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Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree successfully blends Metroidvania exploration with challenging Soulslike combat, offering a richly atmospheric world, compelling storytelling, and satisfying gameplay depth that rewards patience, strategy, and experimentation.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 defied my expectations with its unique charm, offering an engaging narrative, beautiful design, and diverse gameplay that kept me entertained throughout, even if its ambition occasionally led to confusing mechanics and cluttered menus.

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Post Trauma by Red Soul Games is a rough yet promising debut that modernizes classic fixed-camera gameplay well, despite clunky controls, frustrating combat, and some design missteps—but with a few patches, this could easily go from good to great.

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Steel Seed is an enjoyable mix of stealth, parkour, and combat with a solid story and creative mechanics—while some enemy encounters feel a bit unbalanced and the robots lack personality, the strategic use of Koby, satisfying stealth, and rewarding exploration make it a strong and memorable experience overall.

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Commando: Origins was meant to mark the grand return of the franchise, but with a lack of cohesive story, limited freedom, numerous bugs, and poor optimization overshadowing its nostalgic and varied missions, it’s best to wait for a few patches before diving in.

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The Hundred Line: -Last Defense Academy- is an ambitious, experimental, and slightly bizarre strategy game with strong tactical battles and a unique setting, but its uneven story, sluggish pacing, and excessive dialogue may test your patience—especially if you're expecting a new Danganronpa.

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Tempest Rising offers RTS fans hours of nostalgic yet modernized gameplay centered around a unique energy source that sparks a global war; while the game lacks innovative mechanics and is limited to just two factions, its excellent music and engaging execution still make it an enjoyable experience.

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Chains of Freedom features some strategic depth in its turn-based combat, but is held back by weak storytelling, dull exploration, poor pacing, and combat that’s often dragged down by frustrating design choices.

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Rusty Rabbit struggles with several issues that hold it back from standing out, but it still offers some enjoyable moments—and with its low price, it might be worth a try for curious players.

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Star Overdrive has a strong foundation with its stylish hoverboard exploration and interesting combat options via the Keytar, but fails to fully realize this potential. The world feels empty, the main character lacks personality and many of the creative ideas are limited.

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Promise Mascot Agency is a uniquely atmospheric game brimming with original ideas, but its clunky gameplay and shallow mechanics make it a frustrating experience that only die-hard fans of slow, narrative-driven Japanese eccentricity will truly appreciate.

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Blue Prince is a masterful game that blends strategic planning, narrative depth, and a dynamic world into an unforgettable experience that demands to be played, analyzed, and celebrated.

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South of Midnight by Compulsion Games delivers a captivating narrative and stunning audiovisual experience set in a gothic Southern USA, though its repetitive combat and uninspired platforming hold it back from true greatness.

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Bleach: Rebirth of Souls is a decent fighting game that captures the anime’s story arcs but lacks engaging combat depth, making it enjoyable for fans yet repetitive compared to Naruto or Dragon Ball Z games.

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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition successfully brings a forgotten cult classic to the Nintendo Switch with enhanced graphics, smoother performance, and quality-of-life improvements that make it more accessible, while still offering an awe-inspiring world to explore and a deep combat system, though some outdated elements like a cluttered interface and confusing mission structure remain.

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Sony San Diego may not have made the most groundbreaking improvements with MLB The Show 25, but they have once again delivered a solid sports game that, thanks to its presentation, soundtrack, diverse game modes, fluid gameplay, and more, could very well be the best sports game on the market—an absolute must-play for baseball fans.

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KARMA: The Dark World is a narrative-driven dystopian game where The Leviathan Corporation’s influence is pervasive; gameplay revolves around exploration, puzzles, and uncovering lore, but limited hints can lead to frustration, making it best suited for fans of psychological horror and story-driven experiences rather than action-seekers.

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Rebellion crafts an engaging survival game with Atomfall, though technical issues, weak enemy AI, and clunky melee combat detract from the experience. Freedom takes center stage, pushing players to explore and carve their own path. While not without its flaws, the atmospheric world and satisfying gunplay make it worth the journey.

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AI Limit has interesting mechanics and cool enemy designs but suffers from an unengaging story, unfair difficulty, cheap level design, and technical issues, making it worth a try only at a discount for hardcore Soulslike fans.

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Centum isn’t a great game in the traditional sense, but its haunting atmosphere and narrative create an experience that lingers—though whether it’s worth playing or just watching is for you to decide.

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