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XCOM Enemy Unknown
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Review

Gary Smith5 Comments

I never experienced the original 1994 turn based strategy game XCOM: UFO Defense (also known as UFO: Enemy Unknown) because I didn’t have a PC in 1994 and by the time I finally did get one in 1998 or so the game certainly wasn’t on my radar. So I’ve come into XCOM: Enemy Unknown like a lot of gamers will: having no nostalgia for the original and no clear understanding of game’s tactics and how to best play. I’d seen the trailers and the lengthy gameplay demos that 2K Games had posted, so I knew…

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Dishonored (PC) Review

Eric W.5 Comments

Arkane Studios consists of veterans from the Deus Ex series, Half life series, Thief games and has been 3 years in the making and I'm happy to report the wait was well worth it. It would have been huge shock and arguably one of the biggest letdowns in gaming in years had it not been given the pedigree of the talent that created this game. I’m a huge fan of these kinds of games and I'm thrilled to see them returning. Last year we had the stellar Deus Ex Human Revolution which I reviewed highly…

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SonicAdventure2HD
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Sonic Adventure 2 HD Review

Gary Smith5 Comments

I never owned a SEGA Dreamcast, so I get to come into this review with no nostalgia whatsoever for what Sonic Adventure 2 was originally like over a decade ago on the Dreamcast. Nor, prior to this, have I ever played a 3D Sonic game that I actually enjoyed (and I loved the first three Sonic games on the Genesis, with Sonic 2 being my favorite one). So when I sat down to play Sonic Adventure 2 HD I had no idea what to expect and my expectations weren’t too high given my feelings towards 3D Sonic…

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NBA 2K13
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NBA 2K13 Review

Gary Smith6 Comments

I feel it only fair to preface this review with the statement that I am not a basketball fan. I’ve seen games before, but it isn’t something I typically watch or follow at all. I like playing the game (not with so many rules though), and don’t mind basketball video games. On that note though, I haven’t played the previous versions of the NBA 2K series, so I can’t speak as to what’s changed and how it’s improved (or what’s gotten worse). In fact, the last NBA sim that I owned and played a ton…

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Hell Yeah Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
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Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit Review

Gary Smith

Hell Yeah! takes players on bizarre trip through Hell as the Prince of Hell, a rabbit named Ash. The evil rabbit was minding his own business taking a bath with rubber duckies when the paparazzi show up and snap some pictures. The naked bath time photos are posted on the Hellternet where they’ve been viewed by a whopping 100 creatures. Ash is of course completely embarrassed by this and sets out to do the only thing a ruler of Hell can really do, kill everyone who has viewed the pictures. Yeah…

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Borderlands 2
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Borderlands 2 Review

Gary Smith4 Comments

Good news minions, if you enjoyed Borderlands then you will absolutely love Borderlands 2. The sequel to the surprise (to me) hit doesn’t change with the formula that made the first so successful. It’s more of the same, and that’s not bad thing as Borderlands 2 is bigger and better than the original. It’s everything you’d hope a sequel to be. There is a ton to do in Borderlands 2; the main story is lengthy and it is supplemented by a lot of side quests that will keep you busy for some time. Yes…

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Borderlands 2
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Borderlands 2 (PC) Review

Eric W.8 Comments

For the Borderlands fan in a hurry: Yes, it's everything you hoped it would be and then some. Everything you loved about part 1 taken to the next level. Buy it immediately. Thanks for reading! There. That would be enough for me personally and I knew this was going to be the case in the months leading up to release but I had to come up for air and share the good news. Now for anyone else who wants to take a few more moments on this subject before determining a purchase let's set up the basic…

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Zen Pinball 2
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Zen Pinball 2 + Plants vs. Zombies Table Review

Gary Smith

Zen Pinball 2 isn’t really a game, it’s a pinball platform. As such, it’s free to download. Zen Pinball 2 is actually an upgrade for Zen Pinball and Marvel Pinball. If you own either of those two pinball games on PS3, you’ll be able to import your tables to Zen Pinball 2. The benefit of doing this is that all of the tables have been enhanced with better graphics and better physics for Zen Pinball 2. It combines Zen Pinball and Marvel Pinball into one suite of pinball goodness, finally catching…

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Madden NFL 13
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Madden NFL 13 Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

It's August, which means a new season of football is almost upon us, and it also means it's time for a new edition of the yearly sports juggernaut Madden NFL. I had the pleasure of reviewing Madden 12, and enjoyed last years edition (my first NFL game in years) enough that I scored it 4 stars. Some folks disagreed with that score, in fact I apparently had an "incorrect review" as one commenter who didn't agree with the high score put it. Well here's the scoop... After playing Madden NFL 13 for…

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Sleeping Dogs
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Sleeping Dogs Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

  Hello all and welcome back to another installment of The Backlog. You know, when I first started these, I was looking at some blasts, or in some cases some flops, from the past. Here lately, I've been showcasing the type of games that have caused my wall of shame to grow unchecked for several years. Enough of the bullshitting, time to get down to business. Sleeping Dogs had been in the works for a couple years, first as an original title, then being proclaimed as a return to the True…

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Darksiders 2
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Darksiders II Review

Gary Smith11 Comments

This review is for the PC version of Darksiders II, and as such I'm going to spend the first portion of this review talking about the problems I've had with the PC version. Darksiders II was very obviously designed with a controller in mind; it's not at all keyboard and mouse friendly. I don't do a ton of PC gaming, especially new games, so I don't have a gamepad or a 360 controller to plug in, and thus I've experienced a number of frustrating things while playing Darksiders II. My biggest…

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NCAA Football 13
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NCAA Football ’13 Review

Gary Smith

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, Web of Paine proudly brings to you, the most behind video game review in the world, The Backlog. Back once again, and for the second year in a row, we'll take a look at the only college football game on the market, NCAA Football 13. Last year's offering started off pretty good, but a dynasty schedule issue in year two kept me from starting my dynasty until it was patch, so that got very annoying. Add in that linebackers had the vertical…

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Rainbow Moon
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Rainbow Moon Review

Gary Smith3 Comments

Rainbow Moon is a true old-school RPG experience, which means there's a big chunk of older fans who grew up with this style of game that will love it and a younger audience that would be more likely to hate it. There's very little middle ground here; you either like this style of game or you hate it. I like it, and it's a rarity to see in this day and age. So what kind of game style is it exactly? Well a large portion of it is obsessive grinding. In the beginning, this can be rather tedious and…

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Dyad
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Dyad Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

Dyad is really a unique offering that's hard to accurately describe in writing; it's truly a game that needs to be played as reading about it doesn't really do it justice. At it's core, it's a racing game of sorts, but it's unlike any other racing game out there (and really, it almost feels cheap to call it a racing game). I don't even know what you're controlling in the game, so being a huge Stargate fan I'll just consider it a multicolored ascended being (a light/energy being) traveling…

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Spec Ops The Line
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Spec Ops: The Line Review

Gary Smith5 Comments

Hello all and welcome back, yet again, to another edition of The Backlog. Today we shall be venturing into the latest entry into the Spec Ops series, Spec Ops: The Line. Unlike the last time we got together to go over Inversion, I really enjoyed this game. Inversion had a cooler concept with their gravity control, as opposed to the occasional opportunity in Spec Ops to bury your enemies in sand, but Spec Ops felt much smoother while playing. The graphics also looked a bit more crisp for Spec…

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Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
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Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Review

Gary Smith4 Comments

At first glance, you may think Brotherhood is nothing more than an expansion pack to Assassin's Creed II, and actually that doesn't feel far off. The game does carry that vibe. Brotherhood picks up exactly where Assassin's Creed II left off, for both Desmond and Ezio, making this a direct sequel where you really need to play the second game before firing this one up. Everything is pretty much the same as Assassin's Creed II here. You're still reliving the memories of Ezio Auditore, and there's…

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Dungeon Twister
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Dungeon Twister Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

Dungeon Twister is a French board game created by Christophe Boelinger. I haven't played the board game, as it really isn't my kind of board game (that and no one I know would play it). My experience with board games are with the simple variety; Monolopy, Sorry, Clue, Payday, etc. So my only knowledge of Dungeon Twister comes from this newly released PSN port of the board game. The game is sort of a mixed bag; there's an almost equal amounts of likes and dislikes here. For starters, the game has…

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Inversion
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Inversion Review

Gary Smith5 Comments

Greetings everyone and welcome one more time to The Backlog. I'm a little passed my goal of getting this posted a week after the release, but it's been a busy week. On top of that, I'm not exactly overcome with excitement to talk about Inversion, which, as you probably already noticed from the title, is the game we'll be reviewing today. So, without further adieu, let's get this thing over with. The game starts with a cut scene, as Davis (you) tied up and weary from what was probably a severe…

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Future Soldier
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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

Hello all and welcome once again to The Backlog. Today we'll be taking a look at the latest Tom Clancy offering from Ubisoft, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. I have not played a Tom Clancy game for several years. The last one I played was HAWX, and Advanced Warfighter before that. Both of those games were fun to play and fairly easy to pick up, and Future Soldier is no different. The fifth installment of the Ghost Recon series picks up in the middle of a Central American country riding…

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Atelier Meruru
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Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

I suspect there are many male (and female) gamers in America, a majority even, who are completely like I was prior to receiving Atelier Meruru; totally oblivious to the Atelier franchise of JRPG alchemy games. And I suspect many would see the cute characters and the animation, and the fact that you play as a girl and immediately write the franchise off. Personally, that's how I was. I've never been big into Japanese games, particularly because I don't like turn-based games all that much. My only…

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