Bram Noteboom
Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road is a light, quirky, budget-friendly jack-of-all-trades that shines in short bursts but repeats itself too often to earn knighthood.
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Compared to Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated and The Cosmic Shake, Titans of the Tide shows Purple Lamp’s big leap forward with its heartfelt, dynamic duo-driven platforming and richer levels, though technical issues, missing QoL touches, and Day One DLC hold this otherwise delightful SpongeBob adventure back from reaching a true Best Day Ever.
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EA and PopCap had the perfect chance to let Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted bloom, yet what we got feels more like a neglected garden. The timeless strategy gameplay still holds up, and the game overflows with content, but odd design choices ruin the experience. With worse graphics, missing dynamic music, and a confused interface, this port strips away the soul of the original. Replanted is a reminder that the old Plants vs. Zombies (GOTY Edition) offers far more life for far less money.
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Jurassic World Evolution 3 is easily the strongest entry in the series, offering a fantastic sandbox mode, rich campaign, and smart building tools—yet ironically stumbles to evolve in key areas, with repetitive gameplay and missing fan-favorite dinos that may leave skeptics unmoved, even as longtime players will find plenty to roar about. Frontier, after careful consideration, I've decided to endorse your park!
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Team Cherry showcases their finest work in Hollow Knight: Silksong - a masterful Metroidvania that excels in combat, platforming, and exploration, wrapped in stunning audiovisuals and a hauntingly immersive world, offering a punishing yet unforgettable experience that demands to be played.
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Metal Eden is Reikon Games’ dazzling cyberpunk FPS paradise - blazing fast, stylishly brutal, and unforgettable, even if its chaotic UI, brief campaign, and occasional stutters slightly chip the neon polish.
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Hell is Us is a demanding, flawed yet strikingly original experience that rewards patient players with fun combat, clever puzzles, and a thematically rich world, even as its slow start, uneven presentation, and rigid design constantly test their resolve.
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The Knightling is a triumphant achievement for Twirlbound and Saber Interactive—a vibrant indie gem that blends stellar 3D platforming, emotional open-world exploration, and a joyful audiovisual experience into one crown-worthy adventure, with only minor flaws in combat and side quest variety barely dulling the shine of a game that inspires and delights from start to finish.
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Despite its mechanical simplicity, slow pacing, and limited gameplay evolution, Herdling stands out as an indie that leaves a lasting emotional impact—thanks to Okomotive’s beautiful audiovisual storytelling, its touching journey of guiding creatures to safety, and impresses not through mechanics, but through heart.
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Abyssus is a thoroughly solid roguelite first-person shooter that just fails to be interesting enough to fully convince.
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Wildgate is a complex game to recommend. Its deep, well-integrated systems offer a unique multiplayer experience, but its steep learning curve, lack of matchmaking balance, and aggressive monetization make it a tough sell unless you're fully invested in its design.
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Dotemu and The Game Kitchen deliver a solid homage to the roots of classic action-platformers with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound - sharp as ever in gameplay, nostalgic to the core, but lacking the surprise and staying power to truly stand out in this triumphant year of the ninja.
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Despite some entertaining and brutal core gameplay, Killing Floor 3 is a thematically inconsistent and visually underwhelming shooter with generic design, repetitive missions, performance issues, and an intrusive in-game shop - an unfinished product, and one that Tripwire Interactive may need several more years to truly bring up to standard. The core is here, it just needs a lot of work.
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My Friendly Neighborhood, a twisted love letter to classic survival horror inspired by Resident Evil, blends clever storytelling, brilliant level design, and sharp puzzles with slightly stiff combat and loads of silly cheats and bonus modes—making it a great horror game that even Oscar the Grouch couldn’t grumble about.
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RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business is a stand-alone title where Teyon addresses past criticisms but still earns a ticket for its compromises. The focus shifts to intense police brutality in a faster-paced FPS, with quicker access to action and tougher foes. However, limited freedom and lingering technical flaws make the world feel less immersive—though bursts of action still showcase Teyon at its best.
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Ruffy and the Riverside is a well-intentioned debut 3D platformer whose charm and inventive ideas shine on the surface, but a lackluster narrative, uneven visuals, underused mechanics, and technical roughness reveal it’s still very much a work in progress.
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Sloclap’s Rematch kicks off with exotic flair and gripping gameplay that brilliantly balances tactical depth and arcade action for hours of fun, but while it scores high on innovation and replayability, flaws in matchmaking, sparse battle pass content, and chaotic random teammates blow the whistle on what could’ve been a Ballon d'Or-worthy football game—though with a few solid seasons, it might still become the undisputed champion of the genre.
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FBC: Firebreak proudly stands among the better co-op shooters out there—with slick visuals, wild weapon choices, and deep sandbox action, it hits hard despite some weak AI and a modest amount of launch content.
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Elden Ring Nightreign is ultimately carried by FromSoftware’s stellar gameplay systems applied across a fresh mix of subgenres, delivering a thrilling and dynamic experience, though its lack of modern social features and limited multiplayer flexibility make it a nostalgic but flawed spin-off.
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DOOM: The Dark Ages is a bold and visually stunning shooter that captures the franchise’s essence while pushing gameplay forward, though its underwhelming story and some uneven design choices hold it back from matching its predecessors.
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