João Pedro Boaventura


41 games reviewed
64.4 average score
65 median score
34.1% of games recommended
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Feb 27, 2024

In the end, Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons is a tough product to analyze. It's practically the same thing as taking a crosswords or sudoku magazine and discuss how the volume 95 is easier or harder to complete than volume 96. The ideal way to analyze a title like this — which is competent in what it offers — would be to write a purely informative review without giving it a score.

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Feb 9, 2024

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the extension of its own protagonist. It's a unique game that manages to swim against all the odds of a rigged industry and still deliver a brilliant experience. It's one of those occasions when it's necessary to drop that tired cliché and say that it's a product that reminds us why we love video games.

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Feb 3, 2024

After an apparently troubled development, Granblue Fantasy: Relink reveals itself to be a pleasant surprise. Though it may play too safe for certain aspects, it manages to sneak into success amidst the genre colossi. This feat comes by imprinting a unique quality, mixing solo campaign with a usual style for multiplayer RPGs. Thus, the game makes a fluid transition like a humble invitation for the more traditionalist player, showcasing how this mode can be very fun.

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Dec 19, 2023

Thus, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is what one would expect of a soulless licensed game on the PlayStation 2/early-PlayStation 3 era. The main different is the monetary correction of inflation, updated to what one would expect to pay for an open world title in the current industry.

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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is not a perfect product and cannot remotely be recommended as a gateway, especially since the other games in the main series do a more competent job of offering a robust experience. However, it does a good job of encapsulating the characteristics of the franchise and offering old school fans a last dose of the Dragon of Dojima, now in his twilight as a protagonist.

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The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is interesting, but niche. Anyone who is a fan of both the survival genre and Lord of the Rings will find a gameplay title that will require dozens of hours to be properly explored, especially with other players in multiplayer. However, it is worth highlighting that, for the uninitiated, there are other more innovative and/or inviting options.

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6.5 / 10.0 - World of Horror
Oct 19, 2023

Despite being flawed, World of Horror is still interesting. Although it seems different, it only flirts with experimentalism, since its main proposals have not only been previously used in the industry but also executed with better propriety, such as killer7 and The Silver Case, both from Grasshopper Manufacture and which focus on construction of a complicated plot conveyed through unconventional gameplay and a deliberately disorienting interface. Still, it's impossible to say that the product worked on for years in early access by developer panstasz is incompetent. It's a valid and very pleasant option for a quick game on a rainy night.

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Oct 11, 2023

Basim's story, while disappointing in some aspects, has a nostalgic bittersweet taste to the true veterans of the Hidden Ones order, as Assassin’s Creed Mirage represents a sort of homecoming by picking the Middle East as the stage for an adventure in which a clean and silent execution will always be the best way. Full of issues? Absolutely. Objectively limited, a product that is always shadowed by the expansiveness of its direct predecessors, [which are] more robust and concise? Safely. Pleasantly fun? There's no doubt about it.

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Oct 6, 2023

The Fabulous Fear Machine is a rather unique title. The idea of a machine capable of offering control over the world through propaganda, fear and conspiracy was very well executed and proves to be a solid example of speculative horror literature, although the plots of the main campaigns left a little to be desired. Additionally, the game system in its raw form is quite functional and manages to fulfill its purpose of using elements from a strategy game to tell its story. However, it remains very limited as a representative of the genre it tries to fit in. If the game had invested more in improving its systems, the superficiality and even the stereotyping of the stories could have gone unnoticed. Likewise, more elaborate and engaging stories could alleviate the linearity of the gameplay.

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9 / 10.0 - Dave the Diver
Aug 5, 2023

Dave the Diver is a product of unrivaled brilliance for the whole package it offers. It is a passionate adventure capable of stimulating the player through a comfortable and inviting atmosphere, which gives us all the time we want to explore and experience it at our own pace. Charismatic, warm, welcoming and thought-provoking, Dave's adventure will certainly be canonized in the same pantheon as other indie classics, responsible for unique experiences that raise the bar for video games as multisensory forms of entertainment.

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Jul 26, 2023

Having experimented the demo version some months ago and the supposedly final product now, it's evident that Lakeburg Legacies unfortunately didn't manage to be molded into a consistent product, lacking polish to the point sometimes it doesn't even feel finalized. This is a curious simulator with a really interesting concept but it doesn't live up to its position as a full game. It'd have been a better decision to make it an early access title instead of the full release as it is right now.

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Jul 4, 2023

The seventh generation of consoles was marked by a creative peak for the industry, which began to take advantage of the new ways of playing that became popular there, as is the case with both the motion sensors on the Wii and the touch screen on the Nintendo DS. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is yet another inventive, consequential title from that era that has finally managed to break free of its shackles to reach a wider audience. Furthermore, with charismatic characters, striking visuals and unique gameplay, the game is one of those fascinating experiences that every now and then arise to remind us why we like video games in the first place.

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Jun 20, 2023

Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life proved to be a Marvelous hit on both a technical and conceptual level. The progression by chapters of the original, which was already way ahead of its time when it was released in the early 2000s, even today follows a nice differential that sets the product apart from other more robust farm simulators. Despite one or another questionable decision that causes the concept of the original to lose some of its strength, the remake is still a solid enough revitalization and finally worthy of the name it bears.

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Jun 9, 2023

In the end, the System Shock remake is exactly what you'd expect from a title of this caliber. The original is a true milestone in the gaming industry, and here it's been recreated just right. This means that the player immediately realizes that they are holding something important and unique, but at the same time they don't feel trapped by a simplistic historical record approach. There's a real freshness that makes this recreation live up to its many contemporary spiritual successors like BioShock or Dead Space.

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May 29, 2023

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is unfortunately a product that is not only poorly developed, but also poorly optimized, a terrible combination for any video game. Playing it is like being trapped in a title from the early 2000s, a fertile time for a series of licensed games whose production ambition is proportional to their questionable technical capacity.

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8 / 10.0 - Volcano Princess
May 10, 2023

Volcano Princess is a fascinating example of a single parent simulator. Once started, it's hard not to lose track of time with long gameplays that go on for hours on end as we try to prove our daughter as the best little girl in the kingdom. Despite the stumbles in the translation and with some bugs, the vast sea of possibilities makes the title worthwhile for anyone who wants a captivating and immersive experience.

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Apr 29, 2023

Despite its specific issues, it's possible to consider GrimGrimoire OnceMore a very capable representative of its genre, but, even so, it's hardly inviting for the general public. Even so, this is a respectable entry in Vanillaware's catalogue.

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5 / 10.0 - Troublemaker
Apr 26, 2023

I really wanted to have a positive experience with Troublemaker. You can see that the developers had their hearts in place. There was also ambition, which is good for creativity. However, none of this is enough if you lack the technical capacity to execute your ideas properly.

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6 / 10.0 - Mato Anomalies
Mar 23, 2023

Mato Anomalies is not a bad game, but the impression is that everything in it could be significantly improved. Combat works, but lacks variety and some system that differentiates it from other examples of the genre. The story is interesting and manages to entertain, but it lacks some singular idea that makes it unique. The presentation manages to carry the title, but could have received a more thoughtful finish to make everything even more captivating.

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Mar 3, 2023

Taking an objective look at what the franchise has already achieved with its most recent titles, selling Like a Dragon: Ishin! as a remake may have been a wrong strategic decision, since several of its systems were not revitalized to the point of living up to the nomenclature, remaining archaic under a modern look. In addition, the slower and more bucolic tone of both the atmosphere and the narrative makes us understand why the original Ishin was ignored for a Western release. With that in mind, it becomes a little difficult to recommend it for newcomers to the franchise, but for those who are already familiar with all of the series' recurring flaws, it's a solid enough experience.

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