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SLY COOPER: THIEVES IN TIME (2013) REVIEW

Return to the past.

PS3 version reviewed.

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is a stealth platformer published by Sony and developed by Sanzaru for the Playstation 3 and Vita.

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Modernises the older gameplay

The cross-play with the PSVita is a really nice feature if you have one. Being able to pick up exactly where you left off is great and hopefully more games like this can use that feature.

Really long load times, it occasionally crashed too.

One of the bosses is just a quick time event, which was a bit of a shame. There's a similar fight in Sly 3, which was done much better, without the quick time stuff.

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Whilst still not as strong as Sly 2's story, it wasn't terrible. Although at some points I found myself asking why some characters were doing certain things, some didn't really seem to act like the characters I thought I knew from the previous games. People who have played the game might think they know what I'm talking about, but I'm not talking about that certain character, I'm talking about all the main cast.

GRAPHICS
The graphics look decent

A lot of Sly fans will be familiar with the comic book style the old games went with. This game changes that style to a more cartoonist style, which in my opinion didn't look quite as good.

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Easily the best soundtrack of the whole series, and having the main cast (except Carmalita) reprise their roles was nice.

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At around 12 hours I found the main story to be a little bit longer than Sly 3, although that may be because this one brings back all those collectables that were missing, it doesn't have as many co-op features though.

OVERALL
Personally I preferred this instalment to the series more than Sly 3, however I may be in the minority. It's certainly nice to see a new 3D platformer these days though, if you're interested in the genre I recommend the game, as we certainly need to see more of this genre again. However I don't think it reached the level of the first two games and still had some way to go before even being on that level, let alone even better platformers.

AWARDS SEASON: BEST GAME OF THE YEAR 2012

Overall winner

Dragon's Dogma

Honourable mentions

Far Cry 3

Mass Effect 3

Guild Wars 2

Dishonoured

FAR CRY 3 (2012) REVIEW

An unexpected delight.

PC version reviewed.

Far Cry 3 is an open-world first person shooter published Ubisoft and developed by Ubisoft Montreal for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

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Wingsuit

Excellent open world, espicially for a Ubisoft game

Different ways to play, stealth, all guns blazing

Vehicles are decent

STORY
Great characters, Vaas obvious example

Explanation for seemingly super powers

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Very good

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Great soundtrack, voice acting too

VALUE FOR MONEY
Worth it

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From its diverse cast of characters to interesting combat and stunning world, free for you to soar around. Far Cry 3 certainly came as an unexpected surprise and I'd recommend checking it out if you haven't already.

ASSASSIN'S CREED III

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CHIVALRY: MEDIEVAL WARFARE

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PC version reviewed.

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is an action game published and developed by Torn Banner Studios for the Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC.

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THE WAR Z (INFESTATION: SURVIVOR STORIES) (2012) REVIEW

A blatant cash grab over the popularity of DayZ.

PC exclusive.

The War Z (Infestation: Survivor Stories) is a survival game published by OP Productions and developed by Hammerpoint Interactive for the PC.

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The reason I gave this game a 3 out of 10 though was because out of the 6 hours I painfully had in this game with broken AI and some of the worst textures I have ever seen, I did find it slightly more satisfying when I found a few friendly people in the game and went around with them in search of a gun which I never saw after 6 hours... 

But those two people were the only two people outside of hackers and people who just shoot you for the sake of being you, as already mentioned the zombie AI is a joke, they run all around you rarely hitting you, run and get stuck on anything that's not flat or use their mighty zombie powers to kill you from many miles away. 

And I thought I'd mention the textures again because it will take some beating to find a game with worse, sometimes you might think your going along a road, nope in fact you've been stumbling up a hill that looks like a road because of this giant pix elated mess that sits before you. And let's not forget the classic fall a few centimetres equals death part of the game, if this is what a real zombie apocalypse would be like, thank goodness it doesn't exist. 

To put this game into a nut shell, if you like a good old broken mess this game is right up your street, if you want a zombie survival game just get Day Z, whether that means waiting for it's standalone release or it's Arma II mod it's a much better experience and the source most likely for this game trying to cash into it's success. 

Staying away from this game is a wise phrase most people use for this game, I agree with them, at least until this game gets some severe updates and by that time Day Z standalone should be out. I may have given this a 3 out of 10 but that was scraping the barrel.

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