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Ben Kuchera·Dec 1, 2015

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If you can judge a game based on the moments that make you put it down for the night, Just Cause 3 is hard to criticize: I only stopped when I needed to sleep, not because I wanted to put the game down. The "did you see that?!" factor seems unlimited here, and it kept me coming back to discover what unexpected domino of explosions I could start next with a single grenade. The formula of the Just Cause series hasn't been expanded, but it has been improved. And it's rare that a game is so comfortable in its own skin.

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Dave Tach·Nov 17, 2015

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Battlefront trades complexity for accessibility

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Arthur Gies·Nov 9, 2015

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Fallout 4 brings great gameplay to match its world and ambiance

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Philip Kollar·Nov 9, 2015

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Rise of the Tomb Raider executes the franchise formula with confidence

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Arthur Gies·Nov 6, 2015

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Black Ops 3 doesn't meaningfully move the series forward

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Danielle Riendeau·Oct 28, 2015

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At only a couple of hours,The Park doesn't linger or overstay its welcome. It makes smart use of established horror tricks and tropes, and gave me a character that I immediately liked and cared about, even though I recognized I'd been on this ride before.

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Arthur Gies·Oct 26, 2015

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Halo 5 offers some of the best multiplayer the series has ever seen

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Philip Kollar·Oct 22, 2015

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Syndicate doesn't get everything right. It doesn't solve all of the series' problems, and at this point, I'm not sure if any one game could. However, it's the first step in a uniformly positive direction that the franchise has taken in years.

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Megan Farokhmanesh·Oct 22, 2015

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"Polarized" feels a lot like a dog chasing its tail. We're used to Life is Strange taking back its most extreme consequences, because up until now that's been the entire point of the game: to fix things. But this episode is so focused on that idea — fixing it — that we sort of lose everything in between here. And all those little details are what made me love the series to begin with.

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Griffin McElroy·Oct 20, 2015

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It's hard for me to mask my excitement about Guitar Hero Live, because in my opinion, there's nothing more exciting than a developer who's capable of outsmarting an entire genre's fanbase. Guitar Hero Live isn't just well-executed; it's clever and innovative in ways that no one other than FreeStyleGames ever imagined. My fears that Guitar Hero Live would be wringing blood out of the franchise's stone were unfounded; at some point, FreeStyleGames found itself a newer, better stone altogether.

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Arther Gies·Oct 15, 2015

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Witcher 3's first expansion isn't terrible or great, and that's the problem

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Griffin McElroy·Oct 9, 2015

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Rock Band 4 is stripped down to the essentials, but despite its leanness, it's pulled off something encouraging: It's made me want to play Rock Band again, even after the dozens of hours and countless parties I've spent with the series. It isn't Harmonix's boldest or biggest game. But Rock Band 4 lays a foundation for Harmonix to move forward.

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Justin McElroy·Oct 8, 2015

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The robots may be in disguise, but there isn’t anything subtle about Platinum’s love letter to old school Transformers.

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Philip Kollar·Oct 8, 2015

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Square's classic RPG series meets Dynasty Warriors

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Brian Crecente·Sep 28, 2015

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Lego Dimensions comes together as something much better than its interlocking parts