There was a time when some of my favorite video games barely required reflexes, which is becoming a welcome treat again these days. They did require something else, though: curiosity. I...
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There was a time when shooters were perfectly happy to hand you a gun, point you towards a corridor and let you get on with it. No sprawling skill trees,...
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There are games that land in our inbox and make me wonder why nobody thought of their central mechanic before. Sadly, there are others that answer that question themselves a...
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There are a lot of Soulslike games out there by now, so it takes a little more than a difficult boss and a well-timed parry to immediately convince me. Walking...
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Some games tell their stories through dialogue, while others rely on lengthy cutscenes, journals, or endless exposition to ensure players understand every detail before taking another step. Every now and...
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It’s getting harder to look at a new metroidvania without immediately thinking about the dozens of other games that came before it. In my years as a reviewer, I have...
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There was a time when 3D collect-a-thons were everywhere. The late '90s and early 2000s saw platforming mascots jumping, gliding and rolling across colorful worlds packed with hidden collectibles, secret...
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I can probably imagine that there are a lot of people who walk around in Cyberpunk 2077 and feel overwhelmed by the beauty that a dystopian futuristic city can offer....
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Just like in the movie business, it seems like people are stepping away from the current vision of how to make a horror game. Instead of using loud noises when...
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It’s been a while since my wife and I played a co-op game where we had so much fun, even when a simple plan went wrong for the tenth time...
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