Nothing we see here matters because it’s all been made up for puzzle-solving.
Redfall features none of the variety to support its bloated length.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor tells a story of great power and complexity.
The game is invested in showing how dire circumstances affect your heroes’ relationships.
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As visually striking as it is, the game is most memorable for its ruthless, defensive combat.
The remake knows exactly when to subvert expectations to ratchet up tension.
The game isn’t the action-oriented experience that TRON fans may be expecting.
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The game is an absurdist lark, with a few potent howlers and some delirious plotting.
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The only place where the protagonists, and by extension the game, stand out is in combat.
It turned out that the absence of so many major publishers from the convention was a blessing.
It’s at such a remove from anything human that we see no consequences to your actions.
This rock-solid fishing game doesn’t deliver on its deepest ambitions.
Storyteller’s breezy style comes at the cost of any real complexity.
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The relationships and rapport you build at the start pay off in emotionally satisfying ways.
In the end, Have a Nice Death can’t escape its own premise.
WWE 2K23 ends up being a snapshot of a turning point for the company.
Octopath Traveler II is a great game to get lost in eight times over.