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Silent Hill: Book of Memories Review

By Brad Gallaway on December 7, 2012 - 2:46pm.

Don't Judge a Book by its Franchise

Silent Hill: Book of Memories Screenshot

HIGH Finding my first flamethrower. Burn, motha*#@&$!

LOW The first two hours of play before GameFAQs.

WTF Why is so much vital info unexplained?

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Assassin's Creed III Review

By Sparky Clarkson on December 5, 2012 - 5:09pm.

Everything is True. Nothing is Permitted.

Assassin's Creed III Screenshot

HIGH Swimming around a pier, climbing a ship, and using a rope dart to hang a target from a yardarm.

LOW As I walk past two men on a bench, I get notified that I have my first pursuer. The whisper noise starts just as one of them gets up and stabs me for 700 points.

WTF Approaching a fort, I found I could no longer hide in shrubs even though I wasn't observed. When I reached the captain, I found only an indicator hanging in the air, without a body to stab beneath it.

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Hitman: Absolution Review

By Brad Gallaway on December 4, 2012 - 6:32am.

Duckwalk Supreme

Hitman: Absolution Screenshot

HIGH A handful of missions have the genuine "Hitman" feel.

LOW The ill-conceived "Shaving Lenny" level.

WTF What numerically-impaired person numbered these chapters?

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The Walking Dead: Episode Five—No Time Left Review

By Brad Gallaway on December 2, 2012 - 3:28pm.

The End

The Walking Dead: Episode Five—No Time Left Screenshot

HIGH The walkie-talkie resolution wasn't a total disaster.

LOW The conflict in the final scene felt too staged.

WTF Where's the obvious dialogue option in the alley?

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Mass Effect 3: Omega Review

By Brad Gallaway on December 2, 2012 - 3:12pm.

Bad Girls

Mass Effect 3: Omega Screenshot

HIGH "Time to find allies... The story of my life."

LOW Coming back to Mass Effect 3 for pre-ending DLC felt more than strange.

WTF Where the hell was Aria's couch?

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Persona 4: Golden Review

By Matthew Kaplan on November 29, 2012 - 6:53pm.

A Year in the Life of Horny, Magical Teenagers

Persona 4: Golden Screenshot

HIGH The Mystery Gang mocking their own corny "Persona!" cries while plastered.

LOW Cut-and-paste dungeons.

WTF Marie's "poetry."

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified Review

By Michael A. Cunn... on November 29, 2012 - 6:11pm.

How to Lose with a Straight Flush

Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified Screenshot

HIGH The gameplay is solid for a portable FPS.

LOW Finishing the single-player modes in less than an hour.

WTF This could have been good, had everything not gone horribly wrong

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Darksiders II Review

By GC Staff on November 28, 2012 - 7:09am.

Paint by Numbers

Darksiders II: Argul's Tomb Screenshot

HIGH Nailing the perfect sequence of scythe combos and dodges during a fight.

LOW Having my reaper form cancelled out by a boss cut-scene.

WTF This game literally put me to sleep in the early hours.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim—Hearthfire Review

By John Vanderhoef on November 18, 2012 - 4:28pm.

Home is Where the Hearth is… Right?

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim—Hearthfire Screenshot

HIGH Hiring a steward to handle the busywork.

LOW Needing a steward to handle the busywork.

WTF The steward I hired refusing to stay on the estate!

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Dishonored Second Opinion

By Sparky Clarkson on November 18, 2012 - 3:07pm.

Consider the Leviathan

Dishonored Screenshot

HIGH Ghosting Dunwall Tower in under fifteen minutes.

LOW The interminable 7th level.

WTF Sending a woman off to a life of imprisonment and rape is the positive, "low chaos" option?

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