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Tom Marks

Palo Alto, CA

Favorite Games:
  • Valkyria Chronicles
  • Fez
  • Skies of Arcadia: Legends

76 games reviewed
78.9 average score
80 median score
69.3% of games recommended

Tom Marks's Reviews

Tom is an Associate Editor at IGN focusing on PC games coverage. You may have seen him during 2016 and 2017's PC Gaming Shows at E3. Formerly an Associate Editor at PC Gamer.
8 / 10.0 - Super Mario RPG
Nov 15, 2023

Super Mario RPG is considered a classic for a reason, and this faithful remake makes it easy for anyone who missed it in the SNES era to see why.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender - Quest for Balance is a mess, with clunky combat, way too many pointless puzzles, and baffling choices for which scenes from the series to highlight.

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an unfathomable follow-up, expanding a world that already felt full beyond expectation and raising the bar ever higher into the clouds.

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8 / 10.0 - Wild Hearts
Feb 16, 2023

Wild Hearts’ building mechanics add a very fun twist to its familiar but well-executed co-op monster hunting formula.

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6 / 10.0 - Forspoken
Jan 23, 2023

Forspoken’s flashy combat and parkour can be fun, but they aren’t enough to make its cliche story and barebones open world very interesting to explore.

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8 / 10.0 - Tinykin
Oct 3, 2022

Tinykin's vibrant levels and simple but satisfying platforming make collecting pollen a delight.

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8 / 10.0 - Cult of the Lamb
Aug 10, 2022

Cult of the Lamb is a wolf of a satisfying base-management game in the sheepish clothing of an approachable action-roguelite.

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8 / 10.0 - Stray
Jul 18, 2022

Stray is a delightful cat-based platforming adventure in a cyberpunk world worth exploring.

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Jun 29, 2022

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is an enjoyable expansion full of cool new monsters but not many new ideas.

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Apr 27, 2022

The Stanley Parable still holds up a decade later, and the Ultra Deluxe version essentially adds a whole new game's worth of additional content to stumble upon.

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Mar 23, 2022

Kirby and the Forgotten Land successfully warps the series' classic mix of ability-based combat, platforming, and secret hunting into the third dimension.

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Feb 28, 2022

Far: Changing Tides lacks some of what made its predecessor truly special, but it's still another lovely roadtrip to take.

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7 / 10.0 - The Gunk
Dec 16, 2021

The Gunk is a simple little platforming adventure full of malicious messes that are plenty fun to clean up.

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9 / 10.0 - Inscryption
Oct 28, 2021

Inscryption is as consistently fun as it is surprising, with a wonderfully creepy story cleverly tying its ever-evolving mechanics together.

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Oct 25, 2021

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is yet another convincing example of how much fun a linear, no-frills, single-player campaign can be.

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Sep 28, 2021

Echoes of the Eye is a wonderful return to the clockwork solar system of Outer Wilds, even if its occasional horror game sections aren't quite as interesting as what came before.

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Sep 8, 2021

WarioWare: Get It Together!'s multiplayer modes are a bit of a letdown, but chasing high scores is still a lot of wacky fun.

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8 / 10.0 - Psychonauts 2
Aug 23, 2021

Even with a few rough edges, Psychonauts 2 is just about everything I could have hoped for from this long-awaited sequel.

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Mar 30, 2021

All the charm in the universe couldn't save Balan Wonderworld's half-baked platforming and ill-advised one-button design from being a complete bore.

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Mar 23, 2021

Monster Hunter Rise mixes classic Monster Hunter ideas with some of World's best improvements and a whole bunch of clever new mechanics of its own.

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