Reviews

12

May

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Clair Obscur Expedition 33 : Tomorrow Comes

Once in a while, there comes a game that, at its synergetic apotheosis of its many different elements, just leaves you awestruck. The kind of game that reminds you of the power of this medium to touch and inspire you in many different ways. A reminder that passion, above all,…

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30

Apr

By Ray

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Review : Post Trauma : Flawed Yet Worthy

Roman’s world is crumbling, not just physically, but emotionally. In Post Trauma, guilt twists reality into a prison of fleshy tendrils and sorrow. And Roman needs to find a way to escape or else lose himself to "The Gloom." That’s the premise behind Post Trauma, the debut title from Spanish…

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28

Apr

By AndresPlays

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Review : Mandragora Whispers of the Witch Tree

To make waves in today’s gaming landscape, a new video game release not only needs to be good at what it does, but great. Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree hooks from the first moment with its instilled sense of darkness encroaching in a tragic world where there is no…

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11

Apr

By Ray

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Review : Look Outside : Horrifying Day in the Neighborhood

To survive in Look Outside, forget what you know about being a good neighbor, and trust no one. This debut from indie developer Francis Coulombe, and published by Devolver Digital, is a surreal 2D horror RPG with SNES-style visuals. Released on PC, the game played flawlessly across my desktop and…

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07

Apr

By AndresPlays

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Review : Promise Mascot Agency : Like A Driver

A prominent surreal aesthetic in which heavily filtered memories of yesteryear recall simpler days has permeated social media in recent years. To ground this concept in a video game about an ex-yakuza managing an agency of Japanese mascots sounds outlandish, yet once seeing it in action, it feels meant to…

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03

Apr

By Eric Bezanson

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Review : South of Midnight : A Symphony of Southern Charm, On Repeat

South of Midnight arrives as the third title from Montreal's Compulsion Games, marking their first release entirely under the Xbox Game Studios banner. Having built a reputation as a studio with stunning artistic direction and evocative musical scores with titles like Contrast and We Happy Few, my anticipation surrounding South…

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24

Mar

By Ray

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Review : Karma Dark World : A Mind-Bending Dystopian Journey

Karma: Dark World caught me completely off guard. Marketed as a cinematic first-person psychological thriller, it turns out to be far more ambitious and emotionally affecting than I could have imagined. The debut game from Shanghai-based Pollard Studio, Karma: Dark World offers a surreal and haunting experience that blends political…

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24

Mar

By AndresPlays

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Review : Atomfall : Embrace The Tension

The dangers posed by breakthrough scientific advancement have seldom been heeded. Case in point, the Windscale nuclear accident occurred in 1957. The worst in the history of the United Kingdom, it was safely contained due to the tenacity of a handful of scientists. But what if it wasn’t? Atomfall presents…

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18

Mar

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Assassin’s Creed Shadows : Ghost in the Shell

There is plenty of fanfare surrounding Assassin’s Creed Shadows. It is the first full-fledged entry in 5 years in Ubisoft’s long running, ever popular stealth action series. It is an entry finally making good on long-requested fan clamor by setting one of these games in Feudal Japan. And it has…

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10

Mar

By AndresPlays

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Review : Wanderstop : Smell The Roses

There comes a time in our lives when a piece of media so perfectly captures the zeitgeist that it reflects how large swaths of society struggle with a rampant problem. Exhaustion is a strange beast in the way it creeps up on you to never let go unless you tackle…

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25

Feb

By Ray

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Review : Two Point Museum : A Curator’s Paradise

Two Point Studios, the team behind Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus, is back with Two Point Museum, a vibrant and quirky management sim where you build, customize, and manage museums filled with all types of oddities and exhibits. Packed with the same humor and charm that made their…

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24

Feb

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Monster Hunter Wilds : Nuh Horizons

Considering the litany of IP that’s part of Capcom’s stable, it’s sometimes easy to forget just how big the Monster Hunter franchise actually is for them. The action-role playing hunting franchise first roared to the scene in 2004 on PlayStation 2, and it carved a significant niche with its portable…

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18

Feb

By AndresPlays

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Review : Lost Records: Bloom & Rage : Grrrl Power

DON'T NOD, the original studio of Life Is Strange, has always specialized in capturing a moment in time, thrusting you into those situations alongside its starry-eyed characters. Fine-tuned to a fault, its trademark playstyle has finally evolved into Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. A journey of a thousand miles begins…

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13

Feb

By Don Lionheart

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Review : Avowed : Awowed

In 2012, Obsidian Entertainment announced, launched, and funded what became, at the time, the biggest video game Kickstarter project in history: Project Eternity. Four million dollars and three years later, Project Eternity released to critical acclaim and commercial success as Pillars of Eternity, a traditional computer role-playing game, or cRPG,…

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29

Jan

By Rae

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Review : Sword of the Necromancer Resurrection : FORWARD!

I never played the original Sword of the Necromancer. I hadn’t even heard of it until this remake was announced. It’s not a game I would normally have looked at--I mean, it doesn’t even have cooking! Even Kingdom Hearts 3 has a cooking mini-game (even though it’s locked behind the…

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