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Do you Push Square?","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pushsquare.com\u002F",71,{"id":628,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":268,"author":629,"original_score":636,"normalized_score":33,"review_url":637,"review_date":638,"summary":639,"created_at":640,"updated_at":640,"author_id":630,"last_edited_at":38,"outlet":641},17267,{"id":630,"bio":26,"name":631,"avg_score":632,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":633,"profile_id":634,"updated_at":635,"claim_token":26,"article_count":81,"claimed_by_user_id":634},1111,"Dan Whitehead",63.07692307692308,"2024-11-27T14:47:24.718082-05:00","dba6bff0-3359-485d-ae9d-75f38a5b2e3f","2025-03-08T01:04:17.915-05:00","7\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurogamer.net\u002Flords-of-the-fallen-review","2014-10-28","I just wish it wasn't so happy to sit in another game's shadow, and made more of the few fresh mechanisms that might distinguish it and move the genre forwards. Instead, it hews so closely to a proven template that it's basically a pretty good action-adventure by default. 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While it’s not quite as challenging as a Souls game, I had a blast taking on the massive bosses, customizing my weapons, and timing my spells – the developers have created something special here that I hope to see more of in the future.","2025-03-26T08:06:58.860216-04:00",{"id":674,"logo":688,"name":689,"slug":690,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":691,"youtube":692,"facebook":693,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":694,"website_url":695,"score_format":77,"average_score":158,"default_timezone":50,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":51,"headquarters_city":696,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":504,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgameinformer.jpg","Game Informer","gameinformer","GameInformer","@gameinformer","officialgameinformer","Over 30 years celebrating the best of games in print and online.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameinformer.com\u002F","Minneapolis"]