Rating:8.5

Call of Juarez

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Jul 06, 2008 | PC

Interesting gunplay elements, impressive graphics and healthy variety

In Call of Juarez you play as two characters, Reverend Ray and Billy Candle. For the majority of the game the former is out to get latter after a violent incident and a misunderstanding. This is reflected by numerous cha... Read Full Review

10 of 10 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8.5

Tomb Raider (The Final Hours Edition)

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Mar 15, 2013 | PC

A reboot that evolves the combat, platforming and puzzles with powerful results

Tomb Raider is a reboot to a well established, stale franchise that was in need of an overhaul. It aims to tell the origins story of Lara Croft, the well known archaeologist heroine. It's grittier and more gruesome than ... Read Full Review

2 of 5 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7

Assassin's Creed III

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Jul 12, 2013 | PC

The regression of a franchise with less focus and a misuse of strengths

Assassin's Creed 3 is a step backwards for a franchise and a game that rarely exploits its greatest strengths. It continues directly from the end of Revelations, as Desmond and his Assassin team are headed for a remote c... Read Full Review

3 of 3 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Botanicula

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Nov 08, 2012 | PC

Clicking is always rewarding in this charming adventure game

Botanicula is a delightful adventure game from the developers who brought us Machinarium. Amanita Design craft another appealing universe with a variety of bizarre creatures living within the ecosystem of a tree. You pla... Read Full Review

0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7.5

Dishonored

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Oct 29, 2012 | PC

Good action in a distinctive world spoiled by stealth and balance issues

They say revenge is a dish best served cold. In Dishonored, revenge is served by teleporting behind a guard, stabbing him in the neck, sending a swarm of rats to devour his friend and slowing time so you can escape. Dish... Read Full Review

1 of 3 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8.5

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

By nutcrackr | Review Date: May 30, 2008 | PC

A great combat game, with archery and sword fights and many fun spells creating a dynamic gameplay environment.

Dark Messiah keeps you heavily involved with combat from start to finish. A big part of the reason why the combat works so well in Dark Messiah is the level design, whether it's traps, ledges over cliffs or fires scatter... Read Full Review

6 of 6 users found the following review helpful

Rating:9

Mass Effect 3

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Jul 15, 2012 | PC

An incredible journey with spectacular conclusions for important characters

Nobody saves the Galaxy quite like Commander Shepard. Mass Effect 3 is the conclusion to the cinematic epic spanning three amazing games. The Reapers are beginning their eradication of all technologically advanced life a... Read Full Review

3 of 3 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7.5

Max Payne 3

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Jun 14, 2012 | PC

More cut scenes than painkillers. The lack of player control is a gaping hole...

Max Payne is a tortured individual. He lost his wife and baby child many years ago. His femme fatale companion, Mona, was killed in the second game by the dearest of all his friends. Even after all of this agony the seri... Read Full Review

10 of 13 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7.5

Wolfenstein

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Oct 03, 2009 | PC

Wolfenstein doesn't start well but the powers you receive can make it fun, but not great.

Wolfenstein marks the return of hero B.J. Blazkowicz, once again fighting the Germans in WW2. This time however the situation takes on a more sci-fi feel with lots of supernatural elements compared to RTCW. Wolfenstein t... Read Full Review

6 of 6 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8.5

Alan Wake

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Mar 26, 2012 | PC

Fight the darkness and find out what is happening around the town of Bright Falls

Alan Wake is a psychological action game created by Remedy. Announced as an open world game in 2005, it was going to push the PC platform to extremes. Instead it launched only on the Xbox 360 in May 2010 thanks to an exc... Read Full Review

3 of 3 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8.5

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Aug 30, 2009 | PC

Solid western shooter that improves throughout with lots of action, great cutscenes and memorable characters

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is the prequel to the 2006 western shooter and it features gameplay split between the two McCall brothers, Ray and Thomas. Ray returns in this prequel alongside his brother who makes up tw... Read Full Review

9 of 9 users found the following review helpful

Rating:8

Dear Esther

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Mar 09, 2012 | PC

An intriguing journey that will satisfy the eyes and ears

Dear Esther begins with you on the shores of a desolate island overlooking the coast as waves caress the rocks. An abandoned lighthouse is only a few steps away, and this is where your journey begins. It's a journey full... Read Full Review

4 of 4 users found the following review helpful

Rating:7

Q.U.B.E.

By nutcrackr | Review Date: Feb 26, 2012 | PC

Neat block puzzles in first person. It's no Portal but you could do worse with your $15

QUBE is a first person indie puzzler from Toxic Games. It is the first game released with the help of Indie Fund. Players wake up in a sterile environment of white rooms formed from blocks. As you move through the world ... Read Full Review

1 of 1 users found the following review helpful