Brendan Caldwell

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Brendan Caldwell·Oct 27, 2020

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ScourgeBringer is a well-crafted piece of arcade slashing that throws the player fewer bones than its roguelite contemporaries. Here's our review.

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Brendan Caldwell·Oct 22, 2020

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Disc Room is a twitch-based dodge 'em up with malleable difficulty settings, tough secrets, and some quite furious discs. But is it any good? (Yes)

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Brendan Caldwell·Sep 11, 2020

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There is a lot happening in Star Renegades. For a seemingly small game it throws an absurd amount of idea clay into the RPG kiln.

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Brendan Caldwell·Aug 27, 2020

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If I have to fight through listless combat, buggy UI, and an onslaught of juvenile gags to see one of the many endings, I’d rather leave the snowfields of Colorado behind. To hell with the consequences.

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Brendan Caldwell·Apr 29, 2020

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For anyone hoping it would bring a little modern fluidity to a long-stagnant genre, you might have to moonwalk upwards from this one. But for Ragers, it’s a sturdy score-attacking blowout to while away some hours, perfecting your flying knees and enflamed uppercuts, arguing over who deserves the trash salad.

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Brendan Caldwell·Jan 19, 2020

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As a finale, Hitman 3 is as capable as its trilogy-siblings. As a trilogy, it is one of the most fun-loving games of the decade. The best murder money can buy.

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Brendan Caldwell·Nov 19, 2019

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Its saving virtue is that it is a right biggo, a thoughtless blast of blockbuster ‘splosions, a popcorn game, the grand kahuna you can point to when some bore starts burping on about how single player is dead

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Brendan Caldwell·Sep 23, 2019

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If you missed the first Surge, but always meant to take a look, hop into this one instead. Think of it as a shortcut to a better game.

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Brendan Caldwell·Sep 2, 2019

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Blair Witch is lumbering and predictable, as horror often is, and the rattling moments come mostly from jumpscares. The rest is a tepid sort of horror.

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Brendan Caldwell·Aug 26, 2019

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I wrote most of this review, then felt maybe I was being too harsh. So I took a break and went back. I wanted to enjoy it.

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Brendan Caldwell·Aug 26, 2019

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I can’t overstate the fact that it’s a funny game – funny enough that the humour keeps you going from fight to fight, searching not for the source of your mysterious enemy, or for the answer to all the sub-mysteries surrounding Jesse, but for the next episode of the Threshold Kids.

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Brendan Caldwell·Jul 19, 2019

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If you want a tiny, varied Deus Ex that will make you laugh, this is it.

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Brendan Caldwell·May 23, 2019

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At its heart, Pathologic 2 is a frustrating game. Ten times more interesting than your average immersive sim (probably the genre it belongs), yet hundreds of times less inviting.

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Brendan Caldwell·May 21, 2019

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It feels a bit eager at times, a UI that is maybe too minimal and trusting. If your scrolling comes to rest on one of these days for even a short while, it’ll launch right into that day. There’s no clicking to confirm. But you eventually get used to this, discerning the day by the drum beats that accompany each drag of the mouse wheel.

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Brendan Caldwell·May 14, 2019

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With that in mind (among other crimes) it would be easy to see him as the charlatan he is said to be by his enemies. But there are also moments that reveal a more complicated and conflicted man. In a short game full of haughty songs and jokes about willies, that’s an impressive achievement.