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Despite its issues I kept on plugging away at Crimson Keep, not just to review it, but because it feels like if I can just figure out how to work around its shortcomings there's a great dungeon crawl waiting to be found.
Fallout 76 strives to be both a single player experience and online multiplayer game, and due to the concessions it makes to achieve this, ends up falling short in both objectives.
For an odd spin-off to an RPG series, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight is very well executed.
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight makes for a decent rhythm game overall, despite a relatively small song list and the lack of a story.
While it may not be the newest interpretation of Pokémon for longtime fans, Let's Go offers a unique and welcome experience as the first console title for the main series.
Battlefield V is one of the best current multiplayer shooters on the market.
Not since the days of the original PlayStation or Game Boy has Tetris proven with such ferocity that it remains as enjoyable yet aesthetically-dexterous as it's proven so many a time.
Nostalgia is a tricky thing in that it tends to be a liar more often than not.
Hitman 2 is the proper evolution to the Hitman formula.
Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition is a respectable spiritual successor to a legendary game.
It's wonderful to see Taiko No Tatsujin finally return to the west and perhaps in the most spectacular way yet.
It's bold to dish out a product with so many obvious absentees of the most fundamental components to a video game, but The Quiet Man goes one step further in presenting itself as this artistically-flash, cinematically-deep experience it's all too proud of itself over without ever working for that accolade.
Cheap Golf is a far smarter game than its simplicity and retro style make it look.
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection is a great example of how a retro collection should be assembled.
The infectious variety in its visuals and aesthetic no doubt prevails once more with the Switch rendition of this beloved cult classic.
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.
Gal Metal breaks a lot of rules that have been standard in the music/rhythm genre, but with good reason.
GRIP: Combat Racing is a must-buy for anyone craving non-stop racing action, going far beyond just being a modern-day version of Rollcage while offering a wide variety of gameplay options.
Simply put, Call of Cthulhu is a game of wasted potential.
There's so much about Mr Tako that shines that even the few bits that are difficult or feel unfair can be easily overcome by just taking that part a little slower.