Review

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 Rae

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Impressions : Heart of the Machine

Heart of the Machine from Arcen Games describes itself as a blend of a lot genres, including city builder, 4X, and several others that I forgot as soon as I read them. A lot of genres I don’t have a ton of experience with, let’s put it that way. But…

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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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30

Jan

By Peter

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth : PC Performance Review

Like its predecessor before it, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth finally makes its way to PC. We were all excited to see the game make its way over to a new platform, but that excitement was tempered by a healthy dose of skepticism as to whether Square Enix could deliver a…

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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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27

Jan

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Eternal Strands : Magic of the Colossus

I’m a simple man. You tell me you are making a new IP mixing gameplay styles from some of my favorite games, I’m gonna pay attention. The pitch for Yellow Brick Games' Eternal Strands sounds like a dream come true: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom physics-based gameplay…

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27

Jan

By Ains

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Review : Tails of Iron 2 Whiskers of Winter : Rat-her Impressive

Tails of Iron from Odd Bug Studio was released in 2021 to relatively little fanfare. I had the pleasure to review it and, like others, I found it well-designed, charming, and deeper than it looked on the surface. Over time, it gained an audience and ended up being very well…

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24

Jan

By Seasoned Gaming

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The Impact of Dragon Age Veilguard’s Conversational Choices

With the launch of Dragon Age: The Veilguard came discussions on how BioWare decided to implement character creation and identifying characteristics for players wanting the full role-playing experience. As developers embrace the larger gaming community with these options, I feel it's important that we look at these implementations holistically. In…

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