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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","10",74,"UTC","2026-09-02","2026-09-17T17:35:13.874733","Indianapolis","jallen@techraptor.net","8df87287-e31d-40dd-bd62-4fe839efbe0e",2,3,"United States","sam@techraptor.net","aotton@techraptor.net",146,1557,{"id":63,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":64,"author":65,"original_score":72,"normalized_score":73,"review_url":74,"review_date":75,"summary":76,"created_at":77,"updated_at":77,"author_id":66,"last_edited_at":77,"original_summary":16,"source_language":16,"is_translated":35,"outlet":78},73765,69,{"id":66,"bio":16,"name":67,"avg_score":68,"outlet_id":64,"created_at":69,"profile_id":16,"updated_at":70,"claim_token":16,"article_count":71,"claimed_by_user_id":16},4920,"Leif Johnson",73.34328358208955,"2025-01-26T13:25:07.102915-05:00","2025-07-08T17:24:14.793571-04:00",134,"5.7",57,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002F2017\u002F10\u002F25\u002Fovergrowth-review","2017-10-25","The combat of Overgrowth is exhilaratingly fun with everything's working as it should, but that’s not very often. You also have to get used to the wonky and weird way it interprets both combat strikes and landings. It's a shame that everything else about Overgrowth, whether it's the story, the level design, or even the physics system, feels undercooked. 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