Pandemic's previous major game, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, was similar to The Saboteur in its ambitions and similarly disappointing in its lackluster execution and mediocre level of artistic commitment.
That's why the standards for realistic stories of private lives are relatively low: even with a mediocre level of artistic invention, what comes through in dramas and comedies that implicate subjects near at hand is the authenticity of knowledge, the solidity of observation, the chime of perception.
As a lifelong athlete, Gladwell argues that our current approach to youth sports is misguided and could be improved by encouraging young people to play the kinds of sports that they can participate in throughout their lives and by "permitting people to play sports at a mediocre level".
When all is said and done, the homogeneity of the "fully vaccinated" group of children is only ostensible, and health regions that are considered to be high-performing in terms of coverage may actually be performing at a mediocre level if we take into account the children's age at vaccination and the degree to which the vaccination schedules of the target populations were respected.
Paul Keeley and George McDaniel, dependable and competent performers, had less luck, rarely rising above the mediocre level of the songs.
What happens when a free-agent player with a hot hand and great stats gets signed to a big, long-term contract, only to perform at a mediocre level?
American students' math achievement is "at a mediocre level" compared with that of their peers worldwide, according to a new report by a federal panel.
Even after all the extra money spent on schools since the mid-1990s, Britain still performs at a mediocre level in internationally comparable tests.
American students' math achievement is "at a mediocre level" compared with that of their peers worldwide, according to a new report by a federal panel, which recommended that schools focus on key skills that prepare students to learn algebra.
Colour printing of illustrations on roll-fed rotaries can hardly rise above the mediocre level, even with the use of special rotaries in which the printing groups are drawn as close together as possible.
