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The XCOM clone genre is a small one, but there are plenty of quality games within it. Phantom Doctrine, for example, took the base idea and gave it a great espionage theme. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle gave the serious tone of the genre a colourful, manic coat of paint....
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Ultimately, Planet Zoo is to zoo management games what Planet Coaster is to theme park management games—a spiritual successor to tycoon games of days gone by, with more depth and more freedom for creativity than ever. Some of the more complex elements can take a while to really click, but...
Overall, when Need for Speed: Heat is producing its promised fantasy, it’s a wonderful game which I’m always happy to keep coming back to. Ghost Games have improved their engine and systems to make the city and cars feel better than ever, and Heat’s core gameplay loop is designed to...
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For players that have yet to play either of these two titles, this package is more than worth picking up as it comes at a great price for two separate titles. Whether either is worth a replay or not is debatable, however. This package came at perhaps the wrong time...
New Super Lucky’s Tale is a competent game but not one which will excite players. It’s got a clear target demographic in mind and delivers on what it promises. At the very least, it’s a marked improvement on the original Super Lucky’s Tale, and is arguably the most immediately playable...
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Initially I was worried that Layton sans the titular professor would be a problem. In the end that wasn’t where the issues lay with Layton’s Mystery Journey. I’m certainly on board with Katrielle taking over and having the kind of long career that her father did, but Level-5 does need...
Like the very best horror, Tokyo Dark takes a look at real-world issues and tensions in a way that’s memorably shocking. There’s a strong subtext to Tokyo Dark’s story, and its told in a nuanced way, with memorable characters and intense imagery. Cherrymochi is a unique developer that has created...
For the first ten hours or so I thought that The Outer Worlds would become a game of the year contender. Unfortunately it ultimately proves itself to be a little too shallow for that, but the combination of stunning vistas, excellent party members, and entertaining gunplay make it much like...
There’s nothing wrong with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 2020. It’s presented with verve and for such a large range of mini-games, the fact that there’s no true dud in there is impressive in its own right. At the same time, it lacks the competitive edge of the...
