David Jenkins


242 games reviewed
71.2 average score
75 median score
51.2% of games recommended
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Mar 29, 2016

Not a particularly auspicious start to Fallout 4’s season pass, but the chance to build your own robots is at least more interesting than the new story.

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Mar 29, 2016

One of the best strategy games of all-time is now one of the best bargains on the PS Vita, with this mostly excellent, and extremely unexpected, port.

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Mar 23, 2016

One of the best point ‘n’ click adventures of all-time still has much to teach modern gaming in terms of puzzle design and engaging characters.

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Mar 21, 2016

As long as you don’t turn on 3D mode this is almost as good as the original Wii U game, the only problem being the Wii U version wasn’t very good at all.

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Mar 15, 2016

A Pokémon fighting game may not seem like the most obvious spin-off idea, but the end result is a surprisingly fun and inventive multiplayer game.

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Mar 14, 2016

Repetitive by design, and at heart a fairly pedestrian third person shooter, but the online co-op and promise of never-ending rewards is hard to resist.

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It's certainly not the best entry in the Zelda series, but a good quality remaster and the presence of Midna still makes this one worth returning to.

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Feb 29, 2016

Not the deepest wilderness survival game around in terms of gameplay, but certainly one of the most atmospheric and thought-provoking.

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Feb 25, 2016

Another inspired attempt to modernise old school Japanese role-players, while retaining all the charm and depth of early era Final Fantasies.

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Feb 15, 2016

Street Fighter transforms itself from just a game to an entire entertainment platform of its own, or at least it will do once all the content is up and running.

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5 / 10 - Firewatch
Feb 9, 2016

The most bizarre narrative bait and switch in video game history, as a tense, emotional thriller sticks the worst landing since Eddie The Eagle.

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Etrian Odyssey probably didn't need a second remake, especially with story and characters this unengaging, but the game underneath is still a superior dungeon crawler.

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7 / 10 - Unravel
Feb 8, 2016

An astoundingly beautiful puzzle platformer, that's a little too frustrating in practice but far from the twee family game some may mistake it for.

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10 / 10 - XCOM 2
Feb 4, 2016

A superb sequel that improves on every aspect of the already excellent originals, and offers one of the most absorbing and unpredictable strategy experiences ever seen.

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Feb 2, 2016

An excellent remaster of an imperfect but hugely endearing action adventure, that completely justifies the ongoing plans for a sequel.

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Jan 22, 2016

Despite its obvious flaws the reactive story and compelling characters make this one of the best storytelling experiences of the current generation.

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Jan 21, 2016

A fantastically well designed and presented roguelike, that makes your heroes' mental health just as important as their physical well-being.

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8 / 10 - Oxenfree
Jan 19, 2016

Some of the most natural dialogue ever designed for a video game – in terms of quality and interaction – helps to make a superior supernatural thriller.

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Jan 18, 2016

The least scary and least imaginative Resident Evil returns, and although it's not the worst Resi sequel it certainly is the most boring.

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Visually interesting and competently made for the most part, but the novelty of a 2D Assassin's Creed is already beginning to wear off.

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