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Soon, players can see for themselves what that special sauce that Dead Cells is cooking up and what separates it from the other roguelikes that have come before it.","2025-03-04T09:37:15.252448-05:00",{"id":242,"logo":537,"name":538,"slug":539,"tags":357,"bluesky":26,"twitter":539,"youtube":540,"facebook":539,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":541,"website_url":542,"score_format":74,"average_score":491,"default_timezone":46,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":47,"headquarters_city":543,"news_editor_email":544,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":545,"reviews_editor_email":546,"editor_in_chief_email":547,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fwccftech-logo.jpg","WCCFtech","wccftech","wccftechtv","We bring you the latest from hardware, mobile tech, gaming and internet industries","https:\u002F\u002Fwccftech.com\u002F","Vancouver","nate@wccftech.com","Canada","kai@wccftech.com","saad@wccftech.com",{"id":549,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":550,"author":551,"original_score":558,"normalized_score":559,"review_url":560,"review_date":10,"summary":561,"created_at":562,"updated_at":562,"author_id":552,"last_edited_at":563,"outlet":564},99229,137,{"id":552,"bio":26,"name":553,"avg_score":554,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":555,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":556,"claim_token":26,"article_count":557,"claimed_by_user_id":26},8936,"Tyler Hall",76.20930232558139,"2025-03-25T14:18:43.127732-04:00","2025-03-25T14:22:15.400081-04:00",86,"9.1",91,"https:\u002F\u002Fvideochums.com\u002Freview\u002Fdead-cells","Indie roguelikes are a dime a dozen but Dead Cells is in a class of its own. Developers Motion Twin have blended several satisfying roguelike elements and the end result is a fun and challenging experience that remains accessible and never overly punishing.","2025-03-25T14:19:43.042282-04:00","2025-03-25T15:20:33.860612-04:00",{"id":550,"logo":565,"name":566,"slug":567,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":568,"youtube":26,"facebook":26,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":569,"website_url":570,"score_format":74,"average_score":102,"default_timezone":46,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":47,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVideo-Chums.jpg","Video Chums","video-chums","VideoChums","Video Chums brings you great video game reviews and fun top 10 lists for new and retro video games.","https:\u002F\u002Fvideochums.com\u002F",{"id":572,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":573,"author":574,"original_score":26,"normalized_score":26,"review_url":580,"review_date":581,"summary":582,"created_at":583,"updated_at":583,"author_id":575,"last_edited_at":173,"outlet":584},32242,36,{"id":575,"bio":26,"name":576,"avg_score":26,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":577,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":578,"claim_token":26,"article_count":579,"claimed_by_user_id":26},3412,"Justin McElroy","2024-12-06T18:08:40.217773-05:00","2024-12-06T18:37:11.916118-05:00",14,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.polygon.com\u002F2017\u002F5\u002F19\u002F15659584\u002Fdead-cells-review","2017-05-19","To be straight with you, I had to really plumb the depths of my critical mind to scrounge up those dings. They are problems, don't get me wrong. They just can't come close to dimming the pleasure of this fast, fluid experience. Dead Cells may be the most fun I've had in a game all year.","2024-12-06T18:08:50.825563-05:00",{"id":573,"logo":585,"name":586,"slug":587,"tags":152,"bluesky":588,"twitter":587,"youtube":587,"facebook":587,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":589,"website_url":590,"score_format":45,"average_score":26,"default_timezone":46,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":47,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fpolygon-logo.png","Polygon","polygon","polygon.com","Covering video games, entertainment, and the culture around them. We find, share, and investigate the things you love and the people who make and enjoy them.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.polygon.com\u002F",{"id":592,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":593,"author":594,"original_score":45,"normalized_score":26,"review_url":601,"review_date":602,"summary":603,"created_at":604,"updated_at":604,"author_id":595,"last_edited_at":604,"outlet":605},49192,64,{"id":595,"bio":26,"name":596,"avg_score":597,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":598,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":599,"claim_token":26,"article_count":600,"claimed_by_user_id":26},4166,"Brendan Caldwell",60,"2025-01-21T07:04:38.466025-05:00","2025-10-31T13:07:00.848632-04:00",101,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rockpapershotgun.com\u002Fdead-cells-review-early-access","2017-05-16","There's much to like that I haven't even mentioned: that satisfying stomp attack, the relief of an ice grenade, clever and useful teleporter placement, key items that unlock whole new sets of levels, secret areas opened with runestones, cursed chests that give you a powerful item but leave you vulnerable to one-hit kills (and who goad and tease you as you pass them). Even busting through a door and using the shards to stun your enemies is deeply satisfying. It’s a hugely mechanically literate videogame, if that makes any sense, absorbing the tissue from a library of sources and somehow smooshing them together until only a single rock-solid figure remains, quick on its feet and dripping with viscera. When I first received a press release about it, I frowned at the term \"roguevania\", being instinctively hostile to the hybrid phrases birthed by developers and PR folk, like so many slimy chimeras. But for once, Dead Cells is worthy of its own invention. It's not just a roguevania - it's a damn good roguevania.","2025-01-21T07:07:16.355121-05:00",{"id":593,"logo":606,"name":607,"slug":608,"tags":152,"bluesky":609,"twitter":610,"youtube":611,"facebook":610,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":612,"website_url":613,"score_format":45,"average_score":26,"default_timezone":46,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":47,"headquarters_city":465,"news_editor_email":614,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":76,"reviews_editor_email":615,"editor_in_chief_email":616,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FRock-Paper-Shotgun-Logo.jpg","Rock Paper Shotgun","rock-paper-shotgun","rockpapershotgun.bsky.social","rockpapershot","@rockpapershot","We write about PC games, and things to do with PC games.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rockpapershotgun.com\u002F","edwin.evansthirlwell@rockpapershotgun.com","ed.thorn@rockpapershotgun.com","graham@rockpapershotgun.com"]