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Crysis Remastered Review

Gary Smith

In 2007, I was doing most of my gaming on the Nintendo Wii, the original Xbox, and a low-end PC (mostly playing Black Hawk Down multiplayer). My brother built a gaming PC and it did run Crysis, although it didn't run it on the highest setting (one below that). I played a little bit of Crysis on that PC when the game came out and it was stunning. It looked amazing and the gameplay was fun. In many ways, it was indeed a jaw-dropping experience. Fast forward to 2020, and Crysis has been remastered…

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Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning
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Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning Review

Gary Smith

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning originally released all the way back in February 2012 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. We won't get into the history of the development of the game and the quick demise of developers 38 Studios and Big Huge Games, because none of that matters in the present. Reckoning was to be the introduction to the Kingdoms of Amalur, which would have been a grand MMO. What we got with Reckoning is a single player RPG, although one that in small ways feels like an MMO world…

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Patriot's Point
Game Columns

MAG Deserves Rebirth on PS5

PatriotPaine

It's hard to believe, but it has been over 10 years since MAG was released on PS3 and now we're inching ever closer to the release of PS5 (even if we still don't know that date yet). It was, in the long run, a short-lived game that released in January 2010. As an online only title with no single player to speak of, the servers for MAG went offline on January 28, 2014 just a couple of months after the launch of PS4. Sadly, the game has been dead longer than it had a chance to be played. I got a…

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Marvel's Avengers
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Marvel’s Avengers Review

Gary Smith

Marvel's Avengers has been out for a week now, for those of us who ordered the version with 72 hours of early access anyway, and in that week I've gotten a couple of characters of the level cap of 50 and into the power soft cap of 130. I've done everything there is to do in Avengers outside of the AIM Secret Lab raid, so I'm now in a confident spot to write this review. Before we dive into it though, let's establish where I'm coming from here. I don't read comics, and never have. My familiarity…

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Fall Guys
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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

It's been almost a month since Fall Guys took the world by storm. Since its release on August 3rd, the game has quickly become of the most popular (both played and watched) games on the planet and also is the most downloaded game in PlayStation Plus history. While it's been free on PS Plus, it has still managed to sell over seven million copies on Steam at an MSRP of $19.99. It's been an amazing success story, has become a favorite of many, and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down anytime…

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Darksiders Genesis
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Darksiders Genesis Review

Gary Smith

Darksiders Genesis has arrived on consoles (PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch) after releasing late last year for PC and Google Stadia. Budget priced at $39.99, Genesis brings a lot of value to the table in terms of a fun gameplay loop and replayability. Genesis is a spin-off of the main Darksiders games, and in this case serves as a prequel taking place before the three numbered games. The perspective has shifted to an isometric one akin to Diablo, the developer is Airship Syndicate as opposed…

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How to Become A Game Reviewer
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How To Become A Game Reviewer & Get Game Review Copies (2019 Expanded Edition)

Gary Smith44 Comments

About six years ago, I wrote the below article called "How To Become A Game Reviewer & Get Game Review Copies." It was a pretty popular post, did a lot of traffic and generated more comments and emails than anything else we've done on this site. More importantly, the original guide helped people who wanted to get started reviewing games and that's what I wanted to do when I originally wrote it. Six years is a decent amount of time though, and so I'm returning to this post to give it a little…

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Borderlands 3
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Borderlands 3 Review

Gary Smith

It’s been about three weeks since Borderlands 3 released, and thus far I’ve put in around 54 hours into the game on one character. Within the first week, I had completed the main campaign twice; once on normal and once again on True Vault Hunter Mode. The current inability to skip cutscenes means I’m in no rush to play through it again to experience the other three characters (I’ve played FL4K mostly, with a little bit of Zane as a second character). I can play through Mayhem 3 solo with little…

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Game Reviews

Sniper Elite V2 Remastered Review

Gary Smith

Sniper Elite V2 first released way back in May 2012 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Two more mainline additions and seven years later, Sniper Elite V2 has been remastered for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Is the trip back to 1945 Berlin and the final days of World War II worth it? The short answer is, it depends. If you never played Sniper Elite V2, then the Remastered is worth picking up if you enjoy the series. If you have played V2 on one of its original platforms, then you can probably…

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Anthem BioWare game
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Anthem Review

Gary Smith

It's hard to believe it's only been a month since BioWare and EA released the heavily hyped Anthem on PC, Xbox One and PS4. It's a game that had a lot of fanfare behind it and was poised to be the next big thing from BioWare. It's an open-world looter shooter stepping in to compete against the likes of Destiny, The Division 2, and Warframe. It was to be the "cinematic" looter shooter with a story. Fast paced gameplay, unique builds that would matter, and loot you'd want to chase... these were…

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The Riot Retort
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SJW’s Attack THQ Nordic Over AMA

PatriotPaine

The mob wanted THQ Nordic burned to the ground for holding an AMA on 8chan. The Riot Retort breaks down the manufactured outrage and SJW Patrick Klepek's role in leading the charge.

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Book of Demons
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Book of Demons Review

Gary Smith

Book of Demons is the first installment of developer Thing Trunk's series Return 2 Games, which is creating a "Paperverse" of games inspired by the "early golden days" of PC gaming. Return 2 Games is planned to be made up of seven Books where the game world is a pop-up book, paper style. Book of Demons kickstarts the series with a tribute to and parody of a true PC gaming classic, Diablo. Like Diablo, Book of Demons is a hack and slash ARPG and shares a similar theme. Here, you'll make your way…

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Chronus ARc
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Chronus Arc Review

Gary Smith

Chronus Arc is an old-school style JRPG from Hit-Point and KEMCO that first released on mobile devices all the way back in 2013. In 2015, it came to Nintendo's 3DS, and now here towards the end of 2018 KEMCO has brought it to Xbox One, PS4 and PS Vita, with the game also coming to PC and Nintendo Switch this year as well. So it'll be on everything by the end of the year. Chronus Arc is all about the nostalgia card. It looks like a Super Nintendo era Final Fantasy game, albeit one spruced up with…

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Diablo Immortal
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It’s Ok For Diablo Fans To Not Like Diablo Immortal

Gary Smith

The mainstream games media is doing that thing again where they attack gamers and insult them using their SJW buzzwords of "toxic masculinity" and "entitled." This time they're aiming their moral superiority at the Diablo community for their "toxic," "entitled," and "disrespectful" reaction to the announcement of the Diablo Immortal game for mobile devices. To set the stage, Diablo 3 released in 2012 and it's expansion pack, Reaper of Souls, in 2014. Since then, the game has seen one thing of…

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Call of Cthulhu
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Call of Cthulhu Review

Gary Smith

Wayback in February 1928, the pulp magazine Weird Tales featured a short story from H.P. Lovecraft titled "The Call of Cthulhu." In the 90 years since then, Cthulhu has been expanded on and the Cthulhu Mythos have transitioned to essentially every form of entertainment. In 1981, Chaosium released the first edition of the Call of Cthulhu pen-and-paper RPG. Seven editions later and with multiple scenarios and supplements, it remains a popular choice for fans of tabletop RPG's. Cyanide Studios'…

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Destiny 2 Forsaken Review
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Destiny 2 Forsaken Review

Gary Smith

It has been over one and a half months since Destiny 2's first big expansion, Forsaken, released. I don't even want to guess about how much time I've put into the game during this time, but suffice to say it has been A LOT. I've gotten two of my characters to 600 (and my third is very close), I've completed the raid a couple of times, and I've solo'd the Shattered Throne dungeon. I've seen all that Forsaken has to offer, including the first post-Forsaken in-game event, Festival of the Lost. It's…

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Titan Quest Art
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Patriot’s Playing: Diablo 3 & Titan Quest

Gary Smith

It's a been a while since I've done one of these posts, but I want to start back writing more and so here we are. This week, I'm playing three games. Of course Destiny 2 is a given for me, and this week I plan on spending a little more time in the Haunted Forest since I didn't really get to into it last week. Outside of Destiny though, this week I'm continuing to play some Diablo 3. i'm playing some on my main character, the Demon Hunter I first began playing on a couple of years ago. I recently…

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RBI Baseball '18
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RBI Baseball ’18 Review

Gary Smith

It's time once again for baseball season, and that means PlayStation owners can pick up MLB The Show and everyone else is stuck with RBI Baseball for their MLB gaming fix. Of course RBI Baseball is on PS4 as well, and that's the version this review is based on. I've reviewed every single one of these games. Last year was the shortest game review I ever wrote; it was essentially the exact same game as the 2016 version. Here's what I said about the game last year: "If you’ve ever played an RBI…

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