Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Episode 2 - The Wise Monkey

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User Score
7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 28
  3. Negative: 4 out of 28

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  1. Voyou
    May 18, 2021
    5
    This game thinks it's an American TV crime program, complete with all the genre cliches, gory pictures, gross yet modestly dressed post-autopsy corpses, random swearing, antagonistic police chiefs, instantly predictable twists, edgy credits after the first scene, and so on.
    However, while mundane and not engaging, the crime-solving is anything but by the book, and the adventure    This game thinks it's an American TV crime program, complete with all the genre cliches, gory pictures, gross yet modestly dressed post-autopsy corpses, random swearing, antagonistic police chiefs, instantly predictable twists, edgy credits after the first scene, and so on.
    However, while mundane and not engaging, the crime-solving is anything but by the book, and the adventure immediately and ill-advisedly calls for arcade reflexes.    … Expand

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Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. The Digital Fix
    May 16, 2013
    80
    This is an improvement over The Hangman despite the shorter length meaning you get less bang for your buck. Everything feels a little bit more settled and confident and it moves quickly.
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  2. Destructoid
    Mar 26, 2013
    75
    Though The Wise Monkey is not all it could have been, it's a strong second episode. Much of it, however, felt almost like filler.
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  3. GameCritics
    Mar 24, 2013
    65
    The high stakes created by The Wise Monkey's first scenes propel the player through the rest of the episode. Although the game stumbles mechanically in a few spots, it manages for the most part to maintain the tension that The Hangman lacked.
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