Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition

As an enthusiast of JRPGs, you’d be forgiven for assuming that I would be an enthusiastic fan of Bandai Namco’s renowned “Tales of” series, sitting amongst the ranks of long-running series with disconnected games such […]

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YIIK: A Postmodern RPG

There was a strange golden age for JRPGs in the ‘90s. Titles like Final Fantasy, Wild Arms and Earthbound warped the minds of my generation into optimistic weirdos with strong opinions on turn-based combat. Now […]

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Just Cause 4

At its heart, the Just Cause franchise is all about creative destruction. Typically, players have access to interesting gadgets for fighting and locomotion, a hapless enemy, and an interactive environment ripe for exploitation. The result […]

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Katamari Damacy Reroll

Reroll’s release on Switch and PC might represent something like closure for long-term onlookers of the Katamari series frustrated by its limited availability. The original Katamari Damacy was released on PlayStation 2 in 2004 – […]

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Insurgency: Sandstorm

With Insurgency: Sandstorm being the third military shooter I’ve reviewed this holiday season, I think it’s safe to say that I’m now the de facto patron saint for all that is pew pew and “oo-rah” […]

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Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden

Blessed are the amnesiacs, for they shall inherit the earth. You think it would have been the meek, but they’re not a very assertive bunch. It also helps if you’re a mutant in these post-apocalypse […]

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11-11 Memories Retold

There have been, at a guess, more video games about war than there are stars in the universe and grains of sand on all the worlds beaches multiplied by each other and combined. Granted, most […]

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Artifact

The cards must flow. Packs to feed the beast and a marketplace to sustain it, Artifact is a leviathan that demands tribute. While it is possible to tame the nightmare, I would never call this […]

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Darksiders III

When a game franchise goes cold for six long years, it’s safe to assume that it won’t be coming back. Couple this with the collapse of THQ, and it seemed that Darksiders was doomed to […]

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Fallout 76

You know, I really wanted to like Fallout 76, and I need to be clear – I don’t hate the idea of an MMOFPS Fallout spin-off. Being able to regularly play and have fun in […]

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