Philippa Warr


55 games reviewed
74.6 average score
79 median score
55.0% of games recommended
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88 / 100 - Heaven's Vault
Apr 16, 2019

Heaven's Vault communicates the beauty of assigning meaning to symbols, and thus the people who wrote them.

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90 / 100 - Baba Is You
Mar 15, 2019

Baba is You manages to take the familiar idea of nudging blocks and solving puzzles in a fresh direction. Brilliant.

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78 / 100 - Eastshade
Feb 15, 2019

A charming traveling artist adventure which uses image capture in interesting ways.

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Feb 1, 2019

A glacial pace and abundance of busywork make My Time At Portia a tough recommendation.

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79 / 100 - Pikuniku
Jan 21, 2019

A wonderfully absurd tale of insurrection and kicking stuff in a cheery-looking world.

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66 / 100 - GRIS
Dec 21, 2018

Gris's visual appeal hinders as much as it helps its exploration of grief.

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Dec 5, 2018

Wonderfully weird and inventive. Katamari Damacy isn't perfect, but it holds its own impressively well 14 years on.

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86 / 100 - Megaquarium
Sep 12, 2018

A charming watery theme park management game where fish are friends, not food. Until they eat each other or you forget to feed them.

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53 / 100 - Planet Alpha
Sep 4, 2018

Despite an attractive veneer, Planet Alpha offers rote and shallow platforming. Try Playdead's Inside instead.

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83 / 100 - Donut County
Aug 28, 2018

Donut County is a short, entertaining tale of a trash panda who just wants a sweet quadcopter.

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Jul 6, 2018

Changing weather and festive traditions enrich the four-year-old life sim.

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Jun 11, 2018

Initially stunning but lacking the depth and variety to support mammoth playtimes.

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May 11, 2018

There is potential for amusing cat-and-mouse exchanges, but a lobby full of humans is hard to find.

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89 / 100 - Subnautica
Jan 29, 2018

A smattering of technical issues keep Subnautica from true legendary status, but only just.

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Jan 26, 2018

A streamlined peep at the events which build up to Life is Strange. Emotionally satisfying, but sometimes clunky.

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85 / 100 - Gorogoa
Dec 14, 2017

A fantastic feat of interlocking storytelling and design.

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65 / 100 - Shadowhand
Dec 12, 2017

An ambitious game but one which exposes and compounds the weaknesses of solitaire.

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Oct 18, 2017

An approachable and thought-provoking meditation on life's only certainty.

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Unscored - Rogue Islands
Sep 18, 2017

Rogue Islands won't be for everyone, but I thought it would be useful to explain why it's for me!

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It struggles with characterisation and motivation at times, BUT it also made me laugh out loud and furnished me with an unexpected weepy moment.

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