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Matt Cox·Mar 27, 2020

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We’re in a good place, Dunderlords and I. We’re comfortable, though you’d never have caught me using that word when I started.

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Matt Cox·Mar 17, 2020

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Doom Eternal is a lot like the last game, but better.

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Graham Smith·Mar 11, 2020

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As it is, it’s the best way to play Valve’s original design if you haven’t done so before, and it’s a brilliant way to retread those old ventilation shafts, if you have.

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Cian Maher·Mar 10, 2020

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Presuming these techy mishaps are rectified, Ori And The Will Of The Wisps is one of the most charming, engaging, visually striking and emotionally touching games I’ve played in a long time. It’s difficult but fair, complex but intuitive, and gruelling but conquerable.

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Alice Bell·Mar 10, 2020

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While both aspects of Murder By Numbers are pretty good, neither of them are given enough space to really breathe.

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Nate Crowley·Mar 6, 2020

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Here is a completely unhyped, completely straightforward expansion – in the old-school sense of the term – that adds a few strong new systems to the game, as well as a whole bunch of new variables to feed into its various narrative generation mechanics. And thanks to the endlessly repeatable, emergence-focused creature that RimWorld is, it’s enough to completely refresh your sense of compulsion, even if you felt you’d done it all to death with RimWorld 1.0.

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Sin Vega·Mar 5, 2020

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I’ve enjoyed Yes, Your Grace. It’s a pretty game, and the story and subplots have some nice details and solid surprises.

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Nate Crowley·Mar 5, 2020

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Genesis strolled down the street of things that made ARK magic despite its faults, and smugly posted a cat turd through every letterbox.

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Sin Vega·Mar 4, 2020

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I can’t, in short, say anything bad about Savage Vessels that isn’t heavily outweighed by everything it’s doing that’s rewarding and exciting.

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Jay Castello·Mar 2, 2020

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While I’ve been writing this, I’ve still been playing Besiege, in a way. Ideas for new creations have been bubbling away under the surface of my mind, just waiting for me to hop back in and build them

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Rick Lane·Feb 29, 2020

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I’m not sure Taur has enough depth or variety to justify its price tag, but it is good for picking up in half-hour bouts and knowing you can make a decent chunk of progress.

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Nic Reuben·Feb 28, 2020

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It’s a game that pays homage to genre conventions like hacking and exploration, but with forward facing design. Rather than backwards. Then side to side. Then 90 degrees to the left. Monch monch.

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Sin Vega·Feb 27, 2020

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As many players of Mutant Year Zero observed, that game was largely a puzzle game with a small shootout at the end, and Corruption 2029’s structure is very much cut from the same cloth.

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Jeremy Peel·Feb 26, 2020

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Clockwork God celebrates the tension between old and new, and finds profound comedy in the juxtaposition. It’s Size Five’s masterpiece.

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Alice Bell·Feb 21, 2020

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The most glaring problem is how The Suicide Of Rachel Foster fails to meaningfully engage with its central themes.