Jake Yanik


50 games reviewed
79.7 average score
85 median score
64.0% of games recommended
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4 / 10.0 - Firefall
Aug 26, 2014

Firefall feels like a game that's just entering Beta, rather than one that's just left it.

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5 / 10.0 - Shattered Skies
Aug 22, 2016

Shattered Skies commits a crime much worse than simply being a bad game; it’s dull. It’s also uninteresting, static, and barren.

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6 / 10.0 - Syndrome
Nov 18, 2016

Where Syndrome should have been a love letter to classic sci-fi horror games, it instead feels like a drunken, rambling text sent at three in the morning.

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I like Turok; but I like it as an N64 game where I can make excuses for its shortcomings based on its platform—in a vacuum where I can't compare it to other, truly great shooters.

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Jan 28, 2017

It's a simple enough formula consisting of shooting and completing objectives—usually by shooting

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6 / 10.0 - Zombeer
Feb 2, 2015

Zombeer is not afraid to be the videogame equivalent of a B movie.

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6 / 10.0 - Evolve
Feb 10, 2015

Sadly, Evolve stumbles onto the scene and right into the unmemorable category of unremarkable mediocrity.

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6.5 / 10.0 - Phantaruk
Aug 27, 2016

Phantaruk is a first-time survival horror romp that, sadly, tells better than it shows.

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6.5 / 10.0 - Dead by Daylight
Aug 11, 2016

A horror experience Dead by Daylight is not.

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Sep 24, 2015

The game makes such a point to establish itself as a tangential side story to the franchise that I have trouble recommending it to even the most avid of Persona collectors.

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7 / 10.0 - Event[0]
Oct 7, 2016

Event[0] feels a bit like getting HAL9000’d by BMO from Adventure Time

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But for all the pacing and control issues, as well as frequently being treated as though I can’t solve my own puzzles in a game made for adults, it’s still a game I highly enjoyed.

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Sep 16, 2015

Gryphon Knight Epic is a challenging and enjoyable—if forgettable—little shoot-'em-up with plenty of nostalgia to offer the 25 to 35-year-old crowd.

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7 / 10.0 - Bedlam
Sep 18, 2015

Skyshine's Bedlam is a worthy addition to my collection.

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7 / 10.0 - Sorcerer King
Sep 1, 2015

In a genre defined by distinct-but-equal factions vying for control of their chosen battlefield, Sorcerer King features a multi-tiered, vastly asymmetrical series of contenders.

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Oct 9, 2015

The Escapists: The Walking Dead is a very fun little game.

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7.5 / 10.0 - Anno 2205
Nov 2, 2015

Anno 2205 can be relaxing and rewarding.

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Final Cut is definitely an improvement upon the Van Helsing trilogy, without a doubt.

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Jan 19, 2016

Deserts of Kharak boasts an unprecedented beauty in its setting and world design, and its hand drawn-style cutscenes only add to that.

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Enhanced Edition brings a breath of fresh air into the Original Sin experience in a great way.

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