Phil Iwaniuk


91 games reviewed
73.1 average score
75 median score
44.3% of games recommended
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86 / 100 - GRID Autosport
Jun 24, 2014

No flashy new features or buzzwords, just magnificent racing stemming from a refinement of Grid 1's greatness.

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67 / 100 - F1 2014
Oct 14, 2014

With its fundamentals unchanged and last year's foray into classic cars removed, F1 2014 provides very little beyond a perfunctory car and track update.

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70 / 100 - The Crew
Dec 8, 2014

One of the most exciting racing game environments for years, unfortunately bound to a slew of dull races and superfluous story.

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Mar 10, 2015

The imperative to cash in on Black Flag is transparent, but as it turns out a location swap works wonders for igniting the hooded pirate in you again.

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A triumph in both mechanics and delivery, Hitman turns its controversial episodic release model into a true strength that's suited to IO's vast and nuanced sandboxes.

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Aug 1, 2017

In the end, it's one of those 'good game buried in here somewhere' experiences.

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8 / 10 - LawBreakers
Aug 3, 2017

There's a firm foundation for a great competitive shooter here, but the rest of the house needs to be built on it sooner rather than later. LawBreakers needs ultra-skilled players to come in and show the rest of us what's possible, but they need a competitive format to entice them in. Until that happens it's a dizzying and consistently exciting shooter, but one whose long-term appeal isn't yet locked in.

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Aug 14, 2017

In the end, Ark's ambition pulls it in the right direction with more force than its clunkiness tugs it the other way. It's always more enjoyable to spend time with a game that tries something new and exciting, stumbling along the way, than a game that tries to tick focus group-inspired boxes. If that game also happens to simulate an entire prehistoric ecosystem, and produces bewildering emergent scenarios like clockwork, all the better.

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88 / 100 - F1 2017
Aug 23, 2017

As close as you can get to an F1 driver's life without being cussed by Sebastian Vettel.

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89 / 100 - Project CARS 2
Sep 18, 2017

Serious racing for serious racers. Extraordinarily convincing at each of the disciplines on offer.

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Sep 20, 2017

Its generation-long strengths hold true, and just about prevail over an increasingly cynical microtransaction creep. My Career's jump to an open-world setting throws a new gauntlet down to the rest of sports gaming.

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Oct 1, 2017

At its core is a rewarding driving model, hundreds of gorgeous and unusual cars, and some imaginatively designed solo championships to tackle in them. In time, it will probably be unreservedly brilliant. But, right now, I can't overlook the technical problems that I'm having. And, to continue this candour, I can't overlook the VIP pass nerfing or the exclusion of a season pass from Forza's Ultimate Edition either.

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No Recommendation / Blank - South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Oct 16, 2017

Ubisoft tightens up the systems but can't quite replicate the sparkle for this fun but flawed RPG sequel.

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Oct 17, 2017

If it's possible to preserve a sense of tension and genuine horror in an open-world setting, The Evil Within 2 hasn't discovered how. In an attempt to introduce a more contemporary gameplay style than that of Shinji Mikami's classics, this game ends up diluting its best qualities by filling your time with tedious milling about and resource-gathering.

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Oct 23, 2017

As a messy muck around, MudRunner has enough to offer to warrant a few hours of experimentation. Beyond that, for me, the limitations of its controls, camera, and missing mirrors put a cap on the off-road giggles.

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Recommended - Football Manager 2018
Nov 13, 2017

Innovations in the right places keep an old veteran match fit.

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Nov 16, 2017

Enjoyable arcade handling packaged within a game that gets monotonous long before it rewards your time investment.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Hello Neighbor
Dec 11, 2017

An ambitious and mysterious puzzler that's ultimately as frustrating as it is fascinating.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Full Metal Furies
Jan 26, 2018

A delightful co-op action RPG that's sadly stymied by its insistence on making it hard to play together.

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Recommended - Crossing Souls
Feb 13, 2018

An earnest and impactful adventure, written within the margins of an homage to 80s cinema.

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