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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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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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From Dust
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From Dust Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

In From Dust you are cast as the formless entity known as The Breath, and your sole goal is to protect a tribe of people and help them build new villages during their journey to find the Ancients. You are basically the god of these tribal folks, although your power as god is quite limited at times. With that limited power, you’ll also face palm as you accidentally set a village on fire (or flood it trying to put the fire out). As The Breath, you can manipulate the elements (water, lava, sand…

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Tom Clancys HAWX
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Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Hello all and welcome to another edition of The Backlog.  Tonight I will be talking about Tom Clancy’s journey into the world aerial combat. Our story begins as United States Air Force pilot Captain Scott Mitchell in 2014.  You and your High Altitude Warfare Xperimental squadron are sent to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to provide air support for “Ghost” team(ie. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2) in the city.  The Air Force soon decides to end the program, and Mitchell and his pilot…

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