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1965 games reviewed
78.6 average score
80 median score
59.8% of games recommended

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2.5 / 5.0 - Babylon's Fall
Mar 21, 2022

All in all, while Babylon's Fall had several good ideas and had a lot of potential, it shot itself in the foot with its intrusive live service model and its painfully obvious lack of polish, making it that much harder to recommend to anyone, especially at the ludicrous price of $60.

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2.5 / 5.0 - CrossfireX
Mar 14, 2022

The campaign is a disappointing miss from the insanely talented team at Remedy and the multiplayer is too focused on making the past look prettier without revamping the outdated gameplay. This could have been a great addition to Xbox Game Pass family to get FPS fans excited for something different from the new norm, but it ends up feeling like an uninspired version of all the games we're already too familiar with. While trying to please more people with its variety of modes, it feels like there is a severe lack of identity here. It makes for an ultimately disappointing experience and one that's tough to figure out just who this game was made for.

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May 11, 2021

An affecting story and dazzling presentation is marred by a series of frustrating gameplay mechanics.

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Nov 12, 2020

I genuinely wanted to love Broken Porcelain, but sadly the game's many, many issues hold it back from being a proper playable experience, let alone the quality game it could have been.

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Nov 8, 2020

A humorous adventure about a simple man in his quest for a simple Pilsner. It can't be that hard, can it?

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Oct 28, 2020

In a world taken over by robots, you may find yourself sympathizing with the droids over the people you are forced to be around.

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Sep 2, 2020

Fails to meet minimum standards delivers a cheapened frustrating experience that is only tolerable in finite quantities.

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Deadly Premonition is both very hard and very easy to recommend. For fans of the series it's a no-brainer. It's another 30 hours with York and his gang of nutty friends. The story is Twin Peaks meets True Detective put through several extra filters of oddness. For newcomers to the series the gameplay, graphics, animation and loading times may simply be insurmountable obstacles. For those that can look past it there are so many interesting ideas at play and the game can be genuine fun. In short it sucks, but it may also be one of the more interesting games of the year. It's destined to be a Let's Play classic.

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2.5 / 5.0 -
Feb 10, 2020

Still extremely unique, but age and the initial failings of the game are really starting to show their cracks.

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2.5 / 5.0 - Bee Simulator
Dec 18, 2019

It wants so badly to be an educational game while being an actual game at the same time, and it never manages to make both elements work.

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Dec 4, 2019

Syberia and its sequels suffer a common fate with many classic games released on the Switch. It is expensive. 15-year-old PC games should not be double the price of pieces of genius like Celeste, there is a problem. Nostalgia should not extend to the feeling of knowing you've been ripped off because Electronics Boutique is the only store in town that carries the game you desire. If these games were half the price, I'd suggest looking in to two hidden gems of a mistreated genre. As it stands, I hesitate to whole-heartedly endorse it. Fans of the series may get a kick out of it, but there's so much more out there.

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Nov 19, 2019

Without the charm of Bill Murray, this "sequel" just comes across as mean.

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2.5 / 5.0 - Night Call
Jul 25, 2019

Great for a single play-through, but no incentive to replay.

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2.5 / 5.0 - Oninaki
Sep 10, 2019

Oninaki is disappointing. Mostly because the right elements were in place to make it great and it's so thoroughly mediocre. Tokyo RPG Factory have yet to release a truly essential game. As it stands they've released three games with interesting ideas and spotty execution. Perhaps one day they will get it right and release a defining RPG. However, today is not that day, and Oninaki is not that game.

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Feb 12, 2019

Seeing as I finished it in just over 4 hours I can't say it's worth the price of admission. It might be one to wait for until it goes on sale.

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John Werner
2.5 / 5.0 - JUMP FORCE
Feb 24, 2019

Jump Force is the perfect example of good intentions with poor execution. I personally feel sorry for diehard fans who were really looking forward to a game that had so much potential. Unfortunately, all anyone got was a box of disappointment and relentless loading times. As a whole, Jump Force comes off half baked and unfulfilling. I honestly wish I had more good things to say about this game but even now I'm hard pressed. The most positive thing I can say about this game is that it could be a starting point for a brand new series of games. Even though this game is in dire need of fixing, I have hopes that redemption can be made with a solid sequel if done right.

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Jul 3, 2019

The Last Remnant is a fascinating and frustrating experience. Beneath a fundamentally mediocre game are a lot of interesting ideas. The story is epic and interesting, but only in parts. The battle system is wholly unique and feels massive in scope. Except you have to play the game for hours and hours before it becomes any fun. The Switch is full of quality RPG ports at the moment, and there are plenty more coming. The Last Remnant is not one of them.

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2.5 / 5.0 - Twilight Path
Nov 12, 2018

A linear game with pseudo interaction reminiscent of Return to Zork.

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Feb 7, 2018

An ambition cinematic outing that just doesn't have that much to offer.

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2.5 / 5.0 - Sonic Forces
Nov 21, 2018

For every cool idea in Sonic Forces, there is a half-hearted execution, and while that may give me warm memories of my childhood, it doesn't make for something I could whole heartedly recommend.

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