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John Walker·Mar 15, 2018

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It could be a lot better, but I really enjoy playing what it is.

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Alec Meer·Mar 15, 2018

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Though I sometimes grew weary of the donkey-work of cables and repairs, I definitely relish the new state of sustained fear Surviving Mars brings to city sims. It means that even small accomplishments feel so much bigger.

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Alec Meer·Mar 14, 2018

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Vermintide 2 might be shameless about its inspiration, but, critically, it recreates it really, really well, at a spectacular scale. I can't speak to whether I'll still be showering the land with rat legs a few months from now, but I fully expect to happily spend the next few weeks, at least, knee-deep in the rodent dead.

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Matt Cox·Mar 14, 2018

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Northgard is simple in all the right ways, challenging not because of complexity but complacency – it's harsh, but rarely unfair. Every system clicks together to create tense, satisfying matches where every decision matters.

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John Walker·Mar 13, 2018

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There we are. A solid, decent picross game, that unquestionably stands in the shadow of Pictopix, the one picross game to rule them all.

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Katharine Byrne·Mar 8, 2018

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It's by no means the best Final Fantasy game there's ever been, especially once it forces you to bid farewell to your easy-going road trip and sit on a literal train for the rest of the story, providing tiny, tantalizing glimpses of other open worlds that might have been if only they'd had another ten years to actually finish the damn thing, but I'll eat my chocobo hat if it isn't the most interesting, experimental and important one the series has ever seen.

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John Walker·Mar 8, 2018

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Everything in Super Seducer is tragic. It's deeply offensive, of course, perhaps even more so for what it deliberately leaves out than the wretched drivel it includes.

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Adam Smith·Mar 6, 2018

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A bloody good time-troubling tactical shooter though, even if I wish it had more space to explore the world, and more variety in the tasks and locations.

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John Walker·Mar 6, 2018

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Chuchel is a creation of pure joy, an absolute masterclass in silliness, with pleasingly involved puzzles to boot. It's a giant cuddle of a game, interesting to all ages, and with a manic edge that never slows down.

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Dominic Tarason·Mar 6, 2018

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Household Games clearly have vision and creativity on their side, as well as some very skilled artists and musicians. All they need is to exercise a little restraint on whatever they work on next.

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Alec Meer·Mar 2, 2018

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The fights can be plenty challenging, especially if you venture online or into the openly-described-as-unfair gladiator arena mode, but I was never able to shake the sensation that they're just a delivery vehicle for a really great cartoon.

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Matt Cox·Mar 1, 2018

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Most of the time, it's a game that goes out of its way to be repetitive, frustrating and dull.

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John Walker·Feb 28, 2018

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If you breeze through Spelunky and its ilk, this is unquestionably the game for you.

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Adam Smith·Feb 28, 2018

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For me it ended up being more water than wine.

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Alec Meer·Feb 27, 2018

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I cannot currently think of any reason why I would ever uninstall Into The Breach