Stephen Palmer


53 games reviewed
61.7 average score
65 median score
37.7% of games recommended
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Sep 8, 2016

Jotun's undoubtedly a beautiful game but it contains a fair bit of dead time between the action.

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6.9 / 10.0 - Butcher
May 9, 2017

Butcher is a fun, addictive riff on a classic genre with an uncompromising approach that makes it feel both rewarding and frustrating.

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May 29, 2017

Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator is an entertaining and original offering that's worth trying out for its novelty value alone.

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Sep 8, 2016

Claire does a good job of creating an unsettling world and telling a story that touches on some dark themes.

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Jun 17, 2017

Aside from its new Battleground modes and Warden class, the bulk of Morrowind is essentially just more Elder Scrolls Online with little new added to the formula.

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6.6 / 10.0 - Inversus
Aug 16, 2016

Inversus's core gameplay is hectic and it can be fun in short bursts.

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6.5 / 10.0 - Seasons After Fall
May 20, 2017

Seasons After Fall is a beautiful game to look at and listen to but it can often be tedious to play due to its insistence on repeated backtracking and general lack of guidance.

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Mar 17, 2017

FlatOut 4 could have been a much better experience if its car physics were improved and it had a more varied career mode.

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6.3 / 10.0 - Lifeless Planet
Aug 2, 2016

Although Lifeless Planet has its fair share of faults, it's not a bad game.

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6.2 / 10.0 - Four Sided Fantasy
Sep 4, 2016

Four Sided Fantasy is pretty to look at and listen to and many of its puzzles are cleverly put together and tough to solve.

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6.2 / 10.0 - 140
Sep 7, 2016

140's minimalistic style will either be an appeal or a repellent, depending on your taste.

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6 / 10.0 - Alone With You
Aug 22, 2016

It's a shame that more of an effort wasn't put in to enliven Alone With You's gameplay.

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Sep 11, 2016

The Final Station deserves credit for an original concept and some fleeting graphical flourishes.

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Sep 20, 2016

Dear Esther certainly creates some striking scenes with its graphical and aural combinations and there are some deeper elements to uncover if you're dedicated to going through it multiple times to seek them out.

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You can get a lot of playtime out of Dead Synchronicity.

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Nov 10, 2016

In short, Farming Simulator 17 is best summed up as "not for everyone".

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Apr 7, 2017

The Banner Saga games look and sound great and there has clearly been a lot of effort put into their design and lore but their repetitive battles and profuse, prattling dialogue make their journeys ones of drawn-out tedium rather than exhilarating adventure.

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5.6 / 10.0 - Clustertruck
Oct 8, 2016

There's no doubt that my capacity to enjoy Clustertruck was affected by the lack of an invert Y axis option but really, how difficult is it to add something like that? If you play games the "normal" way, you might like Clustertruck a bit more than I did but even then, I'd imagine its novelty value would soon wear off and quickly be replaced by repeated feelings of frustration.

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5.6 / 10.0 - Subterrain
Jan 29, 2017

Subterrain deserves praise for the intricacy of its various systems but they could have been implemented in a much more user-friendly way.

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5.4 / 10.0 - Circuit Breakers
Jul 30, 2017

Circuit Breakers manages to recapture some tropes of classic twin-stick shooters but sadly their fun factor wasn't one of them.

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