Christian Donlan


275 games reviewed
80.1 average score
80 median score
84.6% of games recommended
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Jul 11, 2025

There are cuts and alterations, but this remains a properly glorious collection of two classic games.

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Jun 20, 2025

A bold approach to the concept of work marks this game out as a singular enterprise.

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At times, Welcome Tour is Nintendo's Fantasia.

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May 13, 2025

By turns minimalist and luxurious, this is a thrilling exploration of the art of photography.

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May 9, 2025

Here's a more grounded Doom, but one that's as brisk and playful as ever.

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4 / 5 - Skin Deep
Apr 28, 2025

Ingenious and characterful, this immersive sim is an absolute delight - particularly when things go wrong.

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Apr 24, 2025

Part management sim, part open-world adventure, this is both weird and familiar, and deeply comforting stuff.

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5 / 5 - Blue Prince
Apr 7, 2025

I wanted more strange possibilities from the spaces I lived around. With Blue Prince I get that. What an extraordinary game this is.

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Feb 26, 2025

Both While Waiting and The Swimmer seem deeply interested in life - what it's made of, how it unfolds, and how easy it is to miss important details. Both are larks, in a way, but difficult, complex, ponderous larks. You know, if such a thing is possible.

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Feb 25, 2025

Come for the clowns and cavemen, stay for the zombie capitalism.

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Feb 14, 2025

Aspyr's renovation project tackles the three lesser Crofts, with intriguing results.

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Jan 27, 2025

An action RPG with magical powers that feel genuinely dangerous, married to level design that offers scale and prettiness.

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4 / 5 - NAIAD
Dec 10, 2024

Naiad offers real pleasures and real frustrations - but always with a purpose in mind.

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5 / 5 - Caves of Qud
Dec 10, 2024

Densely imagined and as complex as you fancy, this roguelike RPG is brilliant.

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Nov 11, 2024

A true puzzle classic is explored in this gorgeous documentary compilation.

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Nov 4, 2024

A relatively minor instalment, but in a series this magical, that's still good news.

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Sep 17, 2024

An ingenious puzzle-platformer that takes players from a children's book and out into the wider world around it.

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Unscored - Tiny Glade
Sep 16, 2024

Build a world of pretty dereliction in this game of forests, lakes and forgotten towers.

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5 / 5 - UFO 50
Sep 16, 2024

A collection of new-old sports games, RPGs, platformers and puzzlers: what is all this sweet work worth?

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Sep 12, 2024

Fire up the van and take a dreamy, post-apocalyptic ramble around this gorgeous sci-fi take on Provence.

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