Michael McWhertor

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Michael McWhertor·Feb 2, 2026

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Square Enix has transformed a generational (but grueling) adventure into a must-play RPG

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Michael McWhertor·Jun 18, 2024

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If you thought the base game was difficult, think again

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Michael McWhertor·Apr 7, 2024

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the best video game adventure I’ve experienced since Elden Ring, a far more approachable open-world game that has no doubt colored how players perceive this year’s big fantasy RPG. (It certainly did for me.) But like another FromSoftware game, the original Demon’s Souls, I found that once I had accepted Dragon’s Dogma 2’s peculiarities and deciphered what it was asking of me, I fell deeply in love. Dragon’s Dogma 2 awakens those old feelings of learning to overcome my expectations of what a game should be, then discovering new types of experiences along the way. That’s the best kind of journey.

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Michael McWhertor·Sep 27, 2023

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Separate Ways is a must-play for Resident Evil 4 fans

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Michael McWhertor·Aug 23, 2023

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FromSoftware’s newest outing is a clever, demanding, and generous mecha game

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Michael McWhertor·Apr 19, 2023

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If there can be such a thing as a wholesome wargame, this is it

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Michael McWhertor·Mar 17, 2023

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For all of the rough edges that it smooths over, RE4 pulls off the same trick that RE2 did in 2019, making a groundbreaking but now dated game feel brand-new again.

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Michael McWhertor·Jan 26, 2023

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The Dead Space remake changes all the right things

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Michael McWhertor·Dec 2, 2022

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Within striking distance of greatness

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Michael McWhertor·Feb 23, 2022

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The open-world Dark Souls successor is staggering in breadth and challenge

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Michael McWhertor·Apr 28, 2021

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This is the Planet Earth of Pokémon games

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Michael McWhertor·Nov 13, 2020

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One of the nicest new additions to Demon's Souls is a photo mode. In addition to giving players the option to actually pause Demon's Souls - something you couldn't do in the original - it also takes some lovely screenshots. (See: every image in this review.)

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Michael McWhertor·Oct 19, 2020

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10 years on, Frictional Games brings us a smart sequel to The Dark Descent

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Michael McWhertor·May 20, 2020

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A story of warring riots

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Michael McWhertor·Mar 30, 2020

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Capcom’s latest remake is once again excellent, but safe and short