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Nirav Gandhi


Favorite Games:
  • Death Stranding
  • Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
  • Fallout New Vegas

52 games reviewed
75.0 average score
80 median score
75.0% of games recommended

Nirav Gandhi's Reviews

Nirav is a 29 year-old urban planner that moonlights as a game journalist (this is not a joke). He considers himself an authority on Pokemon, Fallout, and the Dishonored series. His favorite things are Nintendo, dinosaurs, and Yoshi the Nintendo dinosaur.
5 / 10.0 - Blockbuster Inc.
Jun 9, 2024

While the film making simulator is fun, it's both lacking in content and buried under a huge, boring management simulator that dilutes the magic of movies.

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10 / 10.0 - Animal Well
May 19, 2024

Animal Well has shattered my understanding of game design in the best ways. Solemn, delightful, and haunting, you simply must discover it yourself.

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May 15, 2024

If you're looking for the hardest, most obtuse, and most complicated puzzle game ever, take off your laser goggles. You need look no further.

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Apr 21, 2024

I am shocked to my core; as a great lover of RPGs, this is one of the best ever. It's a must play for any genre fan out there.

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8 / 10.0 - Botany Manor
Apr 8, 2024

While sometimes it asks too much of players' brains, Botany Manor features some of my favorite art direction ever and a wondrous world to explore.

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Mar 30, 2024

While far too complex for genre newbies, anyone looking for a fantasy take on Fallout Shelter should look no further.

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6 / 10.0 - SummerHouse
Mar 8, 2024

While relaxing and pretty, Summerhouse features no progression and very little content. I've built all there is to build.

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Feb 7, 2024

With one foot in the past and one in the future, the powerfully themed narrative tied to masterful gameplay cements Infinite Wealth as an undisputed all-time great.

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Dec 18, 2023

While lacking in story and heart, the life sim and city building mechanics enable players to use beloved Disney characters and decorations to truly design a whole new world.

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8 / 10.0 - SteamWorld Build
Nov 27, 2023

Good for genre veterans and even better for newbies, Steamworld Build is a steamlined, silly, and smooth city-builder that's fun from the first foundation block to the last keystone.

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Nov 24, 2023

The Pale Reach is as good a reason as any to dip back into one of the best indie games of the year, but it falters in a lack of content, interesting narrative, and scares.

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Oct 21, 2023

With some of the worst writing, voice acting, dialogue, and misleads in the history of video games, this rip-off of Danganronpa is an achievement unto itself.

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Oct 19, 2023

Mirage delivers what I've wanted from Assassin's Creed better than it has in over a decade. In a fantastically recreated 9th century Baghdad, finally I feel like an assassin again.

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9 / 10.0 - Starfield
Sep 18, 2023

Starfield is the culmination of Bethesda's 25 years of excellent RPGs and makes me feel the insignificance, humility, and thrill of exploring space. Every time I think I understand Starfield, it finds a new way to surprise me.

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Aug 16, 2023

While I wish it allowed for more freedom, Shadow Gambit is an admirable meeting of stealth and strategy with just a drop of immersive sim.

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6 / 10.0 - Exoprimal
Jul 21, 2023

Exoprimal could have been an exceptionally fun Overwatch successor, but its disgusting monetization and pay-to-win structure have doomed it to extinction.

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Jul 15, 2023

Oxenfree II didn't knock my socks off like the first game, but it's a smartly written and thrilling sequel to one of my favorite adventure games ever.

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8 / 10.0 - GYLT
Jul 12, 2023

GYLT is packed with great atmosphere, music, and spooks galore, but the juvenile theming leaves the narrative wanting.

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4 / 10.0 - Crime O'Clock
Jul 5, 2023

Crime O'Clock is boring, tedious, and infuriating all at once: I recommend an I Spy book for a much better time.

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8 / 10.0 - Nova Lands
Jun 21, 2023

While it doesn't offer much new to management games, Nova Lands perfects and streamlines automation in a variety of clever ways.

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