Janine Hawkins

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Janine Hawkins·Feb 5, 2018

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Powered by nostalgia to a fault

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Janine Hawkins·Nov 20, 2017

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Don’t let Fire Emblem Warriors get lost among the many Switch releases

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Janine Hawkins·Aug 21, 2017

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This remake of the first Yakuza game has sparks of brilliance amid some major flaws

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Janine Hawkins·Jul 10, 2017

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Rakuen's unique setting and sweet sensibilities make up for its technical shortcomings.

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Janine Hawkins·Jun 27, 2017

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The true misery of Valkyria Revolution is how much of the series' roots show through, and how much Revolution itself doesn't know what to do with them.

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Janine Hawkins·May 26, 2017

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Spirit of Sanada breathes some new life into a series showing its age

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Janine Hawkins·Apr 25, 2017

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This take on classic turn-based RPGs struggles to give its fresh ideas room to breathe.

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Janine Hawkins·Mar 27, 2017

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With core systems opaque and unnecessarily limited, all I ever felt equipped to do in Rain World was fail.

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Janine Hawkins·Mar 6, 2017

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If that's my biggest problem with it after clearing each of the game's five core endings, that should say everything. Nier: Automata is a game that's more than willing to make players feel small, both physically and conceptually. It wants to swallow them whole, and it succeeds. Nier demands patience with its antics — not to mention its definition of "ending" — but it's patience was rewarded.

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Janine Hawkins·Jan 19, 2017

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Yakuza 0 has heart, despite some significant shortcomings

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Janine Hawkins·Dec 12, 2016

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Sword Art Online is built on high-stakes drama and a compelling premise--Hollow Realization delivers on neither.

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Janine Hawkins·Nov 1, 2016

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I can lean back and pick out plenty of things about Owlboy that frustrated me, but its failings shrink in the face of its triumphs. I have no excess of affection for the 16-bit genre retreads but even as Owlboy lacks the tightness or consistency of many of the games it sits alongside, it’s far more approachable, far more endearing, and far more unique.

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Janine Hawkins·Jun 1, 2016

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In a tide of games trying to capitalize on Hearthstone's success, Duelyst still stands out.

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Janine Hawkins·Mar 21, 2016

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Moon Hunters has a good story to tell, but grinds it to dust in the process.

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Janine Hawkins·Feb 5, 2016

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Devilian doesn't ask for much, and delivers just enough to pass the time.