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Path Of Exile 2 early access review: an expressive, characterful ARPG with plenty to chew on

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Published: December 19, 2024 16:00

At any given moment I am in the center of a wonderful vortex of skeletons. Bones splash and rattle and burst out of the ground in sharp, horrible spurs. My weakest skeletons, sensing their death coming, explode into fire and shards. My strongest skeletons…

Caves Of Qud review: an obscenely rich roguelike realm you could get lost in for months

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Published: December 19, 2024 14:45

"We are a people who honour democracy," said the dog, scratching himself. "Per our custom, you may drink of our fresh water." The dog was called Senator Umeshefaat, and he was very civil, even if he was shedding his black and white fur everywhere. We spoke…

Marvel Rivals review: it's like Overwatch, if Overwatch was overcomplex and frequented Comic Con

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Published: December 12, 2024 15:53

At first I thought Marvel Rivals was basically rebranded Overwatch, in the way it's a free-to-play PVP hero shooter. And in some ways, it is. Fights are like if you took a MOBA and forced both teams to bash heads constantly. Success lies in picking off…

Naiad review: still waters run deep they say, but then these waters aren't still

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Published: December 10, 2024 20:30

Pity the "relaxing" games which set out to blanket their players in a wholesome fog. These minimalist or slight experiences set their stall against the mainstream philosophy of video game design focused on action, rules, clear progression, and often…

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 review: a wonky career mode gives meaning to the formless flight sim

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Published: December 10, 2024 13:28

London Gatwick Airport is a rare shade of brown, known to neither science nor art. A brown that doesn’t appear on the light spectrum. No easel contains it. It is a dusty brown, a damp brown, a hot and earthy brown that hums with the stinging malodour of…

Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon Of Serpentcoil Island Review: a traditional roguelite heavy on charm but light on agency

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Published: December 10, 2024 03:00

I’m quite smitten by the Nintendo DS stylings and traditional roguelike charms of Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon Of Serpentcoil Island, but I’m having real trouble summoning up the motivation to repeatedly grind through its opening levels to get…

Indiana Jones And The Great Circle review: a grand adventure that keeps faith with the movies

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Published: December 6, 2024 12:17

Every fascist in this game has a cold. The Hitlerites and blackshirts of Indiana Jones And The Great Circle sneeze and cough as they patrol the dig sites of Gizeh, or the marble corridors of the Vatican. Although this is the Machine Games' clever way of…

The Thing: Remastered review: a fantastic remaster of a game best observed from a distance

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Published: December 5, 2024 21:20

Nightdive, you done good. The Thing: Remastered is an ultra-sharp and commendably playable update to a game that history will remember as ‘actually a pretty good pick at Choices when you really just popped in to get some Revels but got embarrassed when the…

Infinity Nikki review: it's like Genshin, if Genshin shopped at ASOS and renounced violence

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Published: December 5, 2024 13:00

I'll come out and say it: I had no idea, really, what Infinity Nikki was about before I dove in. I knew from some trailers that it was a free-to-play game about collecting pretty dresses and exploring a relentlessly positive open world. In those respects,…

Mechabellum review: impeccably designed and maniacally moreish mech strategy

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Published: December 2, 2024 15:33

While Mechabellum’s disparate roster of roast ’em riddle ‘em robots might initially seem to lack the characterful coherence of a writhing Zerg ecosystem or ancient Greek phalanx, this strategy autobattler’s array of lumbering tanks, hulking automata, and…