Alice Bell

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Alice Bell·May 31, 2023

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The Tartarus Key has puzzles so hard it's basically an immersive sim. Puzzle haters will baulk, but for genre fans it's a weirdo breath of fresh air

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Alice Bell·May 30, 2023

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Diablo IV is a beautiful, frictionless grey toybox that puts nothing in the way of you playing it for hours and wondering what you've done with your life.

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Alice Bell·Apr 26, 2023

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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is an undeniably fun Star Wars sequel with a suitably epic story and smart combat, but a hell of a lot of busywork alongside it.

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Alice Bell·Apr 6, 2023

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A surprising prequel that does interesting stuff with rhythm-action and fun for fans of Road 96.

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Alice Bell·Mar 28, 2023

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A sloppy, buggy Payday pretender whose USP of using 90s movie stars is probably the worst thing about it.

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Alice Bell·Mar 22, 2023

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Storyteller is a lovely, literally story-driven puzzle game with surprising complexity that'll charm you, but it's quite short - whether you like that or not.

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Alice Bell·Mar 7, 2023

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The slow pace of Outlanders gets a little too slow at times, but this is a genuinely charming town builder with a modern sense of humour, and a great antidote to towering skyscrapers or technological arms races.

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Alice Bell·Feb 15, 2023

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Pharaoh: A New Era is the definitive way to play an absolute classic city builder that nails the fundamentals

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Alice Bell·Jan 31, 2023

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Squeenix's epic-ish isekai game has cool magical combat, but it's far too big for its own good, and that scale leaves it feeling empty and disappointing.

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Alice Bell·Dec 2, 2022

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Much-anticipated space survival horror The Callisto Protocol is here, and unfortunately it just runs really badly on PC right now.

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Alice Bell·Nov 3, 2022

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The Chant has some good enemy design and interesting resource management, but its psychic-horror weirdness just doesn't get weird enough.

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Alice Bell·Oct 27, 2022

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Saturnalia is a truly unique horror game, with an unforgettable monster and oodles of style

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Alice Bell·Oct 20, 2022

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You wait 8 years for a sort-of sequel to your favourite Borderlands narrative adventure game and when one finally turns up it's an unfunny disappointment

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Alice Bell·Oct 14, 2022

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Scorn's dreadful bio-mechanical world is a fantastic example of horror design and level design alike, but its lovely mess of flesh is let down by messier combat.

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Alice Bell·Oct 11, 2022

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Coral Island may not totally reinvent the farming game template, but its changes make it a kinder and easier world to farm in