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And though I spent most of my time cheesing encounters because I could, and I take issues with the game’s presentation, there’s a strong gameplay loop that I think many players, especially those new to Metroidvania-style games, will enjoy in Aurogon Shanghai’s first venture into 2D action games.","2025-02-26T20:17:04.374156-05:00",{"id":277,"logo":290,"name":291,"slug":292,"tags":123,"bluesky":293,"twitter":292,"youtube":292,"facebook":292,"language":43,"mastodon":20,"muckrack":20,"claimed_at":20,"description":294,"website_url":295,"score_format":45,"average_score":103,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":20,"stats_updated_at":76,"headquarters_city":20,"news_editor_email":296,"platforms_covered":297,"claimed_by_user_id":20,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":300,"reviews_editor_email":301,"editor_in_chief_email":302,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FXbox%20Era%20Logo.jpg","XboxEra","xboxera","xboxera.com","Your destination for Xbox news, previews, reviews and community fun!","https:\u002F\u002Fxboxera.com\u002F","jon.clarke@xboxera.com",[298,299],"Xbox One","Xbox Series X|S","United Kingdom","jesse.norris@xboxera.com","pieter.jasper@xboxera.com",{"id":304,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":305,"author":306,"original_score":314,"normalized_score":89,"review_url":315,"review_date":10,"summary":316,"created_at":317,"updated_at":317,"author_id":307,"last_edited_at":317,"original_summary":20,"source_language":20,"is_translated":38,"outlet":318},62439,27,{"id":307,"bio":20,"name":308,"avg_score":309,"outlet_id":20,"created_at":310,"profile_id":311,"updated_at":312,"claim_token":20,"article_count":313,"claimed_by_user_id":311},3923,"Kim Snaith",74.48067632850241,"2025-01-17T06:40:44.005933-05:00","9831ce29-32fc-40dc-b7d6-342d11d31842","2026-09-17T12:30:15.467474-04:00",828,"8\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com\u002F2023\u002F04\u002Fafterimage-review\u002F","Sure, Afterimage has plenty of flaws. 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For gamers, by gamers.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com","hello@gamespew.com",{"id":330,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":331,"author":332,"original_score":114,"normalized_score":115,"review_url":339,"review_date":10,"summary":340,"created_at":341,"updated_at":341,"author_id":333,"last_edited_at":254,"original_summary":20,"source_language":20,"is_translated":38,"outlet":342},30010,34,{"id":333,"bio":20,"name":334,"avg_score":335,"outlet_id":20,"created_at":336,"profile_id":20,"updated_at":337,"claim_token":20,"article_count":338,"claimed_by_user_id":20},3186,"Lowell Bell",77.7,"2024-12-06T11:04:15.335447-05:00","2026-09-04T05:26:56.062155-04:00",23,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nintendolife.com\u002Freviews\u002Fswitch-eshop\u002Fafterimage","While we did grow a little weary of the overwhelming amount to explore and backtrack through in Afterimage, we didn’t grow tired of whacking its wide range of enemies, nor did its gorgeously hand-drawn environments — which Switch unfortunately struggles to do justice to when docked — ever disappoint. It's best experienced elsewhere if you're playing on a television, but if you primarily play your Switch handheld, Afterimage offers a lengthy, lovely-looking Metroidvania adventure.","2024-12-06T11:04:21.377781-05:00",{"id":331,"logo":343,"name":344,"slug":345,"tags":98,"bluesky":346,"twitter":345,"youtube":347,"facebook":347,"language":43,"mastodon":20,"muckrack":20,"claimed_at":20,"description":348,"website_url":349,"score_format":45,"average_score":46,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":20,"stats_updated_at":76,"headquarters_city":20,"news_editor_email":20,"platforms_covered":20,"claimed_by_user_id":20,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":20,"reviews_editor_email":20,"editor_in_chief_email":20,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FNintendoLife-Logo.jpg","Nintendo Life","nintendo-life","nintendolife.com","nintendolife","The latest Nintendo Switch news, reviews and videos. We are the most visited #Nintendo site in the world.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nintendolife.com\u002F"]