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Dorfromantik shows beautifully that combining relaxed gameplay with strategical depth works. You can play Dorfromantik to just create your own, nice world. Or you can dive into the specialities of its gameplay mechanics to build really well-designed worlds.

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I completely enjoyed Beacon Pines: It's one of those games I cannot get enough of. Its fascinating story and narration make it one of my favourites 2022.

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I spent nearly 50 hours with the Apple Arcade version of Wylde Flowers. I guess the same will happen again with the Nintendo Switch version. Wylde Flowers is one of my wholesome games 2022. You get the lovely town of Fairhaven in a solid Switch port.

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Potion Permit nearly is the wholesome game that I was looking for but not quite. I love Moonbury and all its stories. There are those weird bugs all over the game though. And also, I spend more time cutting trees than healing my patients. The grind in this game is unbelievable and nearly absurd. And still, I have a lot of fun - just because of Moonbury and the great stories it tells.

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The Tomorrow Children isn't the phoenix rising that it could be but when you're aware of what you get (namely at low of samey collecting!) it's a game that brings a lot of fun.

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In A Memoir Blue, you play a dream and that's what stays: It's a very short experience, telling a good story with a very important topic. But it's over so fast it might not stick in your memory as well as it should.

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There's a lot to like about the story, setting and tactical elements of the fighting system and development of the demons. But that's a sharp contrast to the otherwise bland, even repetitive gameplay. Oh, and Soul Hackers 2 has been the first game in a while that made me angry with its loading screens.

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I can imagine that in a few years, Sword and Fairy will be a big RPG series in the west. Some things need to be optimised in the next game but there are many things to love: A great story, superb characters, a beautiful world and the soundtrack just to name a few.

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Digimon Survive tells a darker story of the original Digimon. The story cannot always thrill me and sometimes I can't even follow. I think some things are getting lost due to the German translation. What does fascinate me are the battles and the game's looks. Digimon Survive is an interesting take on the Digimon games.

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Life is Strange: True Colors is one of my 2022 highlights so far. There aren't just emotions on the screen but as a player, I feel them through all of this journey.

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Stray has a great world and it is superb that the everyday life and actions of a cat is key to success here. The game could be much more wholesome than it is, however. And as a wholesome game, I would've like it more. Fighting and stealth passages are the weakest in the game.

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The Tale of Bistun is just a mediocre hack & slash but otherwise a strong game with many things going for it.

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The story really is worth to play Acolyte. If you really like to puzzle over things, Acolyte is for you. But it can also be frustrating as you need so many other resources that are not clearly visible.

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The PAW Patrol movie videogame is a very linear game that doesn't manage to tell a coherent story. The levels are not only totally simple but also nearly exactly the same. You could say this game is boring but it's also full of technical hiccups. We really cannot recommend it.

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Train Sim World 2 can be a relaxed simulator for you. But when you choose different settings it's also one for experts and enthusiasts. Oh, and in any case, it's for people with a passion for trains. The depictions of trains and stations in this game is mostly perfect.

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Beasties, in general, is a nice little game but it's very much on the short side, the balancing is off and there are frustrating bugs. I reckon I might forget it as fast as it was over even though it was fun while it lasted.

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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is a welcome step forward for the Musou genre. It's full of good features and content and you get most of it when you play it more than once.

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Kao the Kangaroo has become a nice platformer that tickles some memories of my favorite games of the past and that still delivers its own charme.

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I was wary about Road 96 because survival games aren't exactly my thing and usually I don't like randomly generated games as well. But this one amazed me. Each time I failed, I was motivated to try again. And each time I was successful, I felt nothing less but pure joy.

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Gran Turismo 7 is a full-fledged declaration of live to autosports, a racing game full of breathtaking detail and promotes realism in games in several ways.

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