Ben Wilson


64 games reviewed
77.8 average score
80 median score
65.6% of games recommended
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Feb 7, 2018

An accessible yet thoroughly entertaining competitive fighter, Dragon Ball FighterZ is a game for low-levels and super-elites alike.

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Nov 16, 2017

Payback is good – assuming you're talking about the 1999 film.

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So far, Before the Storm is maturing nicely.

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Oct 23, 2017

Exceptional when it all works, but for the third year running launch-day gremlins prohibit an even greater score.

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Sep 28, 2017

The best footballing package available, with myriad improvements – yet still unlikely to convert fans of the opposition.

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Sep 27, 2017

Whichever side of the footballing gulf you plant your neon footwear, there's no question that EA's behemoth delivers bang for its megabucks.

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8.4 / 10.0 - Project CARS 2
Sep 26, 2017

Ben received a digital copy of Project CARS 2 from Bandai Namco for review.

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9 / 10.0 - Yakuza Kiwami
Sep 21, 2017

Another remake, but a damn good one. The perfect place to begin if you've never played Yakuza before.

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Ben received a digital copy of Life is Strange: Before the Storm from Square Enix for review.

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Aug 24, 2017

An emotional inferno, worth your suffering.

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7 / 10.0 - RiME
May 31, 2017

Ben received a digital copy of Rime from the developer for review.

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May 9, 2017

Ben received a digital copy of Little Nightmares from Bandai Namco for review.

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Apr 4, 2017

Masterfully balances the needs of old and new players alike – but online teething problems are a curveball Sony has to overcome for the game to truly prosper.

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6.7 / 10.0 - Halo Wars 2
Feb 23, 2017

Ben received a physical copy of Halo Wars 2 from Xbox NZ for review.

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6 / 10.0 - Sniper Elite 4
Feb 15, 2017

Ben received a digital copy of Sniper Elite 4 from GDE for review.

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Not quite the game we need, but certainly the one we deserve.

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Completely self-supporting; and that’s okay.

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Nov 15, 2016

Ben received a physical copy of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 from Bandai Namco for review.

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For all the choices we’re given in Telltale games, they often lead to the same destinations. We can affect the littles outcomes, but can’t sway the larger ones, which by this point in the developer’s career is no revelation. It’s the illusion of choice that keeps us happy and narratively enchanted - a spell I’m quite okay to be under. Creating branches for every decision would simply be untenable, and even considering the limitations of this model - the stories themselves, however little we can change them, are worth exploring anyway.

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8.2 / 10.0 - Titanfall 2
Oct 25, 2016

Being uniquely eclectic, Titanfall 2 is designed just well enough, and with enough layers so to not be entirely derivative. Hero simulations are so vastly abundant in this industry - so if you’re going to play one, you might as well choose from those who do it the best.

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