Edwin Evans-Thirlwell


155 games reviewed
71.5 average score
75 median score
54.5% of games recommended
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Jul 2, 2021

Witty writing, evocative art and engrossing battles combine in a wonderful homage to classic tabletop games

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Dec 6, 2022

A graphical overhaul offers a gentler way of playing this vast, strange strategy game of staggering intricacy

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90 / 100 - Nuclear Throne
Dec 14, 2015

A crowning achievement for Vlambeer, and one of the finest action-roguelikes ever made.

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Apr 5, 2016

Dark Souls used to feel like a gigantic trap. Dark Souls 3, for better and for worse, feels like home. The third in the trilogy is bewitching while it lasts, but may not leave you wanting more.

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89 / 100 - The Witness
Jan 25, 2016

Blow does it again. Exquisitely layered puzzles populate a world that will keep you guessing.

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85 / 100 - Never Alone
Nov 23, 2014

A beautiful, fascinating exploration of a world that may soon be nothing more than fantasy.

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85 / 100 - Mushroom 11
Oct 21, 2015

Both genuinely original and a smart physics puzzler, but aggravating in places, Mushroom 11 falls a few inches short of a classic.

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A terrific Breath of the Wild follow-up with some brilliant new systems, amazing views and more dungeon-type spaces, plus a slightly deadening emphasis on gathering resources.

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Jul 10, 2023

A beautifully written and illustrated tale of young people trying to change their world, which comes alive on replay.

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Nov 13, 2014

Far Cry 3 remains the series' peak, but Far Cry 4 is a lovely-looking, accomplished offering that suffers from lacklustre writing and an odd lack of purpose.

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The battles are as gripping as ever but it's the character-driven melodrama that truly enlivens this first-rate strategy game

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This boarding-school daydream is grandiose and silly, but a gorgeous look and revised combat help it sing

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Awe Interactive's hellbound original finds the music at the heart of the first-person shooter

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Dec 6, 2021

The engrossing flagship Xbox shooter returns with its fabled craggy supersoldier and plenty of style but not quite enough bang.

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Jun 2, 2022

An entertaining celebration of sleight of hand from the makers of Reigns

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Jan 12, 2023

Oppressive lo-fi visuals and brutalist architecture somehow create a game of laidback curiosity and exploration

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75 / 100 - Massive Chalice
Jun 1, 2015

​Double Fine's Massive Chalice takes XCOM's DNA in a fresh direction, but doesn't exceed it.

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75 / 100 - Beyond Eyes
Aug 17, 2015

Over quickly and hardly exhilarating, but illuminating in a way games rarely bother to be.

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Sep 30, 2021

A winning but wayward chimera of survival game, surrealism and storybook adventure.

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Sledgehammer's second swing at a DLC pack is a modest hit, but lapsed Advanced Warfare fans may return to find that few others have.

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