REVIEW: Styx: Master of Shadows

Styx: Master of Shadows Stealth Xbox One, PS4 When I watched a development trailer for Styx: Master of Shadows several months ago I was hooked. While the latest Splinter Cell game went back to using stealth mechanics more. Styx relies on stealth in order for you to succeed in the various levels. In Styx you play as a goblin bent on stealing the heart of the World-tree inside a giant tower guarded...

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REVIEW: Far Cry 4

Far Cry 4 Action Adventure, First Person Shooter Single player, Multiplayer PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, PC Last generations Far Cry 3 was one of my favorite games of all time. Far Cry 4 takes everything that was amazing on FC3 and adds to it to give the series a boost now that it is on the new generation of consoles. This time you play Ajay Ghale the prodigal son returning to his place of birth,Kyrat,...

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REVIEW: Mario Kart 8

Mario Kart 8 Wii U Racing, Multiplayer One of Nintendo's flagship games returns to the Wii U. While the game itself hasn't changed much the graphics are (much) improved. As with previous incarnations of the game, you play as one of Nintendo's famous characters racing around various tracks while using power ups to either enhance your way around the track or to hinder the competitors. making a return...

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REVIEW: Sunset Overdrive

Sunset Overdrive Open World, Third Person Shooter Xbox One When Microsoft and Insomniac Games announced that they were bringing Sunset Overdrive to the next gen console, I was excited. I loved the Ratchet and Clank games and knowing that it was a sandbox shooter made me even more excited to see what they came up with as I knew it would be mental. Sunset Overdrive starts out with you as an employee...

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REVIEW: Assassins Creed Unity

Assassins Creed Unity Action-Adventure PS4, Xbox One, PC For the seventh game in the series we head to France during the French Revolution. You play the character Arno Dorian, a young man whose father was murdered at an early age and upon sneaking into your step-sister's secret birthday party witness his guardian murdered. He is arrested for the murder and meets and assassin who sets him on a...

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REVIEW: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Call of Duty First person Shooter, Multiplayer Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC Every year we receive a new Call of Duty, this time publisher Activision has handed the reins to Sledgehammer for their latest entry. Advanced Warfare is set in the future where private military contractor and CEO of Atlas, Jonathan Irons, has the largest army in the world and has some of the most lucrative contracts...

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REVIEW: Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon

Luigi's Mansion Action Adventure 3DS I recently picked up a 3DS and one of the first games I picked up, by recommendation, was Luigi's Mansion a game featuring Mario's brother. Luigi as a ghostbuster. Professor Elvin Gadd tasks Luigi with removing poltergeists from various mansions, tackling puzzles, and collecting coins. While I enjoyed playing Luigi's Mansion for several hours, the controller...

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REVIEW: Crimson Dragon

Crimson Dragon Rail Shooter, Multiplayer Xbox One Crimson Dragon is a long awaited sequel to Panzer Dragoon, a game I never played but since the game is currently free with Games with Gold, I decided to try it out. I remember when it originally came out that it was one of the first games released for the system. I never got around to playing it until it became free and I am glad that I waited as...

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REVIEW: Mind Zero PS Vita

Mind Zero RPG, Dungeon Crawler PS Vita In the wake of Persona 4 Golden there are a few games that try to use the same winning formula, Mind Zero takes the real world where a few teenagers have found themselves in the middle of a battle between the police and entities known as MINDs and their plot to open a portal from their world to ours. The teens gain the ability to call upon spirits to help...

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REVIEW: Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor

Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC Third Person, Action Role-Playing, Sandbox Set in the Lord of the Rings universe some time between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, you play Talion, a Ranger of Gondor, who was slain along with his family by Sauron's army only to return thanks to the wraith spirit of an elf who is also seeking revenge agains Sauron. The gameplay...

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REVIEW: Velocity

Velocity Puzzle, Shooter PS4, PS Vita, PS3 Velocity is a scrolling game that involves navigating a Quarp Jet, a spacecraft that can teleport while it avoiding and defeating aliens. The main goal of the game is to rescue stranded ships. In order to do that you must shoot down shields and obstacles in order to reach stranded ships and rescue their crews. The puzzle portion comes when you must deactivate...

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REVIEW: AirMech Arena

AirMech Arena Arcade, Multiplayer, PC, Steam, XBox 360, Android One of the best free to play games on the Xbox 360 is AirMech Area, a game that has you piloting a large pantheon of aircraft that can transform into a giant robot as you fight for control over a map. The graphics really remind me of the 80's Saturday morning cartoons as the maps are colorful and the units are drawn well, but simple. When...

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REVIEW: Destiny

Destiny Single Player, First person RPG Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS 4, PS3, PC Destiny is an online multiplayer, first-person, open-world shooter set in a science fiction setting in Earth's future. I have had the opportunity to play for several days now and have hit the opening ceiling, level 20. While I will continue to play the game, this is my review based on the first half of the game. Roughly...

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REVIEW: Max: The Curse of the Brotherhood XBOX ONE

Max: The Curse of the Brotherhood Platformer, Puzzle, Side-scroller 360, XB1, Windows Max arrives home and is quickly annoyed by his little brother, Felix. A quick internet search on how to get rid of your brother leads to a portal opening up and a hand grabbing Felix right in front of Max. Worried what will happen when their parents get home, Max quickly jumps into the portal in order to save...

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REVIEW: Diablo 3 Ultimate Evil Edition PS4

Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition Action Role player, Dungeon Crawler, Online Multiplayer, Single player PS3, PS4, 360, XB1, PC, Mac Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition has finally hit shelves for the consoles. I played Diablo III when it first came to computers and enjoyed it even with its lackluster launch. When it came to the Xbox 360, I gave it another go and loved it on the system and now it is...

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REVIEW: Dragon's Crown PS Vita

Dragon's Crown PS Vita Side Scroller, Action Role Player PS Vita, PS3 Dragon Crown first made waves with its rather "interesting" depiction of its female playable characters. Particularly the Sorceress, who is a little top heavy to say the least. While I admit that it was the reason it ever made it on to my radar initially; it wasn't until I actually went and purchased a Vita and was looking for...

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REVIEW: THE Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Amazing Spider-man 2 3rd Person, Action-adventure, Open-world iOS, Android, PS4, PS3, 360, XB1, Wii U, Windows The game starts out with a flashback of Peter Parker leaving the store that has just been robbed and Peter refusing to help, leading to the death of his Uncle Ben.  Two years later, Peter is hunting for his Uncle's killer. As he closes in on the man who murdered his Uncle, he...

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REVIEW: MLB14 : The Show PS4

MLB 14: The Show PS4 Sports Single-player, Online multiplayer PS3, PS 4, PS Vita While the new current generation of consoles are still trying to add to their game libraries one series that I knew I had to pick up was Playstation's MLB series. It is a console exclusive and every incarnation of the series always receives high marks, and for good reason. There are several game modes to choose from...

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REVIEW: Infamous Second Son

Infamous Second Son Action-Adventure, Third-person PS4 I have enjoyed the Infamous series since it first came out on the PS3. When the Playstation 4 was announced I was happy to see that the series was going to continue. Unfortunately, it was the only game I really wanted when the console was announced and that game alone wasn't enough for me to go out and pick the PS4 up on day one. However,...

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REVIEW: Wolfenstein The New Order

Wolfenstein: The New Order First Person Shooter, Action-Adventure PS4, XB1, PS3, 360, PC It has been quite a while since I have played a Wolfenstein game. The latest foray into the world takes place 3 years after the adventure found in Wolfenstein (2009). In this alternative history, the Nazis have come up with a lot of new advanced technologies, which led to Germany conquering the world's superpowers....

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REVIEW: Conception II PS Vita

Conception II Role-playing, Dungeon Crawler Platforms: 3DS, Vita In a world where the populace is under constant threat from monsters are formed from Dark Circles, a young man learns that he has the mark of the Star God on his hand, which allows him to attend a special school for people bearing the mark that gives them the ability to fight the monsters and defend humanity. The protagonist, upon...

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REVIEW: Sniper Elite III Xbox One

Sniper Elite Third Person, Tactical Shooter Consoles: PC, PS3, PS4, X1, Xb360 Sniper Elite III is the first next generation title for the series. Still fighting the Nazis, this time in Africa (or Afrika if you prefer), we have our hero, Karl Fairburne, a sniper for the OSS or Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA where he learns of a super weapon the Nazi's are developing to turn...

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag XBox One

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Third Person, Action Adventure Game Console: Wii U, PS3, PS4, Xbox360 X1 Assassin's Creed Black Flag is the sixth installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise, this time featuring the pirate Edward Kenway (grandson to the protagonist of Assassin's Creed III). Kenway doesn't start out as part of the assassin's guild but is instead a man seeking his fortune when he stumbles...

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Watchdogs Xbox One

Watchdogs Genre: Third-person, open world adventure game Console: PC, PS4,PS3, XB360, XB1 Watch Dogs - Xbox One Watchdogs has been on my radar since the day it was announced. It was originally intended to be a Xbox One day one release. However, just days before the big two released their new consoles, Ubisoft announced that they would be delaying the game until the first half of 2014. I was disappointed...

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