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With all of the heavy-hitting fighting games like FX Fighter and Mortal Kombat 3, there was bound to be a few titles that’ll slip through the cracks because they lack the mass appeal or technological...
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One Must Fall really surprised me. Even before I had finished installing the game, I thought it would be a huge waste of time. Then I found that One Must Fall wasn’t quite what I expected. I’d played a...
View ArticlePray for Death
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In short, Crime Life: Gang Wars is a mission-based fighting game. You’ll spend plenty of time being randomly violent in order to gain respect in your gang, the Outlawz, unfortunately you’ll do it with...
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