Paulo Roberto Montanaro


305 games reviewed
74.1 average score
75 median score
46.2% of games recommended
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85 / 100 - Airborne Kingdom
Nov 11, 2021

Airborne Kingdom is an excellent city-building and resource management game, with a theme as original as the concept of flying kingdoms. With a fluid and comfortable gameplay for the controls and an amazing narrative construction, it is one of the best recent games in the genre.

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65 / 100 - Port Royale 4
Nov 10, 2021

Port Royale 4 brings good solutions for the genre and will certainly please many people interested in resource management, period commercial systems and the nautical theme as a whole. But it's important to know that it's a much more bureaucratic than an adventurous game, having a lot more backstage than action.

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75 / 100 - Backbone
Nov 2, 2021

Backbone is an interactive narrative-based adventure with some underused classic point-and-click gameplay elements mixed with choice possibilities that don't always represent real cause-and-effect options, but bring in its artistic style and well-written text its best qualities.

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Oct 26, 2021

Horizon Chase Turbo: Senna Always is a great celebration of one of the greatest legendary drivers of all time. It has complementary content that expands (a lot) and improves what already existed before in one of the best brazilian games in history. It's a real treat for recent or longtime motorsport fans and, of course, Ayrton Senna.

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80 / 100 - Sheepo
Oct 24, 2021

Sheepo not only meets the minimum requirements expected for a metroidvania, but it is also creative in terms of plot, gameplay solutions and aesthetic elaboration. The level design lacks some pacing tricks and the controls require fine tuning, but none of that detracts from the fact that this is a charming, balanced and a very fun game.

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Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles is far from being one of the most inventive games of the genre and brings several problems, such as the absence of game modes and content, laughable exploration and a gameplay model that doesn't appeal to everyone. Still, it's fluid, beautiful, responsive and a true aesthetic and narrative delight for fans of the franchise.

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Oct 7, 2021

Diablo II: Resurrected brings back, 21 years later, all the best qualities of one of the greatest classics of all time, the one that set the standards for the genre. While updating artistic issues to today's standards, it retains the essence of both gameplay and design, and even after all this time, it is still amazing.

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Sep 28, 2021

Hot Wheels Unleashed brings everything you could hope for: a digital version of one of the most legendary slot-car franchises of all time, with simple but very pleasant and responsive gameplay, a good level of challenge, and an audio-visual elaboration that is good for what it proposes.

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85 / 100 - WRC 10
Sep 17, 2021

WRC 10 manages not only to maintain the high level of quality of its previous version, but it also solves several problems and adds a lot of content that will please many fans of racing, mud and dust. Responsive and very demanding in its controls, it brings beautiful visuals and abundant modes, proving to be one of the best options of the genre.

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Sep 15, 2021

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch stands out among metroidvanias for its excellent setting, solid gameplay and an engaging narrative, even if it's full of clichés. It ends up slipping in the rhythm, in some design choices and in some technical aspect, but it has enough qualities to become a must for fans of the genre.

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55 / 100 - Recompile
Sep 12, 2021

Conceptually captivating, Recompile offers a solid narrative, with a unique and aesthetically well-presented setting. However, the gameplay fails in almost every aspect, with problems in combat mechanics, puzzle solving and platform progression, which undermine all qualities and overshadow the project's potential.

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It has merits, but there is still a long way to go before it becomes what it should be.

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85 / 100 - Hoa
Sep 2, 2021

Hoa proposes an intense experience, sensitive and full of subtleties, a fun and comfortable fairy tale. With a very short duration by today's standards, it never gets to explore all its potential in terms of gameplay, but it is touching, beautiful and a true sensory experience full of personality.

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80 / 100 - Monster Harvest
Aug 31, 2021

Monster Harvest is a welcome mix between farming games and turn-based little monster battles, using an artistic style consistent with the project and with a traditional and very well executed gameplay model. It's fun, addictive and challenging without seeming punitive or overly complicated.

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80 / 100 - Black Book
Aug 6, 2021

Black Book offers a very cohesive mix of turn-based combat from classic RPGs and a deck composition system characteristic of cardgames. A model that mixes with a good narrative full of possibilities and a well-articulated artistic style, although the player support and complementary mechanics seem to complicate things too much.

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90 / 100 - Omno
Aug 5, 2021

Very gently, Omno is a great dreamy journey through a peaceful and enchanting world. With an open narrative, simplified gameplay and artistic beauty, it is a cohesive and simple work, and even if it's short, it turns out to be unforgettable.

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Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is everything you'd expect from a good metroidvania and has a rich world to explore, great text and beautiful audiovisual compositions. If some aspects of the gameplay seem to need a little more polishing, the overall experience is challenging and thought-provoking, and a warrior's relationship with a bat, if it once seemed unlikely, now makes perfect sense.

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80 / 100 - Cannon Brawl
Jul 20, 2021

Surprisingly fun, accessible, intuitive and addictive, Cannon Brawl brings polished gameplay, good visuals and enough modes to please those who already know and like real-time strategy games, and even for novices who have always been looking for a good entry into this world.

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Jul 15, 2021

Where The Heart Leads offers a plot as simple as captivating, with an intimate scale, lots of dialogue and some very significant choices to be made by the player. With an intriguing artistic style and greatly simplified mechanics, it should please those interested in interactive narrative experiences, but those looking for action and a far-fetched gameplay should steer clear of this game.

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75 / 100 - Graveyard Keeper
Jul 13, 2021

Graveyard Keeper is visually well resolved and brings one of the best soundtracks in the genre. Its story flirts with moral aspects like few games dare, and its mission and progression system has its uninspired moments, but it's enough to get us involved and convince us to move on to the next grave.

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