Janine Hawkins

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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