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Dying Light
Game Reviews

Not An Official Review: Dying Light

Gary Smith1 Comment

I've had Dying Light since release when I received a digital code to review the game. That was a few weeks ago. I am progressing extremely slowly, but at this point I've seen enough of the game to write the review. However it comes with the caveat that I will not be assigning a score to the game, for two reasons: I haven't completed the campaign or tried the multiplayer, and my problem with the game that has slowed my progression probably isn't an issue for most gamers. I play a lot of video…

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Alien Isolation
Game Reviews

Alien Isolation Review

Eric W.

When Alien: Isolation was first announced the reaction of the gaming community was muted with cautious optimism at best coming off of a needless disaster like Colonial Marines that really should have been a fantastic game but unforgivably wasn't. As more footage and information leaked out the sense of optimism grew in spite of itself including from yours truly. The logic was: It can't be any worse than Colonial Marines and it has to be a bounce up. I'm happy to report that broadly speaking this…

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Outlast
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Outlast Review

THE MONKEY1 Comment

Horror influenced video games walk a very fine line within the video game industry.  There are in an essence one of two ways that things can play out.  You can attempt to be scary which in itself is tricky do for the sole fact of creating an outright scary atmosphere within the realm of a video game is no easy task.  The other is having horror elements while abandoning scare factor all together in favor of a more violent and over the top experience. While games that  aim for the latter certainly…

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Dead Island Riptide
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Dead Island Riptide Review

Gary Smith5 Comments

Despite watching and enjoying gameplay videos, I never actually got around to the first Dead Island games. It ended up being one of those games on a long list of titles that I mean to get and play but don’t for whatever reason. Now there’s Dead Island: Riptide and it seems like its somewhere in between sequel and expansion. The game begins where the first one left off; the good news here is that if you’re like me and didn’t play the original, you’re not really going to be loss. If you played the…

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