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For players who have already played through Ori before, the definitive version’s new areas are a good enough reason to jump back into the forest, and for new players, there’s no reason to not experience what this game has to offer. It would have been nice to see the developers...
When you’ve died a couple of times and experimented with the wide variety of unique assets, you’d think the game would throw a different kind of curve ball somewhere down the line; that never happens. This did not, however, dampen the excitement one bit. I was just as head over...
Tamsoft went into this one with a clear brief to do something heavily fanservicey, and even by comparison to its work on Action Unleashed, MegaTagmension certainly achieves that. It’s heavily exploitative with those school uniforms, and that might put you off it, but for existing fans of the girls and...
Valkyria Chronicles is, simply, one of the best tactical games you’ll ever play. It’s serious, but doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s emotionally compelling while never losing sight of the fact it’s also a game. It’s a popular and well-regarded game that, for whatever reason, people simply don’t talk about...
For a game that should not be pushing too many limits technologically, I did get some odd graphical slowdown at times. This coupled with a visual style that might not appeal to everyone, Duelyst is not without some faults. While I was able to earn packs of orbs/cards more quickly...
It’s rare that a game tries to be genuine to the noir canon. David Cage’s Heavy Rain is certainly one example, and in a very vague sense Telltale’s own The Wolf Among Us is another. Blues and Bullets is without a doubt the most true, and also most effective, crime...
Even without the multiplayer, however, Battle Worlds Kronos is a unique, deep, and rich tactical strategy game. It’s not something I ever expected to see on my home consoles, but it’s nice to see, because as much as I like my wargames, I really do prefer to kick back in...
Overall it’s hard to recommend this game as it feels unpolished and very repetitive. I went in expecting some dark humor but it turned out to take itself too seriously as a game to do that. Herein lies a lesson for developers that want to tackle really transgressive topics, and...
In terms of giving the fans what they want, I’m certain Naughty Dog has nailed every part of the brief that it was given. Uncharted 4 shows a truly masterful eye for detail and is near perfect in mechanical execution. It’s also presented with cinematic brilliance. My issues with the...
Luckily, the joy of unfurling Stories’ myriad of tales makes up for its mechanical shortcomings. If the RPG mechanics are your main attraction, you’ll probably be disappointed, but as an experiment in choice-driven narratives, Stories is clever, impressive, and well worth a look.
Alienation is a hugely enjoyable game, but it’s one that’s playing the ball a little too safely, and resting too heavily on the successes of games that have come before it. Ultimately I don’t think this will be remembered as a classic, and it doesn’t need to be; what Housemarque...
It’s easy to recommend The Collider 2 as something that is a lot of fun to play. Whether or not you enjoy tunnel racers, and even if you hadn’t heard of the unofficial name for this “genre” until now, it doesn’t matter: the game strikes a near-perfect balance between challenge...
