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Category	Internet Review (RE:Role Youtube.com)	Empire Magazine Review
Genre	Action/Platformer	Action/Platformer
Target Audience	Dose not mention target audience but says that the world looks startlingly like mass effect in design and is very stereotypical of the futuristic style.	Target Audience is not mentioned within this review.
Narrative/Storyline	In this review he states that the game has a very interesting story and a great narrative within the voice acting and setting however the game feels scripted and is poorly executed in a beautifully realised world.	The story is fantastic and beautifully realised within neo Paris in 2084 and the world borrows from blade runner and even the nod to a ghost in the shell.
Characters	The characterisation in this is great at some points but awful at others. The game is a mixed bag of great voice acting but then some reaction and characterisation that dose not fit within the world. The main character is fantastic, as she is not overly sexualised which is something that needs to be seen in many more games, I am getting tiered of it.	Nillen in the game progresses throughout and starts of with a booty wiggling walk but once thrown into the fry becomes a lot more cautious and carful which was an excellent design choice.
Gameplay	The gameplay feels linear in it’s exploration aspect as there is only one way to platform and you can’t climb anything unless it has a big arrow telling you where to go. The combat, although fluid, is frustratingly repetitive and acts that seem to just take away from the situation. The game try’s to have a key focus on altering memory’s but this only happens a total of four times throughout the game. The boss battles are quick time events and it is frustrating that they don’t use the memory altering at all during this.	This game uses innovative function of memory alteration to influence fights and also the combat is fluid. The game is very good and only falters within the lineage of the game in terms of exploration.
Platform	Uses a pc but mouse and keyboard are incredibly difficult to use.	The game is available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Personal Recommendation	He recommends this game for purely the story and the experience of mentally destroying someone.	Although the game is very liner the fighting is very well realised and the innovative memory alteration is fantastic.

The two reviews say that the game is a great idea and a new IP, which is always exciting. The YouTube review says that the game is a great idea that is poorly executed in so many ways, the fighting becomes boring and repetitive, the use of this memory alteration device is fantastic and a great story device but is used so infrequently that to be its USP it’s just a disappointment. In comparison to this Empire games stated that the game was fluid and exciting and said the only downside was the fact that there is a lack of an open world a setting. They enjoyed the memory alteration aspect of the game and said it was a good thing to see. The YouTube reviewer commented on how the font use was the best thing in the game purely because of its clean and clinical look however the Guardian Review says that the best part is the smooth memory alteration aspect of the game.

Both Reviews mention the Characters and how they enjoy the feel and look of them. The YouTube review mentions how it is refreshing to see a female character who is not over sexualised, yes she’s meant to be attractive but not in a teenagers dream sort of way. The Guardian, on the other hand do see her in a sexual way even mentioning her “booty wiggling walk”  and how she develops into someone who takes a lot more caution in her actions and how she goes around neo Paris. Re:Role mentions that the voice actors are a mixed bag of fantastic voices and voices that just don’t fit for the character. The reviewer later mentions how the some of the characters are brilliantly realised, however some of the characters are poor and lazy, almost as if they stopped trying.

For the storyline Re:Role states that it is a beautifully realised world with great voice acting and a good overall story but is limited by the linear pathing and the boring gameplay. The Guardian states that it is a great story set in the beautiful and expansive world of Neo Paris in the year 2084 and makes some cool nods towards blade runner and Ghost In The Shell.

For the recommendations they both agree that it is worth playing even if it is a poorly executed game. Re:Role mentions how the game is only worth playing because of the story and that you get to experience mentally destroying someone, I mean come on who doesn’t like that. The Guardian mentions that the game is worth playing because even though it is excruciatingly linear the game still has solid combat mechanics and a fantastic story.