Tom Hoggins


193 games reviewed
78.6 average score
80 median score
73.7% of games recommended
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LA Noire's VR Case Files proves so entertaining because it understands virtual reality and all the strengths and foibles it entails.

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Jan 25, 2018

Any issues melt away as you leap whooping from your seat, punching the air after you slay a giant beast while on your last sliver of health. In Monster Hunter: World, those heart-pounding epiphanies happen with thrilling regularity.

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Mar 27, 2018

Far Cry 5 may not be the biting allegory on the rise of the "alt-right" in Trump's United States that some envisaged, but it still cuts close to the bone of the culture of God-fearing, gun-toting rural America.

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Apr 11, 2018

One of the most gorgeous, spectacular and impactful blockbusters of the generation

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May 25, 2018

For better or worse, French developer Quantic Dream has forged quite the reputation for its lavish interactive dramas.

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Aug 7, 2018

That the combat is so satisfying is the game's real boon, as without it the structure could lend itself to repetition.

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Sep 3, 2018

Yes, the swinging is sensational.

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Sep 25, 2018

Is there a more quintessentially British driving experience than guiding a Land Rover across a roundabout in the Cotswolds, a light drizzle pattering across the windshield as Classic FM lilts from the radio?

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the finest the series has ever been, building on the role-playing roots laid down by Origins. An occasionally scruffy triumph of historical world-building, play and, perhaps most importantly, Grecian character.

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As a card-carrying member of the single-player society, it was with some trepidation I dived into Call of Duty:

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Oct 25, 2018

As you move around the country and the gang's predicament shifts, the complexion of both game and narrative can change to a startling degree. It is nothing if not carefully considered.

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Football Manager 2019 is the most compelling and involving upgrade of the game since, for my money, the superb FM14. While some old niggles remain --press interaction still needs its proper overhaul, for instance-- its commitment to openness and accessibility has not come at the cost of its extraordinary depth. Quite the opposite. We go again.

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Nov 13, 2018

Hot off the rip-roaring success of Pokémon Go, the mobile app that had kids of all ages prowling the streets in search of the cutesy pocket monsters, here is the Switch console's Pokémon Let's Go.

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Nov 19, 2018

Battlefield 5 is without doubt one of the most perplexing video game releases of recent years.

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Super Smash Bros Ultimate, for all its accessibility and riotous multiplayer fun, may be one of the few mainstream Nintendo games that isn’t necessarily for everyone. But that’s okay. Because in pursuing its more technical elements and providing its most substantial solo adventure yet, it's hard to see Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as anything other than a series’ best.

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Jan 10, 2019

Sega has released Catherine Classic, Atlus's surreal cult puzzle-platformer, as an upgraded PC port on Steam today.

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At times it can feel that Capcom's samurai adventure Onimusha is one of the PS2's forgotten classics.

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Jan 22, 2019

Labelling this new version of Capcom's survival-horror classic a 'remake' somehow feels like an curious understatement.

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Feb 6, 2019

If there is one thing that Respawn's potential Fortnite killer Apex Legends appreciates, it is the delights of a properly executed slide.

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Feb 13, 2019

As the third entry in the fearsomely oppressive survival-shooter series, Metro Exodus appears to set its stool out early.

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