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Last reviewed: Forza Horizon 6 · 20 days ago

Reviews302
Authors25
Avg score72
Agreement67%

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Elden Ring2022
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PJ O'Reilly·Mar 4, 2022
Critic100/100
Agreement100%

Elden Ring is a crowning achievement for FromSoftware and undoubtedly the very best gameplay experience they've yet delivered - and that's really saying something given this developer's incredible back catalogue. The Lands Between deftly combine breathless open world exploration, stunning artistry, immaculate world-building and wondrous adventure with classic Dark Souls combat and dungeon-crawling, resulting in not just the best Souls game to date, but a candidate for one of the very best video games ever made.

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Starfield2023
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PJ O'Reilly·Sep 7, 2023
Critic90/100
Agreement0%

Starfield is Bethesda's best RPG to date, an enormous space odyssey that serves up some incredibly evocative and engaging exploration, satisfying combat, and a narrative that had us hooked right to the end. Yes there are issues here with the usual jank, and some very messy and fiddly menus and interactions, but all of these problems feel minor when compared to everything this game gets right. In a year that's been packed full of absolutely essential games, Starfield manages to sit right up top with some of the best of them. After all the hype and bluster, this is just a very, very good RPG and a game we'll be playing and replaying for a long time to come.

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Authors · 25

PJ O'Reilly66Ken Barnes57Daniel Hollis28Dave Letcavage25Pure Xbox Staff24Fraser Gilbert23Ben Kerry13Liam Doolan13Tyler Treese9Anthony Bacchus7Lucie Mansell7Josephine Lawton6Josephine Johnson5Paul Renshaw5Adam Ducker2

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League2024
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PJ O'Reilly·Feb 2, 2024
Critic80/100
Agreement—

Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, despite all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth pre-release, has arrived in perfectly fine form. This is, at launch, one of the most polished looter shooters we've played, an action-packed superhero adventure that dishes up top-notch combat, tons of fan-service, excellent traversal (important for superheroes!), addicting loot, and plenty of surprises and shocks to boot. Yes, the story is artificially dragged out, mission types are repetitive and the store is a right royal rip-off, but the writing, the performances, core mechanics and incredible attention to detail here ensure that this is one squad of misfits who've managed to take the heat and survive intact.

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Tekken 82024
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PJ O'Reilly·Jan 23, 2024
Critic80/100
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Tekken 8 is a little light on single-player content in comparison to some of the other big fighters out there right now, and it does give off the initial impression of being super-slick over strategically balanced early on. Stick with it though, dig down beneath all the fancy new heat moves and screen-shaking rage attacks, and you'll find a classic fighting system that feels better now than it ever has. Once you're in the zone, pulling off Phoenix smashers, dashing fists and sandwich claps whilst side-stepping like a pro, any slight shortcomings this game may have are left at the entrance to the arena.

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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown2024
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PJ O'Reilly·Jan 11, 2024
Critic90/100
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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a fantastically clever return to the franchise that serves up slick 2.5D action wrapped up in a delightful art style and satisfying story. There's a smart balance here between old-school levels of action and challenge, moreish combat and neat puzzles, mixed with accessibility options and fine-tuning that open this traditionally tough genre up to newcomers. We knew Ubisoft Montpellier was a pair of safe hands, and it's not let us down here, serving up the first must-play of 2024, and we're only just getting started.

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