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Marathon: Durandal

Marathon: Durandal is the granddaddy of all things Halo.

Release date: 8/1/2007
Metacritic score: 63

What they said: "I think it's quite a bit better than DOOM in almost all aspects. But it's impossible to ignore the fact that everyone who has played Marathon has gotten nauseous. I've never seen this happen with a game before, but obviously anything that leaves people feeling worse than when they booted it up, can't get a very enthusiastic thumbs up." -- IGN

What we say: "The game is perfectly competent, but try the demo first. There's something about this title that actually makes people sick. At the time of this game's release, we had a staff member who thought the whole nausea thing was ridiculous until he became incredibly sick after playing."

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