the precious oxygen out of your lungs as you try to breathe it. Even though the game is indeed vastly better than the first, its...
RPG gamers have a very difficult question looming in the distance. As the standard experience of playing an RPG title grows into a diverse balance between a compelling storyline, and an enjoyable combat engine, players are going to have to pick sides in that fight, and Dragon Age 2 is a model of example for...
Risen falls into a category of sadly mediocre titles. It accomplishes all of what it sets out to do as a game, but doesn’t do a single one of them with originality or with any lasing merit beyond not screwing it up. I can honestly say that in the months following having played it, I won’t...
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