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153 games reviewed
69.6 average score
70 median score
66.7% of games recommended

Flickering Myth's Reviews

5.5 / 10.0 - Anthem
Feb 19, 2019

Slick flying and gunplay collide with infuriating design choices throughout Anthem. But its biggest problem is a lack of soul – this is a cynical, committee-produced product bereft of any significant creative spark.

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Feb 25, 2019

If, like me, you’re a strategy fan who is missing their fill of 4X games then Stellaris: Console Edition is a must buy for you.

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7 / 10.0 - Dick Wilde 2
Feb 26, 2019

It doesn’t push the boat out – or rather, the raft – as much as it could, but Dick Wilde 2 delivers a mild improvement over its predecessor, favouring accessibility and fun over the original’s punishing challenge.

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7.5 / 10.0 - Trials Rising
Feb 28, 2019

If you can withstand Trials Rising‘s needless XP grind, it finds the series in classic “video-game-as-cocaine” form.

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8 / 10.0 - APE OUT
Mar 2, 2019

Ape Out is the Whiplash of gaming – jazz-as-ultra-violence and sure to be one of the year’s most brutally cathartic gaming experiences.

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Mar 3, 2019

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove shamelessly coasts on nostalgia and has little time for finessed gameplay or appealing visuals, but it nevertheless knows what its audience craves most.

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9.5 / 10.0 - Devil May Cry 5
Mar 8, 2019

Devil May Cry 5 is the game that people should be talking about in 9/10 months’ time when Game of The Year suggestions are being made.

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Mar 19, 2019

The Division 2 keeps an impressive number of plates spinning while skirting clear of the soulless live-service void. It isn’t perfect by any means, but Massive has done a remarkable job of making a potentially messy experience feel uncommonly holistic.

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Apr 4, 2019

Yoshi's Crafted World doesn't provide the storming reinvention of the franchise Switch owners might be hoping for, but thanks to sharp, charming level design, it delivers the basic goods with a cherry on top.

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4.5 / 10.0 - Dangerous Driving
Apr 8, 2019

The charmless and disappointing Dangerous Driving is effectively just Burnout with the soul ripped asunder.

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8 / 10.0 - Mortal Kombat 11
Apr 26, 2019

NetherRealm bolsters their penchant for delivering the most accessible and effort-filled fighting games around, even if Mortal Kombat 11 does feel a little overstuffed with Things To Do.

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May 24, 2019

As a goofy party game sure to bring people together around the TV – or the Switch – Team Sonic Racing is an enjoyable meat-and-potatoes kart racer. It's no Mario Kart 8, but was it ever going to be?

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May 27, 2019

If Trover Saves the Universe wouldn’t present quite the same allure outside of VR due to its simple core gameplay – and indeed, it can be played flat – the added immersion does a fantastic job of enhancing Roiland’s bonkers comedic vision.

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7.5 / 10.0 - My Friend Pedro
Jun 19, 2019

My Friend Pedro doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but its big success is taking a genre known for its punishing difficulty and paring things down at the lower end.

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7.5 / 10.0 - Vacation Simulator
Jun 24, 2019

Though some of the novelty has worn off, Vacation Simulator serves up another charmingly off-kilter VR quirk-fest.

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6 / 10.0 - Defector
Jul 14, 2019

Defector does feel a bit like a skeletal VR tech demo rather than a fully-formed project, and that is what above all else separates it from the decidedly more sturdy, intuitive and entertaining Blood & Truth.

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Sep 2, 2019

Catherine: Full Body is an indelicate yet thoughtful game, a messy and at-times eyebrow-raising precis on gender and relationships, but a unique and worthwhile experience all the same.

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7.5 / 10.0 - Gears 5
Sep 9, 2019

Gears 5 doesn’t reinvent the wheel of this formula-keen franchise, but nevertheless makes baby steps towards something a little more adventurous.

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For a video game based on a movie – and a VR one no less – Groundhog Day: Like Father, Like Son should do enough to please fans, even if its neat concept feels a little under-developed in places.

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4 / 10.0 - WWE 2K20
Oct 27, 2019

A shameful disaster which fits only the loosest standards of "fit for sale."

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