Alan Wake
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Would be the best video game adapted from a Stephen King novel, if it were actually adapted from a Stephen King novel, which to be clear it isn't.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
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It's a pretty neat trick. Kind of a bog standard JRPG with bog standard anime goofball characters. Goes on way too long. Way too many little NPC chat bubbles to go about reading. And then by hour 60 or whatever you are living and dying over every single twist and don't you dare say anything mean about Estelle.
Four Stars.
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
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Max Payne, dearest of all my games.
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Max Payne
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I can replay this game probably once a year and never tire of it. The simple joy of the bullet time mechanics, even in this original sludgy form, still hits. The story that I've always felt best described as taking itself just too seriously enough. The legendary James McCaffrey performance that chews the scenery just too much enough. I don't want them to ever remake it, but I guess Remedy needs money.
Four Stars.
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007 First Light
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It starts with a cold-open setpiece leading into a semi-erotic music video with accompanying theme by Lana Del Rey - IO Interactive clearly understood the assignment.
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