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		<title>Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 15:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is the latest installment in the popular video game series designed by UbiSoft. After Assassin’s Creed II captivated the video gaming world in 2010, this sequel had a great deal of hype to live up to. Fortunately, supporting the capability to take part in online XBOX tournaments and sporting new and improved [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/acb2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-82" title="acb2" src="http://www.syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/acb2-300x126.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="126" /></a>Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is the latest installment in the popular video game series designed by UbiSoft. After Assassin’s Creed II captivated the video gaming world in 2010, this sequel had a great deal of hype to live up to. Fortunately, supporting the capability to take part in online <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://virgingaming.com/">XBOX tournaments</a></span> and sporting new and improved gaming features, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has become a big hit among serious gamers.</p>
<p>The game includes a unique new feature that allows players to recruit assassins as part of their team. This gives the game an even more interactive atmosphere, almost taking on some role-playing game elements. As your level increases in the game, you are able to recruit more and more assassins for your team by simply press a button. When you are in need of assistance in a battle or a mission, you can call on your assassins for support.</p>
<p>Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood also have the unique capability of allowing players to compete in online video game tournaments. Players can log on to Virgin Gaming through their PSN or XBOX Live account and compete against their friends in head-to-head battles. The most interesting thing about this feature is that the winner of each match gets to walk away with a cash prize!</p>
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		<title>World Series of Poker 2 Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Series of Poker 2 stands out as the most engaging and smartest game of poker currently available. Graphically, World Series of Poker2 isn&#8217;t much better or worse than any of the other poker games on the market. This game begin by creating a character, as you do in almost all poker games. You can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Untitled-1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-73" title="Untitled-1" src="http://www.syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Untitled-1-300x187.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="187" /></a>World Series of Poker 2 stands out as the most engaging and smartest game of poker currently available. Graphically, World Series of Poker2  isn&#8217;t much better or worse than any of the other poker games on the market.<br />
This game begin by creating a character, as you do in almost all poker games.<br />
You can choose you own  face, clothes, name and so on..<br />
The game has a couple of available camera angles. This game run on PS2, Xbox and PC.<br />
The PC version looks the best compared with PS2 or Xbox. What it ultimately comes down to with World Series of Poker 2 is just how much you want to play a realistic, off-line game of Texas hold &#8216;em. If you do not want to play on <a title="online gaming sites for real money" href="http://www.onlinegamblingsites.net" target="_blank">online gaming sites for real money</a>, you definitely should try this game: World Series of Poker 2</p>
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		<title>Death Track: Resurrection Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Death Track: Resurrection is car combat racing game which provides extreme good emotions and adrenaline. The game play in Death Track: Resurrection consists of driving from town to town, talking to people and most important &#8211; destroying other vehicles. Sometimes you&#8217;ll have to blow up as many enemies as possible, or just travel from one [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/car.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/car.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-64" title="car" src="http://www.syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/car-300x187.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="187" /></a>Death Track: Resurrection is car combat racing game which provides extreme good emotions and adrenaline.</p>
<p>The game play in Death Track: Resurrection consists of driving from town to town, talking to people and most important &#8211; destroying other vehicles. Sometimes you&#8217;ll have to blow up as many enemies as possible, or just travel from one town to the next and talk to the right person. If you like <a title="car games" href="http://www.myplayyard.com/car-games" target="_blank">car games</a>, you definitely should try this game: Death Track: Resurrection.</p>
<p>Graphic &#8211; not the best thing in this game. I am sure now you are thinking &#8220;Then what is best thing in this game?&#8221;. My answer &#8211; absolutely amazing game play. O tried so many car <a title="shooting games" href="http://www.myplayyard.com/shooting-games" target="_self">shooting games</a>, but this one is my favorite. You definitely should try this game and if you can&#8217;t have it, you can play some <a title="miniclip" href="http://www.dabidoo.com" target="_blank">miniclip</a> games online</p>
<p>One of the biggest “The BAD” thing of this game is: There is no experience system, so instead of leveling up your vehicle, you will just get money, a lot of money.</p>
<p>Note: You can play this game with PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3</p>
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		<title>Hunted: The Demon&#8217;s Forge Hands-On</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hunted: The Demon&#8217;s Forge has progressed well following this year&#8217;s E3 in Los Angeles, where a co-op section of gameplay was on show at the Bethesda booth. Today, just over two months later, the game is now entering its internal beta phase and is starting to come together, content-wise. To celebrate, developer InXile brought a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-48" title="aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" src="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-300x185.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="185" /></a>Hunted: The Demon&#8217;s Forge has progressed well following this year&#8217;s E3 in Los Angeles, where a co-op section of gameplay was on show at the Bethesda booth. Today, just over two months later, the game is now entering its internal beta phase and is starting to come together, content-wise. To celebrate, developer InXile brought a level to Gamescom and allowed us to play it firsthand.</p>
<p>The level in question takes place halfway through the game, as we took control of the warrior Caddoc while the AI took care of the elf archer E&#8217;lara. Running straight into combat, we found our weapons would quickly degrade, with impacts on the standard sword and shield meaning we had to replace our sidearms quickly. We also used Caddoc&#8217;s magic to suspend enemies in midair while E&#8217;lara fired arrows at them.</p>
<p>Caddoc and E&#8217;lara are both played by what sound like British thespian actors, and the delivery is often quite tongue in cheek. E&#8217;lara, who herself is dressed in a ridiculously skimpy outfit, comments on one of her enemies&#8217; &#8220;sluttiness.&#8221; InXile&#8217;s Maxx Kaufman was on hand to explain how the developer is keen to turn the relationship between the two characters on its head, with E&#8217;lara keen to run headlong into combat while the more traditional warrior character Caddoc is much more cautious.</p>
<p>The other part of our short demo concerned the new side quests, which are completely optional but will allow you to explore the backstory of the game and improve your characters. You&#8217;ll be able to find death stones scattered around the world, and when you find them, you can press a button to reach into the spirit world. In the one we saw, a ghost told us to collect the remnants of its bones, which had been scattered in the surrounding area. In this instance, we found them relatively quickly, but Kaufman told us it will be much trickier in the finished game, so you&#8217;ll have to work to level up your characters.</p>
<p>Hunted: The Demon&#8217;s Forge is being released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in spring 2011. For more on the game, be sure to check out GameSpot&#8217;s existing coverage, including a preview from the recent QuakeCon event in the US.</p>
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		<title>Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some sequels radically reinvent what has come before; others simply buff up a formula that already soars. To suggest that Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty does only the latter and not the former would be to sell short the fresh ideas and exciting gameplay that makes this superb real-time strategy sequel so enjoyable. This package [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/939643_87960_front.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-45" title="939643_87960_front" src="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/939643_87960_front-e1295755028977-300x185.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="185" /></a>Some sequels radically reinvent what has come before; others simply buff up a formula that already soars. To suggest that Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty does only the latter and not the former would be to sell short the fresh ideas and exciting gameplay that makes this superb real-time strategy sequel so enjoyable. This package delivers more than simple fun&#8211;it serves up incredible amounts of variety, from the cinematic and multifaceted campaign to the competitive and tightly balanced multiplayer. You might scoff at the fact that the game only includes a single campaign and, perhaps, at the high price point (the game retails at $59.99; $10 higher than the average PC game). But these are nitpicks, forgivable quibbles in a high-quality game that provides plenty of bang for the buck. Starcraft II is the natural next step for the series: it both embraces and updates the core components that made the first game a huge hit while layering on important features that give the game endless replay value, both online and off. This is one of the finest real-time strategy games in years, and whether you&#8217;re new to the genre or have been studying Protoss build orders for the past decade, there&#8217;s something here to delight you.</p>
<p>The campaign is the first of many of these delights. You may have heard that Starcraft II features only a single campaign: that of the human faction known as the Terrans. One of the game&#8217;s few disappointments is that the other two factions&#8211;the Protoss and the Zerg&#8211;don&#8217;t get their day in the sun, so if you&#8217;re a newcomer who wants to prove your superiority (or inferiority) online, don&#8217;t expect the campaign to prepare you for the potential onslaught. But the campaign is hardly a one-note wonder, offering loads of variety, including an entire set of missions that divulges important story elements from an entirely different perspective. Yet even outside of those devious missions, you accomplish diverse and interesting tasks throughout the story. In one early mission, lava periodically rises onto the mainland, posing a threat to any units not positioned on high ground. In another, an exploding sun causes a deadly wall of flame to steadily push you across the map. From one mission to the next, there&#8217;s an intriguing new development that keeps you devoted to seeing what surprise is waiting for you next.</p>
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		<title>Blacklight: Tango Down Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheap and nasty aren&#8217;t two words generally used to extol the virtues of anything outside of a red-light district, but they accurately describe Blacklight: Tango Down. Developer Zombie Studios has done a good job with this multiplayer first-person shooter for the PC, delivering a remarkably feature-filled game for just $15. While there are some rough [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/990992_160841_front.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-42" title="990992_160841_front" src="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/990992_160841_front-e1295754903928-300x186.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="186" /></a>Cheap and nasty aren&#8217;t two words generally used to extol the virtues of anything outside of a red-light district, but they accurately describe Blacklight: Tango Down. Developer Zombie Studios has done a good job with this multiplayer first-person shooter for the PC, delivering a remarkably feature-filled game for just $15. While there are some rough spots, like the worthless single-player/co-op mode, a few grievances over map design, and the absence of dedicated servers, you get a lot of action for the low price. Most of the shooter basics are covered, and the design also incorporates a few twists so that it doesn&#8217;t feel like you&#8217;re playing a bargain-basement Call of Duty.</p>
<p>Of course, Blacklight: Tango Down is pretty much exactly that. The game is shooter boilerplate, with quasi-realistic, brutal, and fast-paced action where you can get taken down with just a splattering of shots or a single well-placed bullet to the head. The story is set in a near-future Russia, which has gone all grim and dystopian. City streets have become battlegrounds in a war between Blacklight, a team of elite US commandos, and The Order, a team of US commandos gone rogue who might be turning people into some kind of zombies. Apparently. The plot is completely ignored in the game itself, so you have to read the how-to-play text if you&#8217;re really curious to know why these gangs of high-tech soldiers in sci-fi suits are shooting each other. Controls are standard for the genre, and you get gadgets like kaboom grenades and special digital pineapples that cause a cloud of pixelated distortion in your suit&#8217;s funky goggles. You can also activate the hyper-reality visor, a limited-time x-ray-specs deal that lets you spot enemies through walls via their heat signatures and locate health and weapons caches.</p>
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		<title>ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although 2009&#8242;s Arma II set a high standard for the all-purpose military simulator, its buggy single-player campaign held it back from achieving its full potential. In contrast, Arma II: Operation Arrowhead, its stand-alone expansion, boasts all the beauty, realism, and action of the original and none of the game-breaking bugs. Improving upon its predecessor in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/971387_137932_front.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-39" title="971387_137932_front" src="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/971387_137932_front-213x300.jpg" alt="" width="213" height="300" /></a>Although 2009&#8242;s Arma II set a high standard for the all-purpose military simulator, its buggy single-player campaign held it back from achieving its full potential. In contrast, Arma II: Operation Arrowhead, its stand-alone expansion, boasts all the beauty, realism, and action of the original and none of the game-breaking bugs. Improving upon its predecessor in almost every way, Arrowhead introduces a new setting, new weapons, and new adventures to a great military sandbox.</p>
<p>Much like its predecessor, the primary selling point of Operation Arrowhead is its setting, which swaps the thick forests of Chernarus in favor of the vast mountain ranges, boundless steppes, and parched deserts of the fictitious Central Asian country of Takistan. Both the natural landscapes and the various human settlements, including the teeming capital city of Zargabad that notably boasts a gorgeous Persian-style mosque decorated with mosaic tiles, are characterized by meticulous attention to detail that reveals the story of the place. For instance, the mountains are filled with quaint, well-worn trails, while outside the prayer room of the mosque, you&#8217;ll find the shoes of the worshippers within. However, the tranquil beauty of Takistan hides a nation in turmoil. The Saddam Hussein-esque Colonel Aziz (who has a penchant for gaudy artwork and carries a golden gun) and his military junta have launched an invasion of their oil-rich neighbors in Karzeghistan. Not amused by Aziz&#8217;s tomfoolery, the United States has vowed to overthrow the adventurous junta and has sent in the military to do the job. You take on the role of several different US soldiers during the course of the campaign, whose combined efforts will ultimately lead you to victory. Along the way, you&#8217;ll encounter Takistani military forces operating T-34 tanks and other aging Russian military hardware; hostile, pro-government militias; UN peacekeepers; and antigovernment rebels who will join your cause.</p>
<p>While Arrowhead&#8217;s campaign can&#8217;t match the play time, freedom, and decision-making possibilities in Arma II, it surpasses the original by providing a refined, bug-free experience. And, although it loses a bit of the historical backstory of Arma II, Arrowhead makes up for it by leaving out the boring exposition and dropping you straight into the action. Right from the beginning, you&#8217;ll be occupied with a diverse array of missions and objectives. For example, in one mission, you get to capture a mine with the aid of a friendly militia, search for missing hostages, find and disarm a bomb (using a code with exotic Takistani numerals), transfer control of the mine to the United Nations, and, finally, man a dilapidated Soviet antiaircraft battery to stop enemy MiGs from bombing a rebel village. Other missions range from classic, brutally difficult Arma infantry combat to sequences where you command infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, tanks, and helicopters.</p>
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		<title>Amnesia: The Dark Descent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amnesia just might drive you insane, but in a very good way since this is one of the scariest horror games you&#8217;re ever going to play. Latter-day sequels to Alone in the Dark have nothing on Amnesia: The Dark Descent. This first-person adventure from the creepmeisters at Frictional Games who gave us the unsettling Penumbra [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amnesia just might drive you insane, but in a very good way since this is one of the scariest horror games you&#8217;re ever going to play.</p>
<p><a href="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lostodyssey.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-22" title="GAMES DUNGEONS" src="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lostodyssey-e1295752739508-300x167.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="167" /></a>Latter-day sequels to Alone in the Dark have nothing on Amnesia: The Dark Descent. This first-person adventure from the creepmeisters at Frictional Games who gave us the unsettling Penumbra trilogy is the true follow-up to the original escapades of sleuth Edward Carnby. The game oozes Lovecraftian menace as it strands its protagonist alone in the insanity-inducing darkness of a haunted ruin where spooks lurk around every other corner. In some ways, the game is actually superior to its legendary inspiration, with no cheesy action sequences separating you from the ghoulies and ghosties that want to either eat you or drive you round the bend.</p>
<p>You take on the role of Daniel, who awakens in the darkened halls of Brennenburg Castle at the start of the game with a bad case of&#8211;you guessed it&#8211;amnesia. Early stages have a bit of a Memento vibe, with Daniel trying to discover hints about his past through reading notes that he apparently left for himself and searching through old diary entries and random scraps of paper. Hints are also provided by flashbacks that regularly pop up out of nowhere. It&#8217;s a little cliched, but Frictional does some smart things with the old hero-with-amnesia gimmick. The story is fascinating and is told through easily digested chunks scattered through the game. Read everything you find, and you&#8217;ll be drawn into a chilling castle populated by a lone protagonist who is a bit off his nut and being hunted by shadowy somethings that are more than a teensy bit spine-chilling. From the very beginning, you know you&#8217;re being pushed toward some great revelation that won&#8217;t be all sunshine and lollipops. Yet at the same time, you can&#8217;t wait to get there.</p>
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		<title>Darksiders</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It isn&#8217;t the most full-featured port, but excellent combat and challenging puzzles make Darksiders a brutal blast. If Darksiders is to be believed, the end of the world is signaled not by a blinding and burning flash of nuclear energy, but rather by the arrival of furious winged angels and heavily armored arbiters of doom. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It isn&#8217;t the most full-featured port, but excellent combat and challenging puzzles make Darksiders a brutal blast.</p>
<p><a href="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/991819_162011_front.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-19" title="991819_162011_front" src="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/991819_162011_front-e1295752616954-300x186.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="186" /></a>If Darksiders is to be believed, the end of the world is signaled not by a blinding and burning flash of nuclear energy, but rather by the arrival of furious winged angels and heavily armored arbiters of doom. In this unoriginal but uproarious amalgam of borrowed game mechanics, you play as War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. War is not the most engaging hero, but that&#8217;s of little consequence in a game more concerned with brutal and flashy combat than zesty storytelling. You ride an otherworldly steed while fighting off a ravenous worm, carve up colorful demons with various blades, and navigate through a number of tricky but satisfying environmental puzzles. The PC version of this entertaining romp didn&#8217;t receive the star treatment you would have wanted for a port released almost nine months after its initial console release. But while it doesn&#8217;t boast the expected graphical bells and whistles, it runs well, looks good, and keeps the pace moving by mixing up the action and constantly introducing new ways to triumph over your foes. If you&#8217;ve been hankering for blistering combat and melodramatic boss fights, Darksiders is a great way to enjoy the end times</p>
<p>Darksiders comes to the PC from consoles unchanged. Therefore, you hit the ground running, destroying rampaging fiends by slicing them with your gigantic sword, throwing vehicles at them, and morphing into a giant flaming form capable of swatting demons about like flies. You also discover one of the game&#8217;s simple but savory joys: the manner in which locking on to an enemy zooms the camera in and the viewing area narrows to give the action a widescreen, cinematic flair. This is an especially effective touch when you perform one of the game&#8217;s barbaric finishing moves, a possibility when you have whittled down an enemy&#8217;s health and the appropriate prompt appears above its head. All this, while a colossal beast marches through a crumbling city suffering from the torment of a battle between the armies of heaven and hell. It&#8217;s a grand and entertaining opening that sets the stage for an enjoyable adventure stuffed with vibrant swordplay, as well as rousing cutscenes in which hammy actors compete to discover who can chew the most scenery.</p>
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		<title>Majesty 2: Battles of Ardania Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of Dead Rising 2, there&#8217;s an activist organization known as CURE that pushes for the humane treatment of the living impaired. If only CURE realized just how much fun it can be to maim, behead, or otherwise massacre hordes of brain-craving zombies. Very little has changed since the release of Dead Rising [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/957986_120252_front.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-16" title="957986_120252_front" src="http://syngamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/957986_120252_front-e1295752489127-300x220.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="220" /></a>In the world of Dead Rising 2, there&#8217;s an activist organization known as CURE that pushes for the humane treatment of the living impaired. If only CURE realized just how much fun it can be to maim, behead, or otherwise massacre hordes of brain-craving zombies. Very little has changed since the release of Dead Rising more than four years ago, but the most important thing that has stayed the same is the thrill of being set loose in a town overrun by mindless monsters. Slice your way through these moaning monsters to save survivors, dispose of dangerous psychopaths, and uncover the terrible truth that could change everything. Unfortunately, along with the good elements that made the original game a beloved hit come the same quirks that will cause you to occasionally stumble. Frequent load screens break up the fine pacing, control blemishes make precision difficult, and the driving controls are lousy. But the core of this game is so outrageously, savagely entertaining that it&#8217;s easy to look past these missteps. Dead Rising 2 is a unique and engaging experience that is difficult to pull away from and eminently replayable.</p>
<p>Chuck Greene has found himself in an awful situation. His young daughter was bitten by a zombie a few years back and requires a daily dose of the wonder drug Zombrex to prevent her from turning into one of them. But just as pressing as his family issues are the legal troubles swirling over his head. Zombies are now a controlled menace in society. People who are unfortunate enough to be infected are locked away so they can&#8217;t go around chomping on necks willy-nilly. But someone has unleashed a horde of undead monsters into the gambling town of Fortune City and framed poor Chuck Greene in the process. The story in Dead Rising 2 is a lot more personal than in the first game. You have to continually hunt for more doses of Zombrex to keep your daughter alive while searching for the truth that will clear your tarnished name. It&#8217;s a situation that makes Chuck an immediately sympathetic figure, and his caring demeanor is a welcome reprieve from the abrasive star of the previous game, Frank West.</p>
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