Christian Donlan


274 games reviewed
80.1 average score
80 median score
84.6% of games recommended
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No Recommendation / Blank - Knack 2
Sep 5, 2017

Improvements abound, but Knack's adventures still suffer from a lack of charm.

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Recommended - Vostok Inc.
Jul 25, 2017

Clickers meet twin-sticks in a game that will eat your time like no other.

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Essential - Nex Machina
Jun 20, 2017

Housemarque has just made the game of its career.

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Recommended - Tokyo 42
May 31, 2017

Beautiful, strange and sometimes a bit fiddly, Tokyo 42 offers a dazzling toybox to explore.

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Recommended - Danger Zone
May 30, 2017

Pared-back and wonderfully focused, this is a welcome blast of Burnout magic.

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Recommended - RiME
May 25, 2017

Tequila Works conjures a powerful spell from seemingly familiar elements.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Old Man’s Journey
May 19, 2017

This ruminative travel game is beautiful, poised, and a little predictable.

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Recommended - Polybius
May 12, 2017

Llamasoft's latest is one of its best.

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Recommended - Gravity Rush 2
Jan 10, 2017

Sony's superhero series has lost none of its thrills - or its wayward nature - in the shift to PS4.

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Recommended - Steep
Dec 9, 2016

Ubisoft's wayward winter sports game is at its best in moments of solitude and exploration.

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Essential - The Last Guardian
Dec 5, 2016

Does the successor to Ico and Shadow of the Colossus live up to its lineage? It does so much more.

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Recommended - Slayer Shock
Oct 31, 2016

Despite the scrappiness, there is something special about this oddball Buffy-alike.

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Recommended - Thumper
Oct 21, 2016

Great art and a distinct approach to rhythm action makes this a brilliantly horrible twitch experience.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Battlezone (VR)
Oct 14, 2016

There are showier VR games out there, for sure, but this is a nice thing to return to once you've had your fill of gimmicks.

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Recommended - Virginia
Sep 22, 2016

Virginia's an astonishing piece of narrative design, and a game that goes where few others are capable of following.

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No Recommendation / Blank - The Bunker
Sep 21, 2016

Live action games rise again, just about, in this clumsy but earnest adventure.

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Recommended - The Turing Test
Aug 30, 2016

A playful examination of the relationship between human and machine, and a focused, entertaining puzzler.

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At best, Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Force is a competent but dull beat-em-up with a few neat mechanics, and at worst a cluster of battles mostly controlled by the game’s AI, with only a small amount of help from the player.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Song of the Deep
Jul 12, 2016

A lovely setting can't quite make up for a game that plays things a little too safely.

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Recommended - INSIDE
Jun 28, 2016

Playdead's follow-up to Limbo is a superior game in every way.

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