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Darksiders Genesis gets a lot right. It has plenty of personality and a dynamic, engaging action system. Its only real problem is that it has tackled a thematic challenge that it can’t deliver – hell should not be dull, empty or repetitive, and yet this game fails on all fronts...
Bloober Team do manage to flex some of creative muscle in the latter half of the game, but unfortunately the weight and expectations of the Blair Witch property weigh down the narrative that the studio very clearly wants to tell. Genuinely interesting ideas about trauma and regret are intertwined with...
I can’t think of a single thing that truly disappointed me about Transport Fever 2. It’s elegantly presented and understands that some efficiencies are required for the sake of playability – for example, in a game like A-Train if you’ve got two or more trains sharing a track you better...
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The biggest compliment I can give to AVICII Invector is that it helped me gain a deeper appreciation of AVICII’s music, in a wholly unexpected way. Although we’ll sadly never get to experience AVICII live in concert, Invector comes close to the experience – it helps players see the patterns...
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Simulacra is one of the more interesting lost phone games I’ve played, and I enjoy the horror atmosphere it creates. The narrative is beyond intriguing despite the blandness of Anna herself, helped along by distrustful characters with more depth to them. I like the fact that there is generally no...
Lost Ember has its heart and soul in the right place, and every time I discovered a new area I was left amazed with the gorgeous vistas and intense beauty of it all. I also greatly appreciated that this is one of those games that respected my time and, large...
Good intent doesn’t cover for a game this poor though. I would love to see the developers learn from this one and come back with something more, because there is a lot to admire about Decay of Logos. Enough so that I don’t think I’ve ever felt quite as deflated...
One thing is certain about the Sniper Ghost Warriors series: CI Games is slowly bringing this franchise, kicking and screaming as it is, into a niche of its own. The early titles were horribly rough. This new one still betrays a lack of confidence in really breaking away to do...
There’s nothing wrong with how Black Future ’88 plays. It’s actually quite exceptional. But there are a lot of exceptional roguelikes and hardcore 2D platformers, and Black Future ’88 lacks the narrative or context that it really needed to stand out against its many competitors.
