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Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom Review for Nintendo 3DS

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MAYBE IT SHOULD REMAIN NAMELESS

Adventure Time is no stranger to video games–within the four years since the TV series’ debut, there has been nearly ten games across multiple platforms, Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom being the latest one. While WayForward Technologies has also developed the game for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox 360, we will be taking a look at the Nintendo 3DS iteration of the game.

Adventure Time: Secrets of the Nameless Kingdom puts you in the boots of Jake (the dog) and Finn (the human), who happen to be on a mission to save three lost princesses. The title’s story is standard fare with respect to videogames, certainly not original, and perhaps a touch sexist. More importantly, the plot line surrounding Adventure Time did not engage me. The question deserves to be asked, can Adventure Time overcome its tired tropes to become something more memorable?
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Civilization: Beyond Earth Review

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 CIVILIZATION: BEYOND EARTH, BUT NOT FAR

 Civilization, the 4x heavyweight champ, is a standard bearer for the genre, but to me, it is that and more. Many moons ago, when I was a wee lad, I came across Sid Meier’s Civilization (SMC) on my elementary school’s computers. I can’t be sure how I happened upon it, nor do I care to ruin the memory with facts. All I know is that AC / BC to me means After Civilization / Before Civilization. School lunches and recesses were spent inside, frantically trying to finish a couple more turns. This game franchise, more than any other, I credit with really sparking my love of gaming. How fitting it is to be my first review. How serendipitous, the timing couldn’t have been better. So then, it is with a heavy heart that I say this, Civilization: Beyond Earth  (C:BE) could have been better.

Civilization is a franchise owned and developed by Firaxis Games. The company is best known for its Civilization series of games, though it has had notable success with other titles as well, such as XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

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