Tom Phillips

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Tom Phillips·Oct 28, 2019

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There's a moment around the mid-way point of Luigi's Mansion 3 where you open a door into a room that's not really a ro…

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Tom Phillips·Oct 8, 2019

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Where the original Yooka-Laylee had its eyes set on the past, this follow-up feels fitter and better for today.

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Tom Phillips·Sep 19, 2019

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A masterly remake that preserves Koholint Island for a new generation.

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Tom Phillips·Oct 1, 2018

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Locations have been the secret star of every Assassin's Creed game, so the difference between a memorable backdrop and …

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Tom Phillips·May 11, 2018

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I wish I could just tell you that Forgotton Anne is brilliant and wrap things up there. I want to leave you to go enjoy…

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Tom Phillips·Oct 4, 2016

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Rise of Iron pushed me past the 500 hour mark in Destiny, but I'd have gotten there regardless.

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Tom Phillips·Jun 30, 2016

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Lego Star Wars reinvents itself just enough to avoid the usual critiques of familiar gameplay - only to fall short when trying to stretch out its story.

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Tom Phillips·Dec 22, 2015

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Ubisoft's announcement that it would adapt the murders of Jack the Ripper into a rip-roaring epilogue for Assassin's Cr…

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Tom Phillips·Oct 22, 2015

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For a series focused on history, Syndicate feels refreshingly free from Assassin's Creed's own. Plenty has already been…

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Tom Phillips·Oct 13, 2015

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Mechanically you are left with a feeling that there was room for Telltale to - finally - stretch its template a little further than its standard 'side with one character or the other' choices. And if it didn't do so here, with the most open-ended licence going, then it may never. Like all recipes, if you have tried the end result too often then its taste may wear a little thin. But for lapsed Telltale fans or young Minecraft aficionados, Story Mode's opener is an enjoyable first bite.

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Tom Phillips·Sep 24, 2015

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When is the best time to review an expansion for a massively multiplayer online game? If you ask developer Bungie, they…

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Tom Phillips·Sep 14, 2015

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Endings are difficult - but then, BioWare already knows this. After the mess of Mass Effect 3, the developer played thi…

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Tom Phillips·Aug 14, 2015

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Back when I reviewed Hakkon I remember concluding that it was a memorable if not essential extra journey into the rich world of Dragon Age: Inquisition, and on finishing The Descent I am left feeling much the same. Series fans will enjoy revisiting some of the franchise's origins and likely also enjoy airing their views on the latest major lore additions.

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Tom Phillips·Mar 24, 2015

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I'm still playing Dragon Age: Inquisition, months after it came out. I only came to it over Christmas, but most evening…

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Tom Phillips·Jan 13, 2015

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They say time heals all wounds, but free DLC can't hurt either. Dead Kings offers much for those still enamoured by the series, and its offering as a freebie is a fine gesture to anyone left aggrieved by last year's failings. Still, time will tell whether it - or what Ubisoft has planned next - can convince those who have been put off by the series' longer sense of stasis.