Glen Stevens' Thoughts

Apr.01
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Assassin’s Creed Revelations – Game Review

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After 4 months I finally got around to finishing Assassin’s Creed Revelations.  I had played it a lot when it came out, but then SWTOR released and then I went on vacation and it just kept getting overlooked, but as soon as I started to play it again I couldn’t put it down until I’d finished it (or had to sleep/work).  It’s very compelling, and usually does a good job of making you want to complete the next story mission. There are a few pauses in the story where it…read more

Nov.11
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Uncharted 3 – Game Review

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I seem to recall liking both Uncharted and Uncharted 2, but after about 45 minutes with Uncharted 3 I was thinking it couldn’t be true. I think Uncharted 3 suffers a little (or a lot) from following Batman: Arkham City and really cannot hold up to it in many ways.  It’s not really a terrible game, it just has some issues that seem archaic after playing Batman. Let me say that I did play it all the way through without getting so frustrated that I put it down.  When I…read more

Oct.26
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Batman Arkham City – Game Review

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I bought Batman: Arkham City for PS3 on release day from Wal-Mart (because it came with a free copy of Arkham Asylum GOTY edition) and finished the main story mode on Saturday.  This may seem like a quick turn around but it’s really more about the extreme amount of play I put into it.  I really didn’t do anything else outside of work and sleep. I really enjoyed Arkham Asylum when I rented it, and Arkham City is so much more of what I loved.  The story is great, and…read more

Apr.30
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Heavy Rain – Game Review

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I was a little skeptical at first when I played the demo for Heavy Rain.  I don’t really like Quick Time Events (QTE) because I feel I’m not looking at what is actually happening anymore, all I’m doing is looking for a controller symbol to press within the given time.  God of War 3 made this much better by putting the 4 symbols in screen locations that corresponded to the location of each button on the controller but that wouldn’t have worked for Heavy Rain. What did work was that…read more

Apr.10
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Red Dead Redemption – Review

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I had heard so many great things about Red Dead Redemption that it was inevitable that I would play it. This isn’t the kind of game that just slips by you. That is partly why I’m so surprised just how little I liked the game.  In fact I couldn’t bring myself to finish it after I struggled into Mexico and found the things I disliked didn’t get any better and the things I liked just weren’t compelling enough to keep playing.  This is one of those games that I wanted…read more

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