Vikki Blake


99 games reviewed
71.4 average score
70 median score
32.7% of games recommended
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No Recommendation / Blank - Chinatown Detective Agency
Apr 15, 2022

Those small - or big, depending upon your personal view - irritations aside, there's a lot to enjoy about Chinatown Detective Agency, and the story's just about worth the ride. Personally, I'm a little tired of the penchant for retro pixel art, but if you can make your peace with the other lightweight or frustrating mechanics, Chinatown Detective Agency introduces you to a memorable cast and takes you to some striking places. What a crime it is, then, that such a promising premise doesn't quite do enough with them.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Ghostwire: Tokyo
Mar 24, 2022

Mediocre combat and tiresome activities hold back Ghostwire: Tokyo's otherwise spectacular, otherwordly atmosphere.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Martha is Dead
Feb 25, 2022

A good premise and gripping start is undermined by a second half of bugs, bad writing, and grossly overused clich's of mental ill-health.

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Recommended - FAR: Changing Tides
Feb 21, 2022

Far: Changing Tides' story is a little longer and its puzzles more refined than its predecessor, while its world is as beautiful as ever.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction
Jan 21, 2022

Rainbow Six Extraction's tactical PvE is good, punchy fun with a squad, and has a couple of nice little twists - but that's about it.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Kid A Mnesia: Exhibition
Dec 19, 2021

Radiohead's near-genreless music is paired with a remarkable first-person walkthrough that's just a touch light on interactivity.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Mundaun
Dec 13, 2021

Mundaun's haunting, pencil-sketch style works wonders, but a few repetitive fetch-quests and slightly underwhelming systems hold it back.

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Recommended - Moncage
Nov 29, 2021

Moncage offers a gorgeous blend of narrative threads and teasing puzzles, that makes for a game of real elegance.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Exo One
Nov 22, 2021

An otherworldly journey that runs out of things to do.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Guardians of the Galaxy
Oct 25, 2021

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is enjoyable enough at times, but weighed down by a deluge of unnecessary systems and bullet-sponge combat.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Bonfire Peaks
Sep 29, 2021

Gentle storytelling and challenging puzzles on an island of intrigue.

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Sep 3, 2021

The weight of Halo with a neat borrowing from Valve makes this a shooter to remember.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Aug 23, 2021

A short, sharp and fairly shallow take on the famed franchise nevertheless delivers on the full Aliens power fantasy.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Out of Line
Jul 13, 2021

This platformer is perfectly perfunctory in every way.

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No Recommendation / Blank - ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Jul 2, 2021

Nothing new but there's some lovely texture in this dark fable.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Backbone
Jun 17, 2021

Backbone's sumptuous pixel art and promising narrative threads are undermined by flat gameplay and a non sequitur of a final act.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Knockout City
Jun 2, 2021

Velan Studios transposes the sport of dodgeball into what's a fun, friendly shooter that bears no arms, though it currently lacks legs.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Resident Evil Village
May 5, 2021

Capcom's follow-up to its first-person Resi reinvention is a fantastic horror romp - for its first half, at least.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Outriders
Apr 9, 2021

After a disastrous launch People Can Fly's third-person sci-fi adventure emerges as a smart if familiar shooter.

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No Recommendation / Blank - PixelJunk Raiders
Mar 15, 2021

A neat aesthetic can't disguise poor combat and a lack of anything to do.

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