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Yet another triple-A title has received wildly conflicting reviews: professional critics seem overly generous with perfect scores, while players use unfairly low ratings to spite game creators over certain decisions.

The PC version of Mass Effect 3 simultaneously dons grades of 93/100 and 25/100 on Metacritic, though we imagine neither is accurate. As is often the case, the truth lies somewhere between both extremes.

Unless you have faith in a particular source, finding said truth requires you to digest an encyclopedia's worth of info. Although we don't review them, we've been known to partake in a PC game from time to time.

As such, we've spent a few hours reading reviews in our effort to decide whether Mass Effect is worth the investment. Here are some common opinions we've found among Webgoers (professional and otherwise):

• If you enjoyed the first two games, you'll probably like ME3 too. How much you'll enjoy it isn't certain, so don't buy the game with hopelessly high expectations.
• ME3's greatest selling point seems to be that it succeeds in offering closure, which is rare in a day when so many companies release uninspired annual clones.
• Because it focuses on delivering closure, you'll likely want to experience the previous titles (especially ME2) before ME3 -- despite BioWare's claims to the contrary.
• Multiplayer is debatably the weakest link. Many agree that ME3's combat improves on ME2's and while multiplayer is fun, it's just a tired wave-based survival mode.
• Negative reviews tend to complain about some combo of ME3's "dumbed down" experience, its day one DLC, lack of polish on PC or the forced use of EA's Origin.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will equip players with the world's hottest future combat systems, inspired by existing prototypes, and unleash them on the battlefield of tomorrow. As a member of the elite Ghost Recon, you are among the few who possess the power, the adaptability, and the cognitive fortitude of the future soldier. Specialized in every area of combat, equipped for survival, and trained in absolute discretion, you are entrusted with the missions no other soldier can handle. Armed to the teeth with an arsenal of real-world high-tech weaponry only in prototype today, you are an F-16 on legs, trained to lock on to your objective even in the world's most complex, high-risk warzones.

“Ubisoft prides itself on creating some of the most compelling and innovative experiences in digital entertainment,” said Adrian Lacey, IP development director at Ubisoft Studios France. “Today we are feature complete in our multi-player, single-player and four-player co-op campaign modes. We have made the decision to move the date in order to ensure that all these ingredients are pushed to the highest level and provide a truly unique shooter experience. The Ghost Recon franchise is known for setting the standard of high definition gaming and we believe the extra couple of months will allow us to reach that goal. We would like to thank all Ghost Recon fans for their patience and look forward to unveiling some exciting new elements in the coming week

 

Key Features: Experience the Future of War The Ghosts pack the latest and best high-tech military equipment, inspired by actual prototypes. Blend into any environment with mind-bending optical camouflage. An exoskeleton enhances the Ghosts' physical abilities, allowing them to run, leap, slide and kick farther & faster than any soldier on the field today. Unparalleled physicality and lethal expertise in melee close combat are now at your disposal. Control all-new heavily armed unmanned ground and air combat drones. Unleash large-radius firepower with a personal mortar capable of firing multiple guided rockets simultaneously. Natural Cooperation Instantly coordinate combat against 360° threats: link-up with your Ghost teammates in a formidable formation at the push of a button. Move-and-shoot-as-one with your friends or AI teammates with no training and no complex orders system. Benefit from your teammates' high-tech abilities and combine them to unleash the power of an army at the pull of your trigger. Epic Solo and Co-op Campaign! Join the Ghosts as Kozak, a fresh recruit whose elite unit is the United State's best and only means of retaliation when a nationalist coup unseats Russia's legitimate president Experience multiple aspects of the war from the unique perspectives of a high-level bodyguard, an engineer, a civilian and more. Play the single- or split-screen cooperative campaign across multiple theatres as the shadow of global conflict creeps across Northern Europe and beyond. Fast-Paced, Addictive Multiplayer Mode Link-up for heated 8 vs. 8 adversarial matches and combine the four balanced class abilities, plus drones and individual gear. Seamless ranking progression in Single, Co-op and Adversarial modes: unlock multiple rewards for your Ghost or your Clan.

Does Hadley's Hope mean anything to you? How about LV-426? Pulse rifles? Power loaders? Sulaco? If you're thinking "Idiot! Do you think me a fool who knows nothing about Aliens?!" then you are a part of the audience that Borderlands developer Gearbox is aiming at with Aliens: Colonial Marines. But for those who know next to nothing about Aliens, be comforted to know that this game is shaping up to be a shooter worthy of your time, even if you're not well informed about the movie. Say you want to get up to speed anyway. All you need to know about Aliens is that it tells the tale of Ellen Ripley and a group of marines who set out to answer a distress call on a planet filled with killer, acid-bleeding, ugly-as-heck aliens. Aliens: Colonial Marines takes place after that, setting you in the role of... well... a colonial marine who, along with the rest of your search-and-rescue team, has been sent to the same planet to learn what became of Ripley and the rest. The mission will take you and your fellow marines through many iconic settings from both Aliens and the original Alien. It is also possible that Colonial Marines will include references to Ridley Scott's upcoming Alien prequel, Prometheus. In short, the geeks reading this should be getting excited right about now. Attention to detail is one thing in particular that Aliens: Colonial Marines appears to have going for it. Many of Gearbox's employees have spoken about how they love Aliens, and that love shows through in the attention to such details as the setting and the sound. The atmosphere and mood alone should make any diehard fan happy. More importantly, though, it seems that level of detail extends to the gameplay. In the gameplay videos shown for Aliens: Colonial Marines, aliens were shown displaying impressive A.I. as they crawled all over walls and ceilings, popped out of vents and pulled people in, and made it difficult for the marines to get at them. There will be many types of "xenomorphs" for you to take on. Most of them, like the Facehugger, Chestburster, and Queen, are from the movies, but some will be debuting for the first time in the game. Fighting back against the aliens won't be easy, but you and the marines will have the means to cope, with tools ranging from a motion scanner, which can detect alien presence, to a repertoire of iconic weapons (like the pulse rifles I mentioned earlier) that will make the acid fly. You won't have to go at it alone in Aliens: Colonial Marines either, for up to three friends online (or one via split-screen) can drop in at any time to help ease the burden of trying not to die from an alien that lays eggs in one's mouth There are still several months left before Aliens: Colonial Marines' fall release window. That should give those who haven't seen the movie enough time to watch it, thus enabling them to enjoy the game when it comes out as fans. And, after all, it is for the fans that this game is being made in the first place