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10. Skylanders: Swap Force
If you’re no fan of collectible toy-based games with pricey upgrade trajectories, just move along, nothing to see here. Otherwise the series that inspired copycats like Disney Infinity celebrates its three-quel with Skylanders: Swap Force, a much-refined version of the prior two platformers with new characters you can split in half, separating legs from torsos, then mix and match to unlock different abilities.
9. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
This standalone expansion of Ubisoft’s popular sandbox shooter is a throwback to the testosterone-driven films of the ’80s and early ’90s, before we demanded deep thoughts from our action films. The protagonist, Sergeant Rex Power Colt, is a gravel-voiced cyborg with a metallic arm and glowing red eye. Tired clichés, cringe-worthy double entendres and references to decades-old pop culture saturate every line of dialog. Basically, it’s like modern video games, only gloriously aware of its silliness.
8. BioShock Infinite
BioShock Infinite isn’t formulaic. It’s a game that’s prompted more smart commentary than most games will ever see. It has a reputation for being that kind of game — the one you approach intellectually, despite its grisly facade of smashed skulls, burnt bodies and cartoonish gore. The same was true with the original BioShock and with the spiritually-related System Shock series
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