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  1. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Image
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    • Rating: R
    • Metascore: 56
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  2. Colombiana
    • Rating: PG-13
    • Metascore: 45
  3. One Day
    • Rating: PG-13
    • Metascore: 48
  4. Conan the Barbarian
    • Rating: R
    • Metascore: 36
  5. Fright Night
    • Rating: R
    • Metascore: 64
  6. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
    • Rating: PG
    • Metascore: 37
  7. Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Metascore: 48
  8. 30 Minutes or Less
    • Rating: R
    • Metascore: 48
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  2. Madden NFL 12
    • Platform: PS3
    • Metascore: 79
  3. SFIII: Third Strike
    • Platform: X360
    • Metascore: 87
  4. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
    • Platform: PS3
    • Metascore: 89
  5. From Dust
    • Platform: PC
    • Metascore: 77
  6. Toy Soldiers: Cold War
    • Platform: X360
    • Metascore: 81
  7. El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
    • Platform: PS3
    • Metascore: 80
  8. Age of Empires Online
    • Platform: PC
    • Metascore: 71
  9. No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise
    • Platform: PS3
    • Metascore: 73
  10. Fruit Ninja Kinect
    • Platform: X360
    • Metascore: 71
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  4. Most Eligible Dallas: Season 1
    • Network: Bravo
    • Metascore: 28
  5. Gloria: In Her Own Words: Season 1
    • Network: HBO
    • Metascore: 79
  6. Russian Dolls: Season 1
  7. Whisker Wars: Season 1
    • Network: IFC
    • Metascore: 60
  8. Jersey Shore: Season 4
    • Network: MTV
    • Metascore: 53
  9. Take The Money and Run: Season 1
    • Network: ABC
    • Metascore: 56
  10. Moby Dick: Season 1
    • Network: Encore
    • Metascore: 68
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  2. Hearts
  3. Endless Now
  4. Tassili
  5. Ghost on the Canvas
  6. Tripper
    • Artist: Hella
    • Metascore: 74
  7. There's Always Another Girl
  8. Fever Dream
    • Artist: Alias
    • Metascore: 74
  9. Wander/Wonder
  10. Nothing But the Beat
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The People's Score

Deus Ex: Human Revolution according to syrik
User Score 0
A couple things changed since I updated my review last time. First they patched the game so many of the bugs that it released with have been fixed (tho, Steam forums are still populated with people having problems). Second my opinion of the game got worse. There is nothing good at all in this game. The AI is the single worst I have ever seen. The graphics (despite DX11) are very bad with overly simplistic environments made up of the same prop copied over and over. Likewise the sounds are repetitive and enemies will get on your nerves repeating the same thing over and over again. Character models look at least 4 years old, to compare I went to Half Life 2 which is 6 years old, about the same. The story is so full of unbelievable stupid downright thoughtless missteps and pitfalls its more of a parody of something, tho what I have no idea. It will have you doing things like covering for employees stealing from your company, though you are the security chief and as far as you know the company saved your life. Later you will be asked to collect debts and steal things, none of which have anything to do with....anything. Your actions have ZERO impact on the story or outcome. To be sure of this I started a second play through and murdered everyone in Detroit, except quest givers, but I did murder quest objectives before I had received their quests. No change in anyone's behavior, guy A tells me to "take care of" guy B and so on. I even killed all the cops in the station which didn't seem to bother any cops outside, or even on a different floor of the station while I was doing it. There are no consequences for any of your actions unless maybe you kill a quest giver before you finish his quest. On the hardest difficulty the game is pathetically easy because the dumb AI will all stand in a row for you waiting to get shot. Out of ammo? No problem, just duck behind a corner or box for about 5 mins and they will forget about you. Also the freedom and open gameplay which is so prominently advertised is nonexistent. Your choice is to get from point A to goal B by either crawling through vents (and for a 40 hour game, do you want to stare at the insides of duct work for that long?) or by shooting your way there. It's as linear as linear gets, the goals never change, the order never changes and once you are done with an area it's done, there is no going back to explore more. I am genuinely dumbfounded that anyone likes this game and is willing to look past its multiple and glaring short comings. If you enjoy good graphics, a solid story that makes sense, intelligent enemies and challenging gameplay look elsewhere.… Read More »
17 users found this review helpful.
Average User Score for this Game: 8.7

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