Reviews
Review: BioShock 2
Score: Meh
Difficulty played on: Normal
Time to beat: About 12 hours
Loved the most: The fantastic sound design.
Hated the most: Sophia Lamb and her pathetic story.
Review: Mass Effect 2
Score: Great
Difficulty played on: Veteran (step above normal, with Hardcore and Insanity outranking it)
Time to beat: About 40 hours including all side-quests
Loved the most: The epic scope of the story provided by the ability to import your Mass Effect 1 save.
Hated the most: Tedious and pointless mini-games that only serve to kill the great pace of the game.
Review: Dragon Age: Origins (Xbox 360)
Score: Great
Time to beat: Approximately 65 hours while completing almost all side-quests
Loved the most: Exclusion of morality meter allowed me to actually role-play.
Hated the most: The interface is too clunky and many game-play elements seem out of date.
Review: Assassin’s Creed II
Ezio, doing his best Vamp impression.
Score: Good
Time to beat: About 25 hours with a fair amount of side-questing
Loved the most: Awesome platforming of the Assassin’s Tombs.
Hated the most: A general lack of innovation from the first game to this one. Author: Cody
Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Score: Great
Difficulty played on: Hardened
Time to beat: 5-6 hours
Loved the most: Special-Ops mode.
Hated the most: Ridiculous and muddled story with plot holes the size of Texas.
Review: Borderlands
Score: Great
Difficulty played on: No difficulty options.
Time to beat: 25-30 hours depending on how much level grinding you do.
Loved the most: It’s so addicting I had trouble pulling myself away to write this review.
Hated the most: A bevy of small problems crop up to bog the experience down.
Review: Halo 3: ODST
Score: Good
Difficulty played on: Heroic
Time to beat: 6 hours
Loved the most: Tie between the music and the story-telling structure.
Hated the most: Lack of thoughtful modification to the Halo formula given the player’s new role.
Review: Batman: Arkham Asylum
"You want chaos in Arkham? Kill the Batman!"
Score: Good
Difficulty played on: Normal
Time to beat: 12 hours
Loved the most: It makes you feel like Batman.
Hated the most: None of the gameplay is fleshed out enough. Plus it does that stupid finger to the ear thing that Gears of War started for dialogue. Author: Cody
Review: inFAMOUS
inFAMOUS Review
Score: Great
Difficulty Played On: Medium
Time to Beat: 15 Hours
Loved the Most: Fast paced, satisfying combat; ease of motion while exploring Empire City
Hated the Most: Bland graphics; small climbing glitches Author: Ryan
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