Sam Stone
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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is undoubtedly one of the more off-kilter entries in the Final Fantasy franchise but one whose flaws become less glaring as players progress through the story. The impressive number of Jobs, each with its own level progression tree, makes for a deceptively immense amount of gameplay depth that would be all the more enjoyable if the level design wasn't so linear and repetitive. Still, Stranger of Paradise offers hard evidence that Final Fantasy can st...
Shadow Warrior 3 delivers the bloody, fast-paced goods, with combat mirroring the well-received DOOM revival, but perhaps without the gameplay variety and depth that has made its hellish counterpart such a major success. Easy to pick up and play, Shadow Warrior 3 offers an entertaining, if a tad superficial, experience that stops short of greatness and feels like it could have used a little more polish to take the Shadow Warrior franchise to new heights.