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Joonatan Itkonen

Helsinki, Finland

Favorite Games:
  • Disco Elysium
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

156 games reviewed
73.2 average score
80 median score
40.4% of games recommended

Joonatan Itkonen's Reviews

AuDHD, queer writer for and about film, comics, and games. Bylines with KonsoliFIN, Toisto, Pelaaja, Debug Magazine, FILMHOUNDS. BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jonjonrevolution.bsky.social
Jun 21, 2023

Final Fantasy XVI is a revival and renewal of the classic franchise so sublime that it reminded me why I fell in love with the series in the first place.

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May 30, 2023

Diablo IV is a difficult game to review because it will be a completely different title a year from now. As it currently stands, it's full of great ideas which are almost uniformly poorly implemented. Give it 12 months, and it'll be something else, and that itself is a double-edged sword.

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May 30, 2023

Street Fighter is one of the oldest and most recognizable fighting series in history, and its latest edition is the best the franchise has ever been. That's an incredible feat few, if any, series can lay claim to, and Street Fighter makes it look easy.

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May 2, 2023

I really wanted Redfall to be great, but this is an empty and horrifically dull looter-shooter without a soul.

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As a sequel, Jedi: Survivor is arguably more fun than the first part of the series. Its sprawling open-world hubs, secret passages, and a healthy dose of customization, certainly bring more to the table. But bigger doesn’t necessarily mean that what we’re getting is more complex or refined. Most areas where Jedi: Survivor stumbles are precisely the same as its predecessor.

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The prequel to one of the great action game titles out there is a smart and sweet adventure that just works. It's superbly pretty, wholesome, and genuinely fun, even if you're not a fan of Bayonetta's previous outings.

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Apr 21, 2023

It’s not a perfect game. It’s not for everyone, either. But if you’ve got a hankering for some zombie horror, there are very few games out right now that will do the trick with the same level of visceral thrills as this one.

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Apr 14, 2023

Minecraft is an institution at this point, and while Minecraft Legends doesn't innovate as much as it thinks it does, there's still a lot to enjoy in this strategy-lite adventure for the whole family.

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Apr 6, 2023

Fire Emblem Engage focuses on just the basics, and for fans, that's exactly what it needs to do. It won't win any new converts, but for everyone who already loves this franchise, Engage offers some of the best thrills and tactical beats the series has created in years.

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Metroid Prime is a lovingly crafted remaster of an all-time classic that makes a case for Samus as one of the great action heroes in gaming. This is still a near-perfect title, one that has aged remarkably well thanks to smart quality-of-life updates. A must-buy.

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Apr 3, 2023

Octopath Traveler 2, the sequel to a flawed but ambitious RPG, improves everything about the original and emerges as one of the best games for the Nintendo Switch. Featuring a sprawling world and cast of unforgettable characters, it's an epic masterpiece that delights time after time.

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Mar 27, 2023

One Piece Odyssey could have been the game of the year in the early 2000s. Now, it's just a dated relic of a series that's best remembered for what it was, and not what it's become.

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Mar 1, 2023

The difference between good-bad and outright bad-bad is often a thin red line. Wanted: Dead is clearly the latter, and it doesn't even attempt to be anything else.

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I had such high hopes for Darktide, and each one of them ended up a disappointment. This is a dire, bland, and often very broken multiplayer experience that doesn't capture an iota of the fun or horrific awe the franchise should inspire.

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Crisis Core was always an outlier, even if it was the best of the expanded Final Fantasy 7 gaming universe. 20-plus years later, it stands out as a decent, if oddly-paced and often poorly-written prequel that you won't miss if you decide to skip it. Only for the fans, this one.

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Jan 9, 2023

Gungrave G.O.R.E isn't big, novel, or even new, but it is damn fun for the short amount of time that it lasts. You probably shouldn't pay full price for it, but fans of this particular style of shooter will be in gory, blood-soaked heaven.

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Dec 11, 2022

Tactics Ogre: Reborn doesn't reinvent the wheel, but even as a light remaster it's among the best of its genre. For fans, this is a must-buy. For everyone else, it's a fine introduction to one of the original classics that continues to set the standard.

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A janky, broken nightmare that nobody should have to experience.

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While I appreciate the wild swings and big ideas that Nier: Automata presents, the simple fact remains that it's just not engaging enough as a game or as a story to warrant as many playthroughs as it demands. It could probably work better as an OVA. But as a game, it's just a frustrating work of repetition and dire plotting.

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Oct 1, 2022

Live A Live is a delightful, if unsurprising, remaster of a classic that received barely any attention in the West when it was first released. Now, it's finally here, and somehow still feels as inventive and fresh as the day it first came out.

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