Ken Barnes

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Ken Barnes·Apr 2, 2015

Critic20/100

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Pool Nation FX is hugely disappointing

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Ken Barnes·Mar 22, 2015

Critic30/100

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It's a half-hearted attempt at bringing the series into the current generation, and is only barely recommended for the absolute die-hard fans of the original. This is a real shame and even if you can get past the bare-bones approach to remastering that Omega Force have taken, you probably won't get past all the bugs.

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Ken Barnes·Mar 11, 2015

Critic50/100

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White Night is a great concept with a really nice art style. The atmosphere it provides is incredibly convincing and genuinely unsettling, right up until the time that the perceived threat becomes a reality and things take a nosedive. A tad more polish would have seen this become a real benchmark for the genre, but a number of missed steps mean that it will likely just fade into the darkness.

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Ken Barnes·Mar 6, 2015

Critic50/100

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There's no doubt that some will be hooked and will love it – it's certainly therapeutic fare – but with the issues it contains, there's a much greater chance that you'll feel the opposite way.

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Ken Barnes·Mar 2, 2015

Critic90/100

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ScreamRide is thrilling, addictive, fun, enjoyable, well-crafted, rewarding, challenging, and has the potential to go on to be a long and successful franchise. It isn't just about holding on to your hat as you fly down a vertical drop, building the biggest coaster you can, or trying to hold on to your lunch as you hit an inversion at 120mph. There's thought, the tools for a community to spring up around it, and lots of longevity here, and at really is only some very minor niggles that stops ScreamRide from picking up perfect marks.

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Ken Barnes·Feb 12, 2015

Critic80/100

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[A failed attempt] will either steel you for the next attempt, or cause you to put the controller down in anger. If you're in the former group, the sheer wealth of options available to you, combined with the art style and the occasional laugh-out-loud moment, mean that The Escapists is definitely recommended.

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Ken Barnes·Feb 2, 2015

Critic60/100

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Some will love it, others will hate it, but Dying Light is an interesting experiment at least.

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Ken Barnes·Jan 27, 2015

Critic70/100

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Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell is a bargain for fans of Saints Row IV. There's less content included, but what is on offer here is good. We expected a slightly more mind-blowing jump to the current generation of consoles from the Saints after the relatively impressive showing that we saw on Xbox 360, but that isn't to say that the game isn't fun, compelling, and a real time-sink.

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Ken Barnes·Jan 8, 2015

Critic30/100

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This is far from an unplayably awful game, but there's very, very little depth here, and what is presented is incredibly repetitive to say the least.