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Alec Meer·Jun 4, 2018

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I'm left frustrated that Vampyr falls short of truly combining a smart choose-your-own-adventure game with a meaty action one.

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Alec Meer·May 16, 2018

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There are a ton of great ideas here, and I particularly dig this whole concept of a management game that's about a production line for silent slaughter rather than cash-generation as such, but the best stuff can struggle to breathe through the excessive micro-management.

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Alec Meer·Apr 24, 2018

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There is something great glinting just below BattleTech's dour and crusty surface. So much now depends on whether future updates will dig for it or not – I pray they do.

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Alec Meer·Apr 17, 2018

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I like it, but its snickering spirits will only haunt the tortured recesses of my mind for a few short days.

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Alec Meer·Mar 23, 2018

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Rare unquestionably need to apply new meat to these beautiful bones. I've enjoyed the ambience of Sea of Thieves so much that I want it to be something that stays in my life for a long time to come, but, in its current state, I know that is impossible.

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Alec Meer·Mar 15, 2018

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Though I sometimes grew weary of the donkey-work of cables and repairs, I definitely relish the new state of sustained fear Surviving Mars brings to city sims. It means that even small accomplishments feel so much bigger.

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Alec Meer·Mar 14, 2018

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Vermintide 2 might be shameless about its inspiration, but, critically, it recreates it really, really well, at a spectacular scale. I can't speak to whether I'll still be showering the land with rat legs a few months from now, but I fully expect to happily spend the next few weeks, at least, knee-deep in the rodent dead.

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Alec Meer·Mar 2, 2018

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The fights can be plenty challenging, especially if you venture online or into the openly-described-as-unfair gladiator arena mode, but I was never able to shake the sensation that they're just a delivery vehicle for a really great cartoon.

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Alec Meer·Feb 27, 2018

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I cannot currently think of any reason why I would ever uninstall Into The Breach

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Alec Meer·Nov 8, 2017

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Already, New Mexico makes ATS significantly different – that much more varied, more of a place to explore, rather than just one to tick tourist traps off the list.

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Alec Meer·Nov 6, 2017

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Hand of Fate 2 wisely switches away from Hand Of Fate's purity, which saves it from repetition but discards its trump card in the process.

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Alec Meer·Sep 20, 2017

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It's a shorter tale full of high-points, and wraps up lingering storylines while also leaving the door open for further adventures in the world of Dunwall, Karnaca and beyond.

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Alec Meer·Aug 24, 2017

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'DLC' desperately undersells War Of The Chosen, this fat and bursting sausage of turn-based splendour. I think I might have found 'XCOM 3' a mite more appropriate.

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Alec Meer·Aug 15, 2017

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Rez Infinite is the greatest VR game to date

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Alec Meer·Aug 11, 2017

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WoL is most easily described as a comedy game, and though it is indeed a prime-cut ribtickler, that can be a backhanded compliment – as if jokes are all it has. WoL does something far more accomplished, far more rare, which is to be joyful.