Alan Wen
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Just when it looks like you can actually get hold of a PS5 (two years after it first launched) without jumping through hoops or extortionate eBay auctions, all the exclusives seem to have dried up.
Name a long-running Nintendo blockbuster and Mario or Zelda spring to mind. Fire Emblem may not be up there, yet this strategy series has been going strong for more than 30 years now. First localised in the early naughties, and only a commercial hit following Awakening on the 3DS, but...
True, Marvel’s Avengers was a disappointing blockbuster (the game, not the billion-earning movie) but brawling with your favourite superheroes is an easier sell than placing them in some grid-based tactics game that asks you to flex your grey matter. And despite the recent success of deckbuilder Marvel Snap, having your...
As much as we loved Final Fantasy VII Remake, and the care and attention that went into modernising one of gaming’s most beloved classics, the way it deviates from the original story has been a source of controversy amongst fans.
The shadow of sci-fi survival horror classic Dead Space looms heavily over The Callisto Protocol (as does its remake in the new year) – but developer Striking Distance sure does its damnedest to step out swinging.
It’s been a long time waiting for Bayonetta fans. The second sequel to the critically acclaimed action slasher was announced five years ago – the same year the Nintendo Switch launched. That makes it one of the longest anticipated exclusives for Nintendo’s console, apart from Metroid Prime 4, which still...
For many fans, Sonic the Hedgehog’s brightest days remain back in 16-bit pixel form when he could just speed across 2D zones carefree. In other words Sonic Origins, a collection that brings together his definitive games before 3D’s march of progress has been a long time coming.
It looks like third time’s a charm for 343 Industries, who’s spent the past decade trying to live up to making a Halo worthy of its original creators Bungie.
What would happen if you combined Mario and Sonic? No, we’re not talking about the Olympics tie-ins, but more something like Solar Ash.
Yet deserts have rarely looked as captivating as in Sable, the debut from a two-person developer who started the game from working out of a shed (hence the studio name Shedworks).
Life is Strange has always been a series that had its heart in the right place, even if it fumbles in the execution.
Sadly, the game initially bombed when it first released in 2005 as an exclusive for the original Xbox, and could have easily been swept away with other platforming also-rans (remember Blinx: The Time Sweeper or Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee, anyone?). But it had far more going for it thanks to its...
CriticDB tracks 108 Alan Wen reviews, averaging 78/100. See the score distribution and their highest & lowest rated games below, or browse every Alan Wen score in the Reviews tab.
Alan Wen score distribution
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