Bioshock
"Intriguing moral choices and a chilling story make BioShock a must-play adventure, even a year later. "
ESRB:Mature
GS Score:9.0
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The Good
- Environments are realistic and haunting
- Combat and skill progression are really satisfying
- Moral choices are quite powerful
- Story is dark and twisting.
The Bad
- Not much new added from last year's releases.
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
"The single-player campaign is over in a flash, but the high quality of that campaign and its terrific multiplayer options make Call of Duty 4 a fantastic package."
ESRB:Mature
GS Score:9.0
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The Good
- High-quality story mode packs in a lot of thrilling and unexpected moments
- Well-designed multiplayer progression gives you something to shoot for online
- Terrific audiovisual presentation.
The Bad
- Campaign mode is much shorter than those of the average shooter.
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Resistance 2
"Resistance 2 is bigger, better, and broader--everything a stellar sequel should be. "
ESRB:Mature
GS Score:9.0
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The Good
- Fantastic eight-player cooperative mode
- Large, vividly detailed environments
- Smart, tough enemies and huge, huge bosses
- Lag-free online matches with up to 60 players
- Varied and powerful weapons.
The Bad
- Weak story with uninteresting characters.
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Killzone 2
"Killzone 2 boasts amazing visuals, an intense campaign, and extraordinary online play that will keep you coming back for more"
ESRB: Mature
GS Score:9.0
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The Good
- Well-paced campaign keeps you in the thick of action
- Great online play constantly rewards you
- Intricate, balanced multiplayer maps
- Weapons are beefy and fun to shoot
- Visually stunning, both technically and artistically.
The Bad
- Forgettable story and characters
- Tacked-on motion controls.
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Call of Duty:World at War
"World at War brings proven Call of Duty mechanics back to WWII with great success."
ESRB:Mature
GS Score:8.5
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The Good
- Gritty, exciting story
- Same excellent multiplayer system
- Four-player cooperative campaign
- Bayonets and flamethrowers
- Nazi Zombies.
The Bad
- Familiar setting
- Familiar game mechanics
- Familiar guns.
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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
"Hell's Highway proves to be an exciting, engaging ride despite a few bumps along the way."
ESRB:Mature
GS Score:8.5
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The Good
- Great blend of squad control and first-person combat
- Vibrant, detailed environments
- Battlefield sounds will put you on edge
- Interesting characters
- Action camera is exhilarating.
The Bad
- Story relies too much on knowledge of past games
- Texture irregularities can sour cutscenes.
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Far Cry 2
"Although you can't say the same for the plot, Far Cry 2's first-person action squeezes every last drop of potential out of the unique African setting. "
ESRB:Mature
GS Score:8.5
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The Good
- Incredible amount of freedom to approach each mission
- 50 square kilometers of visually stunning African landscape
- Hefty single-player campaign should take at least 30 hours
- Diverse reward and upgrade systems feed off each other very well
- Robust map editor on all three versions.
The Bad
- Story does very little with politically-charged setting
- Traveling for long stretches can become tedious.
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Battlefield: Bad Company
"With its great multiplayer action and fleshed-out single-player campaign, Bad Company really isn't bad at all."
ESRB:Teen
GS Score:8.5
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The Good
- Blowing stuff up has rarely been this fun
- Great collection of gadgets and vehicles
- Massive 24-player multiplayer maps
- Finally a fleshed-out single-player game
- Excellent balance in player ****s, vehicle strength, and map layouts.
The Bad
- Some enemies in campaign never graduated basic training
- Conquest mode not available at launch
- Graphics and textures appear grainy.
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