James Cunningham


217 games reviewed
78.0 average score
80 median score
69.3% of games recommended
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May 23, 2023

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is a solid throwback FPS that makes up for being too generous with the resources by its excellent weapon, monster and level design.

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3.5 / 5.0 - The Knight Witch
Jan 3, 2023

The Knight Witch is excellent in a lot of ways despite its forbidding difficulty, the kind of game you'll be glad to have beaten even if the journey to completion is sometimes a bit much.

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Oct 31, 2022

Even with the story not living up to previous entries, Yomawari: Lost in the Dark does a good job continuing the unique horror series.

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3.5 / 5.0 - TombStar
Jul 26, 2022

The basics of TombStar are well done, with nicely-frantic action that keeps the bullets flowing at a good pace.

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3.5 / 5.0 - LOUD
Jul 14, 2022

While I found my playtime kneecapped by the physical hardware, Loud has nice tunes playing in sync to plenty of fun note tracks. Astrid’s tale isn’t particularly deep (what happened to her band?), but she’s a likeable character who grows into her music over the three years of the story. The twelve tracks have plenty of replayability thanks to the multiple difficulty levels, and there’s even an extra-hard bonus tune awarded in the free-play mode after game completion. Loud is a capable little music game with a lot of heart, but be aware you need either small hands or maybe a Pro Controller to get the most from it.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Skeleton Crew
Jun 14, 2022

Skeleton Crew is currently broken in a way that makes it hard to recommend.

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3.5 / 5.0 - The Gunk
Dec 16, 2021

There's a lot to love about The Gunk even if the core gameplay rarely rises above being pretty OK.  It's a good adventure through a unique and pretty alien world, filled with character and life.

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Dec 13, 2021

While Asteroids: Recharged is a decent update of the classic game and is a welcome return for the series, it's also not as effective at tugging on the nostalgia strings as the previous Recharged games.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Among Trees
Nov 22, 2021

Among Trees is a game that ends up being more pretty than good, but then again it's incredibly pretty so that's a high bar to clear.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Maquette
Mar 8, 2021

Even with the annoyance of the narrator being so utterly clueless, there's no question that Maquette is effective at illustrating the pain of a good relationship gone bad.

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3.5 / 5.0 - SOLAS 128
Jan 25, 2021

Solas 128 is an intricate sprawling mass of puzzles, slowly building in intricacy from managing a single beam to untangling multiple colors and filters with only a handful of reflectors.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Hotshot Racing
Sep 15, 2020

Hotshot Racing is a refreshing blast of retro-arcade racing action.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Hellbound
Aug 4, 2020

Hellbound may not be great but it's a short, sweet thrill ride while it lasts.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Panzer Paladin
Jul 21, 2020

I'm hoping Panzer Paladin gets ironed out post-release because despite the above paragraph, the game is a huge amount of fun when it works.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Minecraft Dungeons
May 26, 2020

Minecraft Dungeons is a capable all-ages dungeon crawl that, while doesn't use its license to anything like its full potential (see Dragon Quest Builders 2 for how to do it right), is still good fun once it gets moving.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Indivisible
Dec 17, 2019

Despite this, as mentioned right up front, I absolutely loved playing Indivisible.  The combat being fairly easy just means the story has to carry the weight and the well-designed and animated cast is more than up to the job.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Cube World
Oct 3, 2019

There was a huge expectation put on Cube World since its alpha, and while things have changed significantly since then the resulting game is almost exactly as promised: a big open adventure to explore at your leisure, with no pressure beyond what you bring to it.

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Mar 20, 2019

Despite all that One Piece World Seeker can't do, it's still a solid B game.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Scintillatron 4096
Dec 19, 2018

You need to come up with a strategy on the fly and then stick with it, carrying it off to perfection to earn a decent score. That’s Scintillatron 4096’s biggest strength and harshest weakness, because there’s no recovering a level from a single mistake.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Black Bird
Nov 5, 2018

Black Bird is a wonderful, sad, strange, funny, cute and bizarre shooter that can't quite make its gameplay match the quality of everything else.

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