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When you see cinematic execution like this you know why people don’t care about movies anymore.
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Commander Shepard is back for another round of inter-galactic warfare in “Mass Effect 3″, the trilogy’s final chapter. “ME3″ is developed by BioWare, produced by Electronic Arts and will be available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on March 6.
This trailer attempts to be that hollywood-style, story trailer they all want us talking about but falls well short due to its poorly constructed action sequences and transitions.
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“Max Payne 3″ follows the titular character down to Sao Paulo, Brazil where he is found spiraling downward into a pit of alcoholism and depression. But while working private security for a wealthy businessman, Payne is double crossed and fails to protect his client, setting the game’s main storyline. “Max Payne” is developed and published by Rockstar Games and will be released on May 15th.
Alas, a gaming website that fully and properly integrates with Facebook and other social media platforms. For that alone, it’s cutting edge.
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Execution – 8.0
Concept – 7.0
Originality – 7.0
Averaged Total – 7.3
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The SoulCalibur V website is a central hub and database for all SoulCalibur games. SoulCalibur V builds off its traditional fighting style gameplay with improved graphics, dynamic battle arenas, and new characters (including Ezio from “Assassin’s Creed”). The game is developed by Project Soul, Published by Namco Bandai Games and Ubisoft, and will be available tomorrow at your nearest video game retailer.
This is a little different from most multiplayer trailers and provides a nice, quick insight into a few of playable characters’ characteristics and abilities. But that’s all this trailer does well. The rest of it contains a myriad of cookie-cutter action sequences back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back…
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Execution – 3.4
Concept – 4.1
Originality – 5.6
Averaged Total – 4.4
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Commander Shepard is back for another round of inter-galactic warfare in “Mass Effect 3″, the trilogy’s final chapter. “ME3″ is developed by BioWare, produced by Electronic Arts and will be available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on March 6.
All in all, this launch trailer is pretty sick. And using pure cinematics to focusing on the game’s main attraction, the relationship between Jackie Estacado and The Darkness, works well here. But where we lose interest, is in this trailer’s last 30 seconds. Too much talking, not enough action.
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Execution – 8.1
Concept – 7.1
Originality – 5.6
Averaged Total – 6.9
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Dropping February 17th, “The Darkness II” puts gamers in the shoes of Jackie Estacado, the human host of The Darkness, a vicious superhuman character that binds itself a human’s emotional and physical attributes. “The Darkness II” is developed by Digital Extremes, published by 2K Games and will be available on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
 There is way too much going on with this over-illustrated mess of a design. Then again, “Soulcalibur’s” gameplay has always been pretty chaotic too. Coincidence? Probably not.
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Execution – 3.0
Concept – 3.0
Originality – 2.0
Total – 2.7
This starts off great, but like most trailers that last longer than three minutes, it’s way too long for its own good. So by the end of the damn thing, we’re bored out of our minds. But what’s most upsetting is its failure to live up our own “Resident Evil” standards, which has steadily increased since the original’s debut in 1996.
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Editing – 5.0
Sound Design – 3.0
Originality – 2.0
Graphics – 2.0
Averaged Total – 3.0
 The whole “turned on its side” concept has been done before, but I guess it works here because of the game’s title and antigravity gameplay. Look to see this box art hit the shelve’s February 7th.
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Execution – 6.0
Concept – 5.0
Originality – 3.0
Averaged Total – 4.7
As of late, interest in “Binary Domain” has been on a downslide, especially after Sega pushed back the release date to February 28. So in efforts to boost morality, they dropped this “Bigger Than You Think” trailer, full of face ripping carnage, intense action sequences, and a deeper explanation of the storyline. But there’s one obvious flaw, the song attached to it is over-sentimentalized and unfitting for the game it represents.
 “SWTOR” released late last month and has produce a healthy increase in sales ever since. Being an MMO, most of its purchases are made online with digital copies downloaded directly to the buyer’s computer. However, those still interested in obtaining a physical copy can still find them littering the shelves of their nearest video game store. On it, they’ll discover a Drew Struzan-style box art bread for the 21st century. With layered images representing both sides of the force, this design has everything the original “Star Wars” movies posters had, with one exception, a completely computer rendered, digitized look. It doen’t carry the exact same feel as Struzan, but it’s pretty damn close.
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