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Travis Northup

San Francisco
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Favorite Games:
  • Halo 2
  • Minecraft
  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

183 games reviewed
74.3 average score
80 median score
65.6% of games recommended

Travis Northup's Reviews

I wear a suit every day and play too many video games.
Oct 30, 2023

This very brief DLC offers some quality laughs, but few other reasons to revisit Hell-A.

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The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria doesn’t give a ton of reasons to play it over its genre peers – and its poor combat, building, and mining mechanics make those other options sound even more appealing.

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Oct 12, 2023

Lords of the Fallen is an awesome soulslike with a fantastic dual-realities premise, even when performance shortcomings and wimpy bosses crash the party.

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6 / 10.0 - High on Knife
Oct 2, 2023

High on Knife is a decent add-on for those searching for an excuse to jump back into Squanch Games’ gross world of naughty words and cartoon violence, but it doesn’t offer a whole lot of reasons to stick around for more than a couple of hours. With a disappointingly short questline and an ill-advised focus on some of the weaker members of the High on Life cast, it doesn’t come close to reaching the same highs (pun intended) as it did last year. There are certainly some decent laughs to be had, and more of this shamelessly idiotic world is by no means a bad thing, but there just isn’t enough here for me to be able to enthusiastically recommend anyone clear even this small amount of time on their busy gaming schedule.

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7 / 10.0 - PAYDAY 3
Sep 19, 2023

Payday 3's cooperative heists are off to a strong start, even if the vault is a bit bare at the moment.

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8 / 10.0 - Lies of P
Sep 13, 2023

Lies of P might not branch out particularly far from its soulslike inspiration, but it plays the part extremely well.

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Aug 29, 2023

Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy sequel is a superb puzzle platformer that sticks close to the series’ playbook.

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8 / 10.0 - Blasphemous 2
Aug 17, 2023

Blasphemous 2 is an orthodox Metroidvania with style, creepy bosses, and a gloriously gross return to Cvstodia.

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Aug 14, 2023

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's less asymmetrical take on the asymmetrical horror genre offers a few entertaining, technically challenged hours of fun.

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9 / 10.0 - Remnant II
Jul 20, 2023

Where Remnant: From The Ashes was a strong first draft, Remnant 2 is a revolutionary sequel and a sterling manifesto for the looter-shooter soulslike.

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Jul 13, 2023

Testament: The Order of High Human is a bland, frustrating, and buggy fantasy adventure that would have been a bad four-hour Skyrim knockoff. At 40 hours, it’s hard to bear.

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Jul 5, 2023

Everybody 1-2-Switch is a paltry, unoriginal party game. Bringing it out is like inviting the fun police to bust up your shindig.

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9 / 10.0 - Dave the Diver
Jun 26, 2023

Dave The Diver is an aquatic adventure RPG that’s wholesome, wonderfully complex, and delightfully hard to put down.

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Jun 10, 2023

Greyhill Incident is a tedious horror game that mangles everything from its story to its stealth.

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9 / 10.0 - Diablo IV
May 30, 2023

Diablo 4 is a stunning sequel with near perfect endgame and progression design that makes it absolutely excruciating to put down.

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May 18, 2023

The Outlast Trials is a unique cooperative horror game with a lot of potential, but it's one of those early access games that's unpolished and lacking content.

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7 / 10.0 - Dead Island 2
Apr 18, 2023

Dead Island 2 is a hilarious gore-fest and a competent zombie-slaying adventure, but lacks creativity outside of its great sense of humor.

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8 / 10.0 - Meet Your Maker
Apr 4, 2023

Meet Your Maker is a great start for a dungeon-delving shooter that’s as unique as it is hard to put down.

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Mar 15, 2023

A couple exciting additions like Strand don't stop Destiny 2: Lightfall from feeling like a disappointing step backwards.

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9 / 10.0 - Hogwarts Legacy
Feb 6, 2023

In almost every way, Hogwarts Legacy is the Harry Potter RPG I’ve always wanted to play.

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