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REVIEW: Stellar Blade — A fine blade, albeit hollow
Stellar Blade has generated a lot of hype leading up to its release, for obvious reasons. Now that it’s finally here, its time to find out whether or not there’s any gameplay substance on offer to match all that sex...
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REVIEW: Unicorn Overload — A Console Tactics Game Worth Your Attention
Like a prophesized comet, Vanillaware shows up once every few years, and each time they do, it’s usually a wonderous sight to behold. After 5 years since 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Vanillaware makes orbit again with Unicorn...
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REVIEW: Helldivers 2 — Elected Representative of Live Service Shooters
The original Helldivers had the makings of what could be a great live squad-based shooter. It ultimately fell short due to in part it’s punishing difficulty but also its top-down twin-stick shooter perspective. Helldivers...
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REVIEW: Granblue Fantasy: Relink — Not A Mere ‘Monster Impact’
Granblue Fantasy has had significant enough success for mobile in Japan and Asia that the studio felt confident enough to venture beyond the turn-based mobile space and into the fighting game scene with Versus. Now, that must...
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REVIEW: The Last of Us II: Remastered — To Return, or Not to Return
Never have there been a game that managed to split its gargantuan fanbase right down the middle before The Last of Us 2. Regardless of which side of the fence you stood, we can all agree that the game is something that must be ...
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REVIEW: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown — Less Prince, More Persia
It’s been about 20 years since Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time came out. Not only did it put the 1989 IP back to mainstream but was reigned king of action-adventure games for redefining the genre for all that came aft...
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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora — A Far Cry from Far Cry
Since the first Avatar movie, the franchise had only ever seen failed and forgettable video game adaptations for the past 13 years. Now, with Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, will we finally see a decent game worthy of the franchi...
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REVIEW: Assassin’s Creed: Mirage — Right Path, Wrong Steps
The past three primary Assassin’s Creed games had systematically pivoted the franchise’s core gameplay into action RPGs of massive proportions. Origins established the foundation of this new approach and was realize...
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REVIEW: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon — Straight Fire at its Core
From Software had done nothing but rise since the release of the original Demon’s Souls back in 2009, and with the gargantuan success of Elden Ring, It seems only natural that the studio begin to return to their roots wit...
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REVIEW: Remnant 2 – Rooter Shooter
At the advent of the Souls-like genre, many attempted to meld it into other subgenres to create something new. Though not many stood out, Remnant: From The Ashes definitely did. Since it’s release, I have wondered if othe...