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Whether it is news, reviews, features, or guides – we're your source for high quality game coverage since 2013.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net",74,"2026-04-16","2026-04-21T12:25:16.686278","Indianapolis","jallen@techraptor.net","8df87287-e31d-40dd-bd62-4fe839efbe0e","sam@techraptor.net","aotton@techraptor.net",144,1466,{"id":322,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":323,"author":324,"original_score":331,"normalized_score":157,"review_url":332,"review_date":10,"summary":333,"created_at":334,"updated_at":334,"author_id":325,"last_edited_at":335,"outlet":336},101142,138,{"id":325,"bio":19,"name":326,"avg_score":327,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":328,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":329,"claim_token":19,"article_count":330,"claimed_by_user_id":19},8955,"Kyle Nicol",72.84188034188034,"2025-03-25T16:26:59.210749-04:00","2026-07-28T13:51:18.863648-04:00",246,"7.5","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F2021\u002F07\u002F28\u002Freview-chernobylite\u002F","What happens when you take a survival game, horror title, first-person shooter, and combine it with a heist plot? 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It's hard to call this a survival horror title, but all the management aspects and the branching storylines will provide fans of the survival genre plenty to enjoy. There are only a handful of areas to go to and while they're decent sized, enemies tend to respawn in the same location upon returning to the location. The atmosphere could have gone a different direction, but the visuals and environments are undeniably effective. The visual design in the portals in particular are something to marvel at. 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No nonsense, just games.","https:\u002F\u002Fhardcoregamer.com\u002F","2025-07-31","2025-08-25T15:23:50.92109",3,28,521,{"id":398,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":30,"author":399,"original_score":405,"normalized_score":90,"review_url":406,"review_date":10,"summary":407,"created_at":408,"updated_at":408,"author_id":400,"last_edited_at":408,"outlet":409},53688,{"id":400,"bio":19,"name":401,"avg_score":402,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":403,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":404,"claim_token":19,"article_count":371,"claimed_by_user_id":19},4494,"Dariusz Matusiak",77.41935483870968,"2025-01-23T14:34:57.885069-05:00","2025-02-03T11:04:37.083993-05:00","8.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gry-online.pl\u002Frecenzje\u002Frecenzja-gry-chernobylite-polski-stalker-na-miare-naszych-mozliwo\u002Fz338a7","The Polish game Chernobylite is an extremely atmospheric return to the Chernobyl Zone. In addition, it intrigues with the plot, choices and gives a lot of freedom during the game. 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Its cycle of scavenging and questing is addicting, and its characters are fun to meet. But that also means it becomes too easy once you get a feel for the controls and mechanics. Add that with a story that isn’t scary, and you have a flawed game with an engaging core. It held my attention during its full runtime, and I can’t say that for a lot of games.","2025-03-17T11:02:08.15246-04:00","2025-03-24T11:25:52.569657-04:00",{"id":428,"logo":441,"name":442,"slug":443,"tags":19,"bluesky":444,"twitter":445,"youtube":446,"facebook":442,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":447,"website_url":448,"score_format":74,"average_score":183,"default_timezone":45,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":46,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":449,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":159,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":450,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameWatcher-Logo.jpeg","GameWatcher","gamewatcher","gamewatcher.com","GameWatcherCom","@GameWatcher-Strategy","GameWatcher is a games media site focusing on Strategy and Horror Games.","https:\u002F\u002Fgamewatcher.com","bogdanrobertmates@gmail.com","Jamie@gamewatcher.com",{"id":452,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":453,"author":454,"original_score":461,"normalized_score":462,"review_url":463,"review_date":10,"summary":464,"created_at":465,"updated_at":465,"author_id":455,"last_edited_at":465,"outlet":466},102826,140,{"id":455,"bio":19,"name":456,"avg_score":457,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":458,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":459,"claim_token":19,"article_count":460,"claimed_by_user_id":19},8991,"Charlie Kelly",75.91428571428571,"2025-03-25T20:36:19.200323-04:00","2025-09-07T21:08:18.111395-04:00",186,"6",60,"https:\u002F\u002Fcheckpointgaming.net\u002Freviews\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Fchernobylite-review-not-as-nuclear-as-it-should-be\u002F","Another Chernobyl set survival game is once more begging for your attention. No, I’m not talking about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, that’s still some months away. What is at least attempting to tide you over until then is Chernobylite, a horror-action shooter developed by The Farm 51. With Alexey Sityanov on the team, who’s a game writer and story writer on the very first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, it’s no mistake the team is aiming for those comparisons.","2025-03-25T20:49:54.3006-04:00",{"id":453,"logo":467,"name":468,"slug":469,"tags":19,"bluesky":19,"twitter":470,"youtube":19,"facebook":471,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":472,"website_url":473,"score_format":74,"average_score":311,"default_timezone":45,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":46,"headquarters_city":474,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":475,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcheckpoint-gaming.jpg","Checkpoint Gaming","checkpoint-gaming","checkpointAU","checkpoint.joy949","Join us every Saturday 2PM on JOY94.9 for all the latest news, reviews & more in the gaming world!","https:\u002F\u002Fcheckpointgaming.net\u002F","Melbourne","Australia",{"id":477,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":478,"author":479,"original_score":141,"normalized_score":142,"review_url":486,"review_date":10,"summary":487,"created_at":488,"updated_at":488,"author_id":480,"last_edited_at":489,"outlet":490},135698,148,{"id":480,"bio":19,"name":481,"avg_score":482,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":483,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":484,"claim_token":19,"article_count":485,"claimed_by_user_id":19},11149,"Eliot Lefebvre",70.8,"2025-04-25T14:41:32.508977-04:00","2025-05-21T22:33:52.679118-04:00",101,"https:\u002F\u002Fgamerescape.com\u002F2021\u002F07\u002F28\u002Freview-chernobylite\u002F","This is a slower, more painful, and in many ways more failure-prone sort of game. But for players who enjoy the option of a slower ludonarrative and want to experience a build through this difficult situation, stalking the wreckage of the exclusion zone is going to be a lot of fun. If you’re willing to be patient and survival-minded, you’ll find a lot to enjoy here in Chernobylite.","2025-04-25T14:50:44.782608-04:00","2025-04-25T17:08:08.381087-04:00",{"id":478,"logo":491,"name":492,"slug":493,"tags":19,"bluesky":19,"twitter":494,"youtube":495,"facebook":494,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":496,"website_url":497,"score_format":74,"average_score":311,"default_timezone":45,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":46,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":498,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":49,"reviews_editor_email":498,"editor_in_chief_email":499,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgamerescape-logo.jpg","Gamer Escape","gamer-escape","gamerescape","@GamerEscape","We're a website that loves to talk about video 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