Ash Wayling


87 games reviewed
79.8 average score
80 median score
63.2% of games recommended
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8 / 10.0 - WWE 2K18
Oct 20, 2017

The most fun you can have while being brutally beaten up

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Dec 13, 2017

Alongside the familiar narrative and beautiful locations of the original game, the ‘Ultra’ prefix feels like a fantastic upgrade to a game that was already brilliant, elevating it to become the definitive generation 7 Pokémon experience.

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Battle for Azeroth may feel a bit safe in places, and a little bland in others – but the exciting elements are by far enough to overshadow these minor gripes

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Nov 15, 2018

Dark Souls Remastered was a genuinely disappointing experience on the Switch for me. From the less precise and borderline clunky peripherals to the stuttery framerate and lower audiovisual quality, I really wouldn't say the Switch version is worth the caveats that come with it

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If you have played them in the past, even fleetingly – this is a great time to get reacquainted with Phoenix Wright and co

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Sep 9, 2019

Honestly? For its price there is little reason not to pick up Children of Morta, apart from the obvious case of you don’t like Roguelike Action RPGs

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Oct 10, 2020

A fantastic reason to break the trilogy and fill out a comfy quadrilogy (or if we are lucky, pentalogy)

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8 / 10.0 - Card Shark
Jun 6, 2022

It’s the most fun you’ll have from a comfortable vantage point of shuffling cards and pouring wine.

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8 / 10.0 - Overwatch 2
Oct 7, 2022

With a revitalised gameplay experience and tighter combat, the actual moment-to-moment gameplay of Overwatch has never been better. Let’s hope the monetisation strategy relaxes a little.

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Oct 20, 2022

With a narrative that offers more hits than misses, New Tales From The Borderlands is a modern, gorgeous glimpse into what the nobodies of the Borderlands universe get up to on their shittiest days.

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Dec 5, 2022

Darktide is a game that has atmosphere seeping out of every orifice. Its design brings a crushingly depressing and oppressive aesthetic to life in new and exciting ways, transporting the player to the grimy underbelly of Tertium. The most shocking realisation is that you don't want to leave.

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8 / 10.0 - LONE RUIN
Jan 12, 2023

Lone Ruin nails the brief on what makes an appreciable roguelike – combining a slick and sexy aesthetic with a core gameplay loop that can be rapidly picked up, but is deep enough to beg for mastery.

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May 24, 2023

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun successfully captures the dark and expansive lore of the Warhammer universe, immersing the player in a grim and pixelated future that will appeal to both fans of the franchise and FPS enthusiasts.

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Aug 17, 2023

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood drinks deep from the well of creativity, shattering whatever narrative mould you may have expected to deliver a magical fortune telling experience you'll find hard to forget.

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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy is the essential final chapter to the Ace Attorney courtroom experience. It's a hilarious, heartwarming, and mind-bending experience that will leave you cheering at every triumph and gasping at every ridiculous twist.

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8 / 10.0 - Bears in Space
Mar 22, 2024

Clearly an object of passion, Bears In Space is far more than a vehicle to deliver endless skits and gags. It's a more than competent shooter that has been painstakingly put together to reflect the joy felt by individuals who clearly love classic gaming, oddball entertainment and most importantly – having fun.

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8 / 10.0 - Demon's Mirror
Sep 5, 2024

Taking the best parts of a card battler and classic 'match three' board busters, Demon's Mirror manages to create something familiar but still fiercely unique and unquantifiably vast.

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7.5 / 10.0 - Dead Rising 4
Dec 4, 2016

Minor gripes, sour grapes and a great deal of holiday zombie japes

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7.5 / 10.0 - John Wick Hex
Oct 9, 2019

John Wick Hex is a triumph of clever ideas being used to give players the agency to really feel like the badass they saw in the films, to try and best translate exactly how they’d take care of business if they were Keanu Reeves

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Nov 19, 2019

Pendulo Studios have managed to create something that feels unbelievably faithful to its source material, with an admittedly small number of teething problems that really don’t detract from the overall experience

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