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No Recommendation / Blank - The First Berserker: Khazan
Mar 26, 2025

The First Berserker: Khazan is frustrating – not necessarily because it's really hard. By far, it’s at its best when it wavers in its dogged quest to imitate the Souls games, yielding a distinct combat system that truly stands on its own.

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No Recommendation / Blank - Atomfall
Mar 25, 2025

Atomfall has a lot of interesting ideas and an admirable disinterest in playing by the usual gaming rules. But there are aspects that feel like an identity crisis, and those moments take up a lot more raw time.

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Mar 18, 2025

The slower pace required to fully appreciate this world is a virtue that, as a reviewer with a deadline, I wasn’t properly afforded. As such, I envy those who possess the time and willingness to truly indulge themselves. Because for all its smaller blemishes, Assassin’s Creed Shadows paints a breathtaking canvas that, even after 50 hours, continues to captivate me.

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Recommended - WWE 2K25
Mar 14, 2025

WWE 2K25 is fun to play, fun to dig into, and it’s even kind of fun to disparage the parts carelessly thrown in to be “best for business.”

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Essential - Split Fiction
Mar 12, 2025

Calling Split Fiction a roller coaster of a game does it a disservice. We’ve yet to ride any real-life track that rebuilds its layout and even the attraction type more than a dozen types as you’re on it. Split Fiction is the entire theme park, condensed into an inventive, explosive, and unmissable experience for two.

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Shaun Manning
Recommended - Two Point Museum
Feb 25, 2025

As the announcer drones, "If something looks familiar, you've probably been here before," so fans of Two Point Hospital and Campus should know what's coming. It's also a ton of fun, though, for folks who just love getting lost in museums and want to see what it might be like to put together their own gallery show.

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Recommended - Monster Hunter Wilds
Feb 24, 2025

Monster Hunter Wilds is brilliant, but suffers from not showing players everything it has to offer until you've stomached the Low Rank portion of the game.

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No Recommendation / Blank - PGA TOUR 2K25
Feb 20, 2025

PGA Tour 2K25 is an adequate golf game caught under a current of technical weirdness. Regardless of how much I enjoyed being out on the golf course, watching the game freeze for the umpteenth time made me grit my teeth.

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Feb 18, 2025

You know how everyone in the John Wick films is an assassin but nobody else seems to know about it, and how implausible that seems because the assassins are literally doing assassin things in plain view of everybody else, like shooting at each other on the subway? It’s like that, only with pirates.

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Recommended - Avowed
Feb 13, 2025

We need more games like Avowed. It’s not impossibly huge, it doesn’t hold you hostage for hundreds of hours, and it doesn’t try to be the last game you’ll ever need to buy. Instead, Obsidian Entertainment has made another engaging addition to an existing lore-rich world that’s fun and rewarding to explore. It's filled with great characters brought to life with excellent writing.

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Feb 6, 2025

I’m hooked once again on the market’s premier strategy franchise. I’m not sure if I like it more than the previous entry, but Civ VII reminds me why I love the genre...

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Jan 27, 2025

Jumping into Sniper Elite: Resistance is a lot like seeing that one friend you haven't spoken to in months, but your conversations pick right back up where you left off. Sure, some things have changed, but the core of what you love is still there, and that familiarity is a nice thing to return to.

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Jan 24, 2025

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is just as excellent and entertaining a platformer as it was all the way back in 2010. It can be infuriatingly punishing at times, but surpassing its finely crafted challenges delivers an immense rush of satisfaction in both co-op and solo play. This is without question the best way to experience the game today.

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Jan 23, 2025

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero certainly isn’t a terrible sequel. As mentioned earlier, NIS’ usage of familiar concepts from the first game should make this offering a worthwhile treat for long-time fans. Sadly, those who are relative newcomers to the series might be turned off by the campaign structure and overall progression.

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No Recommendation / Blank - SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada
Jan 21, 2025

An approachable extraction shooter for newcomers to the genre that's let down by its monetization features.

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Jan 13, 2025

Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a home run swing at something new. It makes crucial compromises to get there, but the end result is unforgettable.

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But on the other hand, the beat ‘em up fan in me is disappointed with how the game turned out. The lack of character progression or variety really drags the game down, and doesn’t give you much reason to replay it – which is unfortunate considering it’s only two hours long and costs $10 more than its contemporaries.

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Dec 6, 2024

Indiana Jones and The Great Circle is no fool’s gold, and the only pitfalls you’ll need to watch out for are those the game has laid deliberately. Developer MachineGames has delivered not just a love letter to the original movies, but a rip-roaring serial adventure that can stand proudly beside its elders in the archives.

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Nov 13, 2024

While it's an unusual choice for a family-friendly spin-off, there's undeniable character to Lego Horizon Adventures that goes further than I expected.

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Oct 28, 2024

Veilguard is BioWare going back to its roots: a single-player, story-driven RPG with a scrappy hero and the people they meet along the way... Veilguard has rectified all of my dislike for its predecessor, massively improving everything...

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