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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.5 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Dark Souls is an extraordinary role-playing game that transports you to an awesome and menacing world you may never forget. Read review

Specs: Mature, From Software, Role-Playing, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 10 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the big, bold, and beautiful sequel you hoped for and is sure to bewitch you for countless hours. Read review

Specs: Mature, Bethesda Game Studios, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - first person, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 4 reviews

The Bottom Line: Mass Effect 3 is a remarkably satisfying conclusion to a beloved trilogy, and a poignant and memorable role-playing action game in its own right. Read review

Specs: Mature, BioWare, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - action RPG

• CNET Editor rating:
  5.0 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.6 (5.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 23 reviews

The Bottom Line: Gameplay and graphical enhancements. Over 200 hours play time. Read review

Specs: Mature, Bethesda Softworks, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - first person, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: A colorful cast of comic characters enlivens this fun and technically uneven sequel. Read review

Specs: Teen, Vicarious Visions, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - action RPG, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Tales of Vesperia is the best game yet in the series, and a beautiful and entertaining RPG in its own right. Read review

Specs: Teen, Bandai Namco Games, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - action RPG, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Engrossing and frustrating, Dragon's Dogma is a flawed and unique gem. Read review

Specs: Mature, Capcom, Role-Playing

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It isn't the wonder its predecessor was, but Dragon Age II is still a quality role-playing game that focuses on the element of choice to great effect. Read review

Specs: Mature, BioWare, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - third person, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Games - role playing game (RPG), Role playing game (RPG) - action RPG, Science-fiction, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Kingdoms of Amalur's combat and character advancement are fantastic enough to overshadow how bland everything else is. Read review

Specs: Mature, Big Huge Games, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - action RPG

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The hack-and-slash role-playing game Sacred 2 may feel more at home on console systems than it does on the PC, but the game design still leaves something to be desired. Read review

Specs: Mature, Ascaron Entertainment GmbH, Role-Playing

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Final Fantasy XIII-2 doesn't capture Lightning in a bottle, but it's still a fun and heartfelt role-playing adventure. Read review

Specs: Teen, Square Enix, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - console-style RPG, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: While this online role-playing game may have been a hit for the PC and PlayStation 2, it feels very awkward and entirely out of place on the Xbox 360. Read review

Specs: Teen, Square Enix, Role-Playing, Massively Multiplayer

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Teen, Square Enix, Role-Playing, Online games - RPG (MMORPG), Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Once this intense and action-packed role-playing game pulls you into its orbit, you won't want to escape. Read review

Specs: Mature, BioWare, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - action RPG

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Games - role playing game (RPG), Role playing game (RPG) - PC-style RPG, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Major technical problems blemish this enjoyable and sophisticated adventure through the western wastes. Read review

Specs: Mature, Obsidian Entertainment, Role-Playing

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: Epic scale and depth of content make Two Worlds worthwhile. Read review

Specs: Mature, Reality Pump, Role-Playing, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Jason spends too much time talking and not nearly enough time fighting in this Greek mythology-inspired action-RPG. Read review

Specs: Mature, Liquid Entertainment, Role-Playing

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.6 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Shivering Isles adds more than enough new and interesting content to give you a great reason to dive back into the world of Oblivion. Read review

Specs: Mature, Bethesda Softworks, Role-Playing, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 1 review

Specs: Games - role playing game (RPG), Role playing game (RPG) - third person, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.5 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Spectral Force 3 is a functional and predictable strategy RPG without a lick of personality. Read review

Specs: Teen, Xpec, Role-Playing, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Excellent visual style does little to mask Magna Carta 2's middling story and annoying AI. Read review

Specs: Teen, Banpresto, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - action RPG

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: This role-playing sequel's big world and seemingly countless quests make it easy to overlook its wrinkles. Read review

Specs: Mature, Reality Pump, Role-Playing, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Too many frustrations interfere with the joys of killing orcs and collecting loot in The Lord of the Rings: War in the North. Read review

Specs: Mature, Snowblind Studios, Role-Playing, 1-3 Players