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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·Aug 22, 2023

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A short-lived yet slowburn sci-fi drama about two engineers exploring a spooky, beautifully designed Martian base that's let down by a general lack of inspiration and especially, a dissatisfying plot.

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Alice Bell·Aug 22, 2023

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Immortals Of Aveum lacks focus, and the magical shooting is more chaotic and less punchy than I'd like, but it hits fun often enough for me to respect the big fantasy swings it takes.

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Sin Vega·Aug 21, 2023

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Six Ages 2 is a solid entry in a unique story-generator series that rewards a fascination with human cultures, but demands acceptance of failure and misfortune

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Matt Cox·Aug 17, 2023

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A fittingly punishing mashup of Metroidvania and Dark Souls, with lovely animations of many not-so-lovely things. Just make sure you actively track down the Chalice woman, and other hidden quality of life boosters.

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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·Aug 16, 2023

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A splendid, engrossing blend of visual novel and card creation game, where the cards you create are the means of navigating dialogue and pursuing a story about outcast witches, their griefs, lusts and more destructive tendencies.

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Katharine Castle·Aug 16, 2023

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A crowning achievement of open world stealth puzzling, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is fiendishly good fun. Easily Mimimi's best stealth strategy game yet.

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Sin Vega·Aug 15, 2023

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A detailed and moody setting wasted on a dull and repetitive RTS/management hybrid with the strengths of neither genre.

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Ed Thorn·Aug 10, 2023

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A retro-styled FPS where copious mutants make excellent grind rails for your chainsaw leg, only its momentum is bruised by an oddly paced episodic structure.

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Alice Bell·Aug 10, 2023

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Larian's RPG is an incredible world to get lost in, and though it may take you 100 hours, you will want to play again. It's the best Dungeons & Dragons game anyone has made, and probably will ever make. Unless there's a sequel in another 20 years.

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Jon Bailes·Aug 9, 2023

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Filling a game based on dialogue trees with mythological musical numbers turns out to be an inspired idea in Stray Gods, as it has the quality of writing, composing and character design to pull it off. Its bulges with both comedy and tragedy, and while some of the songs lack punch, overall Stray Gods puts on one hell of a show.

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Ed Thorn·Aug 9, 2023

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An action adventure with endearing six-out-of-ten jank, carried by weighty combat with heaps of style and customisation.

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Rock Paper Shotgun Staff·Aug 7, 2023

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A thoughtful and beautifully-written tale about online friendships and the communities that bring people together, Videoverse makes every interaction and dialogue choice count as you navigate its interpersonal dramas.

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Kaan Serin·Jul 31, 2023

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A short, cooking puzzle game that doubles as a touching visual novel about a mother, her family, and the immigrant experience.

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Stirling Matheson·Jul 27, 2023

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It fully embraces its mission as a simulation, which is both a triumph and a chicane.

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Alice Bell·Jul 25, 2023

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A town management sim with some good design ideas, but despite trying to make Love a key resource it has somehow pushed me to becoming a joyless optimiser.