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280 games reviewed
72.8 average score
75 median score
46.4% of games recommended

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Nov 4, 2017

Midnight Shadows is capable of conveying dread and tension, but this requires the player to engage it as intended and explained in the opening user agreement. Don't look way and play it in the dark. This is a fairly tight, atmospheric title that fans of horror will likely enjoy.

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Nov 2, 2017

Rogue Trooper Redux is good dumb fun, if you don't go in expecting too much you won't be disappointed.

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As it’s own story, it works well and does really showcase a great range of emotions in a developing and presumably pivotal relationship. But none of it matters. We know how it ends. With one episode to go, a series that prides itself on the ability to manipulate time is somehow running out.

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Oct 30, 2017

My complaints are fairly minor, especially when compared to the vast amount of fun I had with Warhammer: Total War 2.

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Oct 28, 2017

The Evil Within 2 plays out more like an action game than a survival horror. All the elements that it has in place take away from the restrictive close confines of traditional horror games and broadens the spectrum but lessens the atmosphere and impact a survival horror game should have.

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Oct 25, 2017

It’s a shame really, because under a whole load of mess, there’s a game just waiting to be refined and perfected. Shadow of War did in fact right some wrongs, but it lumped them in with some odd choices that really prevent you from investing in a system that they have peacocked left and right.

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3 / 10.0 - Shiny
Oct 24, 2017

It's clunky, it's ugly and it's held together with cellotape and spit. At least it's playable, although it's anything but Shiny.

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Oct 23, 2017

If you like to go solo there's definitely fun to be had with Rogue Trooper Redux. It's a time-capsule dressed up real pretty, and sometimes it's nice to take a look back and see how far you've come

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Oct 19, 2017

Team Salvato have created an interesting and very creative title. A visual novel's UI is often fairly simple, but the player is offered more control than they may first realise.

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6 / 10.0 - ECHO
Oct 18, 2017

It seems to be a common theme in Echo that the truly interesting parts fade, slowly losing their selves to the repeated barrage of ideas at the forefront.

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Oct 17, 2017

It's still held back by the formulaic nature of the LEGO franchise, but LEGO: The Ninjago Movie Videogame is a great addition to the franchise that changes just enough to make it feel fresh. It's excellent news for kids and even fun for old men like me. It comes highly recommended, unless you really hate fun.

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Oct 16, 2017

At the end of it all, Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a novel triumph within the RPG genre with a few glaring faults. Battles are exciting and easy to get a grasp of, I’d even say it's very welcoming of beginners to the genre due to the lack of need of party diversity and strategy.

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9 / 10.0 - FIFA 18
Oct 15, 2017

FIFA 18 is yet another strong addition to the long-running series. With another powerful season of The Journey, some vastly improved skill games, and the return of fan favourite Ultimate Team, FIFA 18 is a welcome step forwards in the saga of the Beautiful Game.

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Oct 12, 2017

It's a terrible pity, as Raiders of the Broken Planet could have been a really interesting little shooter experience, and even now on the rare occasions when it works it is still some fun to play. But one does wonder if MercurySteam should just take the property, chuck in the game side and publish the cheesy action comic book they so clearly wanted to make.

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7.5 / 10.0 - N++
Oct 10, 2017

All in all, its N++ it's not bad. I’d recommend it to anyone but had high hopes it would have developed a bit more over time.

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6 / 10.0 - Pankapu
Oct 7, 2017

Chances are you'll have a good time playing Pankapu if you pick it up, but it's very unlikely that anyone will be putting it on their list of best games ever made. It's good, not great, and slightly lets down its beautiful art style with its unremarkable gameplay.

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9 / 10.0 - Cuphead
Oct 6, 2017

If you don’t mind a high difficulty level and putting the time to master parrying then Cuphead is a game that you are going to thoroughly enjoy, from the artwork, music and sense of relief when you finally get shot of that boss that’s been giving you hassle for days.

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6 / 10.0 - Blue Reflection
Oct 6, 2017

Honestly speaking, there's nothing spectacular about Blue Reflection. It's rather modest and quaint, but that also gives it some charm. If it weren't for the performance issues, it'd be difficult to fault it very much.

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6 / 10.0 - Jydge
Oct 5, 2017

Ultimately, the most disappointing aspect of JYDGE is the game that I could see it being with just a few tweaks. As it is, it’s a game with a great aesthetic and some neatly implemented ideas that just doesn’t do enough where it matters.

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Sep 26, 2017

Twists and turns are sprinkled deliberately, with information paced to support them without giving too much away. Honestly, V3 is best experienced as fresh as possible.

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