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| 88 65% | Against the Storm (2023) - Rated 11 Dec 2024
"It was inevitable that this would be marketed as a "roguelike city builder" in the familiar "X meets Y" fashion that marketing executives seem to love, but what it most resembles is modern worker placement board games, albeit with the much greater complexity of underlying maths that video games allow. The first impression, with its limited set of options, is not the best; when it opens up, it becomes a very stimulating exercise in off-the-cuff strategising, especially at higher difficulties."
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| 87 58% | Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (2013) - Rated 09 Dec 2024 |
| 74 9% | Elderborn (2018) - Rated 22 Nov 2024
"The basic systems feel great if you like deliberate, animation-based melee combat, but I don't think I've ever seen a game run out of money this obviously or this abruptly, with a narrative wrapped up by a monologue over the credits in a way that I can only compare to the classic Z movie 'Blood Debts' (1985). I suppose you could get more out of it if you read the reams of typo-ridden lore the devs have provided; you'll like it more if you don't."
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| 86 51% | Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017) - Rated 21 Nov 2024
"A melancholy coda to the series, concerned with the eternities of nothingness before and after our lives and the many ways we may hope to escape, shape or ignore them. The Billie/Daud duo echoes Corvo and Emily, with Billie's powers encouraging a playstyle fitting her personality (calculating, deliberate, deceitful). As side content goes, it's less impressive than D1's DLCs, likely due to a more time- and budget-constrained development, but it's a fitting and memorable end to Dishonored."
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| 86 51% | Resident Evil Village (2021) - Rated 18 Nov 2024
"It should be a familiar feeling by now, but I'm always impressed by Resident Evil's ability to spawn games that are visually breathtaking, have thrilling moment-to-moment gameplay, and follow a striking thematic through-line (here, a slow build-up from the personal cruelties of the middle-ages to the industrial evil of our own), all arranged around a script that is grade-A dogshit. Why is Chris's plan so nebulous and counterproductive? Why is Miranda's, for that matter? Mysteries for the ages."
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| 90 84% | Demon's Souls (2009) - Rated 25 Oct 2024 |
| 89 73% | Overload (2018) - Rated 12 Oct 2024
"It's a shame this did so badly financially, because it fixes everything that made 'Descent' onerous to revisit (very uneven level and encounter design, threadbare narrative, those god-damn hitscanners) while keeping or improving the sources of its enduring appeal (irresistible central conceit, bangin' tunes, varied enemy roster). There's even some honest-to-God good voice acting in there! Alas, had it come out when the throwback shooter fad was in full swing..."
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| 70 5% | The Darkside Detective (2017) - Rated 07 Oct 2024
"Man, this does not put its best foot forward, with writing initially composed of droll-but-not-funny banter that reaches its nadir with a 'Twilight' joke that was already dated in 2017 and has become worse each year since. After that, the game does settle into an amiable and even sometimes charming groove, carried along by amusing and well-structured puzzles, especially in the bonus cases (which sadly are a little less well copy-edited than the main game)."
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| 87 58% | Ys Origin (2006) - Rated 05 Oct 2024
"Very tightly designed ARPG with a slightly forgettable but concise script that I suspect feels more momentous to people who have played Ys 1&2. The real standouts here are the gameplay, presentation and setting, which offer a classic dungeoneering experience with a smoothly escalating level of challenge (and little to no grinding!)."
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| 85 45% | Arkanoid: Doh It Again (1997) - Rated 28 Sep 2024 |
