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Kitaria Fables is an adorable game featuring a kitten trying to save the world. It’s cheerful, playful, and relaxing. While some battles can be challenging, you can take a break and unwind with some farming. If you love cute animals, a bit of action, and farming, this game is perfect for you. Let’s join Nyanza in raising our sword to save all the animals and restore peace to Kitaria.

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Source of Madness may still be in early access, but I’m really enjoying it nonetheless. I like that it always presents a new challenge in the form of new monsters and different environments. Personally, I’m really looking forward to the next acts, which I hope will be released as soon as possible. If you’re a fan of Lovecraft, you definitely shouldn’t miss this game—it has a lot of potential.

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Like other point-and-click adventure games, AntVentor is very easy to control, whether using a keyboard and mouse or a gamepad. The result is a relaxing, almost meditative experience with a healthy dose of humor and a surprising story set against a beautiful backdrop. Although I wish the game were longer, this is only the first of three planned chapters. Despite the puzzles not always being straightforward, I highly recommend the game. You broke Florantino’s machine, so you better help him fix it!

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Wartales definitely has a lot to offer and is already clearly among the best in its category. The developers at Shiro Games have incorporated the best they could into the game, focusing on the harshness of the medieval setting and its gloomy atmosphere, combined with tactical RPG elements and turn-based combat. Combined with survival elements and various moral choices that can influence the world, this is clearly a great combination. However, some game mechanics remain a bit of a mystery—these aren’t exactly bugs, but it would be helpful to explain how they work in the tutorial.

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As I mentioned at the beginning, Tavern Master was a safe bet on the part of the new developer. While that’s understandable, a bit more creativity or some innovation wouldn’t have hurt. The developers took the core of tycoon gameplay and stripped it down to nothing but the most basic mechanics. The game looks and plays well, but for anyone familiar with the genre, it offers no challenge or innovation, so it could be recommended mainly to those who don’t have much experience with this type of game, and Tavern Master could serve as a good stepping stone for them toward higher-quality and more sophisticated titles. In a way, my criticism of the soundtrack is symbolic, and it can be extended to the entire game. It sounds good and is quite catchy, but who thought a single melody would suffice for the entire playthrough? There’s too little creativity and an almost excessive play-it-safe approach. I can imagine that the developers could easily use the current game as a foundation on which to gradually build additional content and refine the mechanics. The development potential is definitely there. As it stands, Tavern Master is a laid-back game sufficient for unwinding and a momentary distraction, but it still has a long way to go before it can be considered a classic of the genre.

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Aeterna Noctis presents an extreme challenge for all Metroidvania fans in the truest sense of the word. The gameplay will captivate players not only with its smooth animations, but also with its diverse environments and vibrant soundtrack. Reaching the Queen of Light won’t be easy, and it will certainly take you more than thirty hours.

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Slice of Sea is definitely a game I recommend everyone try. You’ll find a truly captivating world full of all sorts of details. Amazing music and just the right amount of challenges in the form of various puzzles. If you’re a fan of atmospheric adventure games, you should definitely give this title a try. Plus, thanks to Radek Barták, you’ll also enjoy the Czech language version the game offers.

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Total War: WARHAMMER III is a fantastic conclusion to the trilogy. It builds on the foundations laid by the previous installments in the series and enriches the tried-and-true mechanics with new content. The battles, which form the core of the game, will put your tactical genius to the test while compelling you to zoom in again and again on the beautifully rendered units locked in combat. Fans of the series may be pleased (or disappointed) to find that, although the game refines old mechanics and introduces new ones, the gameplay remains essentially unchanged from previous installments.

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SCARF offers a lot of bang for your buck. This pleasant, relaxing game is entertaining, but not for long. It’s truly a shame that a title that excels in so many ways ends all too soon—and with an unsatisfying conclusion, to boot. Even so, I have to praise the visuals, the immersive atmosphere, the audio, the gameplay, and the simple puzzles that blend seamlessly with the surroundings. SCARF has left a lasting impression on me thanks to its many positives, but also a few negatives.

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Hollow Knight can be considered the king of its genre. If you’re looking for something better, believe me, you’ll have a hard time finding it. When I was trying to think of a single downside to the game, I spent hours exploring the world, searching for even the smallest flaw. There is one, however, that you might not notice right away because it’s hidden behind the great experience—a slight sense of repetition. Simply put, you navigate each location by always having to find the cartographer and then go look for the boss, who will unlock a new ability that lets you access the next location.

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Even in this early access phase, with a few bugs still present, Settlement Survival is a very enjoyable building strategy game. The game offers a reasonable level of difficulty tailored to your preferences, and the gameplay is enlivened by various events and natural phenomena that can really put you through the wringer. The developers at Gleamer Studios have done a great job drawing inspiration from their sources and have successfully achieved their goal. If you’re a fan of building strategy games and can overlook the graphics—which lack more advanced modern effects—as well as the limited variety of resource categories, you’ll enjoy the game.

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Nexomon: Extinction is a fun Pokémon-style game. So if you like monster games, we definitely recommend it. Set aside plenty of time, because it’s a real marathon. The somewhat formulaic gameplay is more than made up for by the variety of quests, monsters, and the story itself, which plays a major role here. We highly recommend this game to fans of monsters with superpowers.

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Improved and highly entertaining gameplay, a great cartoonish art style, a fantasy theme, sophisticated level design, extensive character customization options, plenty of challenges, and high replay value. All of this and much more makes OlliOlli World from developer Roll7 one of the most entertaining skateboarding games I’ve played in the last few years. I highly recommend this game, and if our review has piqued your interest even a little, you definitely won’t regret buying it. It guarantees at least dozens of hours of fun. If you’re looking for a real challenge and plan to complete everything the game has to offer, I wish you strong nerves, and I’m very curious to see what else the developers have in store for us.

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Knock on the Coffin Lid is a charming, hand-drawn card game that I really enjoy. Once you unlock the second character, Bjorn, the game becomes even more tactical and entertaining. I definitely recommend giving this game a try, even if you’re not a fan of card games. The game really has a lot to offer—from its artwork and story to the brutal and relentless boss battles.

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Whether or not you're a fan of the zombie genre, if you're looking for a great action game, Dying Light 2 Stay Human is exactly what you want in your library. I'd wait a bit for the bugs to be fixed, though, and then the gaming experience should be absolutely perfect. The only downside is the story, which might not be everyone's cup of tea, but you should form your own opinion about that after giving it a try.

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Pokémon Legends: Arceus has fulfilled the dream I’ve always had since I first got into RPGs as a kid. I was worried about how the game would turn out, because last year was one disappointment after another for me in terms of gaming, but fortunately, that’s not the case here. The game is exactly as I imagined it from the trailer—magical, nostalgic, fun, and thrilling. I sincerely hope the developers stick with this format and don’t do a 180-degree turn back to the original one. I’m not saying the old one was bad, but this is something I would personally define as a childhood dream come true.

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Greak: Memories of Azur is a sad yet touchingly beautiful story of three siblings struggling against adversity against the backdrop of a once-beautiful land ravaged by a cruel war, rendered in stunning hand-drawn art. The touching displays of sibling love, protection, self-sacrifice, and care will tug at your heartstrings. Although there are a few minor flaws, the amazing atmosphere, pleasant music, and adorable art style more than make up for them as you become completely absorbed in the game until you finish it in one sitting in about ten hours.

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Good Company is definitely not a relaxing game. On the contrary, it will really make you rack your brain as you search for that one last missing piece that’s causing your entire, perfectly assembled production chain to grind to a halt. The game will definitely captivate you if you enjoy endless spreadsheets and organizing and optimizing them. The charmingly designed Good Company ended up pleasantly surprising me. Although the game initially seemed very challenging with its myriad settings, I eventually got completely lost in it—but I actually enjoyed it. For fans of management, process engineering, and logistics, it’s definitely a “must-have.”

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Transient is a great game, but if the developers make a sequel and I find out it’s going to be a puzzle game too, I’ll go to their studio in person, slap everyone there, and while I’m at it, I’ll pay them extra to work on the characters’ faces. The game is superbly optimized; I didn’t encounter any frame drops or bugs. If you’re planning to rewatch the Matrix trilogy to refresh your memory before seeing the new one, I recommend trying Transient instead.

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Arboria is a very captivating game featuring ugly trolls. After a few rounds, however, you get so used to them that they actually start to seem kind of cute. The game has its own unique sense of humor—perhaps a bit too vulgar for some players at times—but I enjoyed it. I had fun constantly exploring the dungeon, which is full of interesting enemies.

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