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Neil Bolt


Favorite Games:
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Metal Gear Solid 2
  • XCOM 2

482 games reviewed
72.7 average score
75 median score
50.0% of games recommended

Neil Bolt's Reviews

Writer For DreadXP, GameWatcher, PlayStation Universe, and more. Co-host of Horror game podcast Safe Room.
8.5 / 10.0 - Railway Empire 2
May 25, 2023

Much like the evolution of trains in Railway Empire 2's history-spanning campaign, the game itself has learned lessons from the original and forged ahead with a stronger outing all around. While it has a compelling competitive edge to it, the game is best when things are serene.

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9 / 10.0 - Humanity
May 19, 2023

What begins as a charming, simple puzzler grows and evolves into something special. Humanity is one of the best puzzle games I've played in quite some time.

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6.5 / 10.0 - LEGO 2K Drive
May 17, 2023

A highly enjoyable and delightfully chaotic racer is drowned in open-world mush that does little to enhance the core point of Lego 2K Drive. Nothing's truly awful about that side of it, but it does drag down the fun levels of the racing itself.

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May 16, 2023

No One Lives Under the Lighthouse is an atmospheric horror tale that takes its time in sharing its dread-inducing world and all the horrors contained within it.

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May 12, 2023

In terms of production values and writing, Mia and the Dragon Princess is a standout in Wales Interactive's FMV-inspired run of games. Unfortunately, it stumbles around its branching narrative device and the story's pacing and structure can suffer the consequences.

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8 / 10.0 - Smile For Me
May 4, 2023

Silly, surreal, unsettling, and quietly effective at delivering its message. Smile For Me's abstract nature can be a barrier, but breaking through it will allow you to experience a very distinct adventure.

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6 / 10.0 - Teslagrad 2
May 4, 2023

My feelings on Teslagrad 2 are simply disappointment. It's a fairly solid Metroidvania with some frustrating moments and a vagueness that rubbed me the wrong way at times. It's undeniably beautiful to watch in action, and that helps carry it across the line.

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8.5 / 10.0 - Varney Lake
Apr 27, 2023

On the surface, Varney Lake is just more of the Pixel Pulp adventure we got from the excellent Mothmen: 1966. Yet Varney Lake's story of childhood interrupted by a chance encounter with a vampire is a more captivating one.

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Apr 27, 2023

Ash of Gods: The Way is a compelling card battler RPG with a visual style and story that carries the game through its later lulls.

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Apr 26, 2023

It's a shame Bramble: The Mountain King has such frustrating level design drawbacks because it undercuts a beautifully dark and disturbing fable. It's not doing a whole lot as a game that helps it stick out either, but the narrative structure behind it rescues it from the clutches of true disappointment.

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8.5 / 10.0 - Dead Island 2
Apr 18, 2023

Dambuster Studios has come in and created a highly entertaining cavalcade of carnage with Dead Island 2. It's a game that takes great joy in the simple act of smashing, splatting, and slicing the undead into meaty chunks and I'm very much here for that.

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Apr 14, 2023

Minecraft Legends is a genuinely impressive RTS effort that has the potential to convert Minecraft fans into enthusiasts of the genre. Although it's not always a seamless blend, most of its issues can be resolved through understanding and patience.

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Apr 13, 2023

Creed: Rise to Glory - Championship Edition overhauls a pretty good PSVR arcade boxing game and transforms it into a proper test of endurance and skill. There's still some technical hiccups that stop it short of going a full 12 rounds, but this game will give you one hell of a workout and a clear goal.

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Capcom has produced another delightful capsule of its past with Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection. The quality of the games themselves varies, but there's a lot to like about the bundle of goodies we get from it.

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8 / 10.0 - Meet Your Maker
Apr 5, 2023

Meet Your Maker is a refreshing blend of ideas that takes shape in the form of a brutal, devious, and compelling puzzle platformer/shooter with a community-led approach. Time will tell how well that plays out, but it's a hugely promising start.

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Mar 30, 2023

One of PSVR's best games is comfortably one of the best games on PSVR 2. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners remains as intense, panic-inducing, and blood-splattered as ever.

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8 / 10.0 - MLB The Show 23
Mar 29, 2023

As solid as ever from San Diego Studio, but a few tweaks and a superb Storylines mode make MLB The Show 23 an even more worthwhile purchase than recent editions

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9 / 10.0 - Dredge
Mar 23, 2023

Dredge is a dreadfully enticing horror experience draped in the skin of a fishing game. The way Black Salt Games executes its terrors of the deep should be respected because the developer has created a slow-burn dread that utilizes the best aspects of Lovecraft's cosmic horror.

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A fine second chapter to one of the original PSVR's brightest spots.The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Chapter 2: Retribution breathes fresh life into the Saints & Sinners formula without straying too far from where it began.

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Mar 20, 2023

Less a continuation of the Postal series and more of a congealed glob of memories from it dumped into a lifeless sandbox litter tray. The biggest crimes Postal 4 commits are being boring and bland.

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