Posts Under Impressions Category

Staying Power.  In the video game universe, staying power boils down to which title finds it’s way back to your disc tray time and time again.  After you’re done with the shiny new game of the week, which one do you consistently go back to?  The mega-franchises are usually a good bet; Halo and Madden [...]

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When Mafia II came out in late August, we were impressed by the game, but felt that it was missing a few components to be considered “great”.  Amongst other things, the rigid structure and lack of post-game free roam hindered the game’s true potential.  However, Mafia II’s first piece of DLC, “Jimmy’s Vendetta”, addresses these [...]

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As PAX began Friday morning at 10 AM sharp, my first stop of the day was Valve’s Portal 2 Co-Op Demo. Up until this point I had only seen single player video and pictures, so I must admit, I was a bit giddy at the prospect of what I was about to see.  The door [...]

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Now that all you prospective agents have had ample time to clean up the Freak-riddled Pacific City, the gang at Ruffian has rolled out the first Crackdown 2 DLC pack to rope you back into performing your civic duties.  To reward you for your actions, you’ve been granted the new Keys to the City mode, [...]

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Spec Ops: The Line deserves your attention for trying to provide players a tricky blend of tactical military combat and complex dramatic narrative. Part Call of Duty and part Heart of Darkness, the developers at Yager are striving to embroil players within a very deep and darkly provocative world while delivering satisfying combat that appeals [...]

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Brink is a tough game to write about, partly because of its unique nature and intriguing new gameplay mechanics but also because I was so immersed in the hands-on demo that I completely forgot to write any kind of notations regarding what I actually did on-screen. Having seen the game in action at last year’s [...]

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I’ve felt a bit torn by the Fable series over the years. A lot of promises have been made and broken, special editions have disappeared and glitches may or may not have made certain portions of my saved game files a bit swear-worthy. Then again, I’ve sunk days of my life into the colorful world [...]

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Assassin’s Creed is a series that seems to be going places. Improving on their original design in a multitude of new ways, Ubisoft managed to redeem the franchise’s cred in ways I had only dreamed of. Not wanting to rest on their laurels, the team is now about to release a new entry that will [...]

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Stepping into the Dead Space 2 demo room at my final E3 demo of the week, I found myself instantly transported into a chill-inducing candle lit inner sanctum deep within the church of Unitology, a fictitious religious group that worships alien artifacts which hold the power to re-animate the dead. Anyone who’s played the first [...]

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How often do you find yourself wishing that you could freestyle or rap like Lil’ Wayne? Well, if you try to sing every song on the radio, you may be interested in the newest game that caters to the rap and Hip Hop genre, Def Jam Rapstar. Before E3, we didn’t know much about the [...]

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