Ian Birnbaum


Favorite Games:
  • Arma 3
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim
  • Kerbal Space Program

34 games reviewed
70.4 average score
74 median score
32.4% of games recommended
30 / 100 - Bombshell
Jan 29, 2016

An ARPG with weak combat and too many bugs, Bombshell isn't worth your click-click-clicks.

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45 / 100 - The Dwarves
Dec 19, 2016

An unsatisfying, forced march through the source material.

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Nov 2, 2016

Persistent bugs, a convoluted interface, and incompetent colonists hold back a great premise.

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Nov 15, 2018

The Walking Dead gets the zombies and the theme just right, but everything else is a mess.

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55 / 100 - Traverser
Jul 10, 2015

A wonderful art style and interesting setting can't make Traverser's shallow puzzles and exasperating stealth sequences acceptable.

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55 / 100 - Etherium
Apr 8, 2015

Etherium is never aggressively terrible, but there's nothing to recommend it over other, more interesting RTS games.

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60 / 100 - World War Z
May 3, 2019

Bland and mostly harmless, World War Z is another co-op zombie shooter that you could play.

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Sep 28, 2018

An empty galaxy and endless grinding mar clever writing and engaging combat.

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60 / 100 - The Technomancer
Jul 15, 2016

The setting is great, but weak combat and limited choices stop this RPG from going anywhere fun.

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60 / 100 - Kyn
Aug 10, 2015

Overstuffed and underdeveloped, Kyn is a buggy RPG with good combat, but without a great story or engaging character progression.

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60 / 100 - Crackdown 3
Feb 15, 2019

Repetitive and middling, Crackdown 3 is a totally average open-world game that doesn't give itself a way to stand out.

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65 / 100 - Beat Cop
May 10, 2017

Half enjoyable adventure, half clunky mess, Beat Cop is a talented rookie in need of a long talk with HR.

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68 / 100 - Strange Brigade
Sep 5, 2018

A bare-bones basic shooter that's good for some fun with friends, but there are other, better co-op adventures out there.

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68 / 100 - TARTARUS
Jan 25, 2018

Tartarus shows off some excellent puzzles aboard a disappointingly empty spaceship, but it's usually more charming than frustrating.

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70 / 100 - Strider
Mar 1, 2014

Strider is a liberating, free-form action platformer studded with frustrating callbacks to an arcade era better left behind.

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Sep 7, 2017

A bloated, grindy mess, but so packed with options that a better game is hidden inside it.

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72 / 100 - Bedlam
Sep 22, 2015

A punishing take on the Rogue-inspired genre, Bedlam is weird and colorful and stressful.

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75 / 100 - Weedcraft Inc
Apr 18, 2019

Weedcraft, Inc is a tricky tycoon game that overextends itself—but almost nails it.

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Nov 11, 2015

The graphics get a little prettier, the story gets a little darker, and another Call of Duty counts time as we march together toward death.

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Jun 4, 2014

An intricately detailed RTS, Men of War: Assault Squad 2 is packed with features and refuses to tell you how to use them.

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