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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Review - Well Executed Revenge

Henry makes his return to Bohemia in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. Riding by the side of Hans Capon, a simple mission takes a turn for the worst, launching him toward the targets of his revenge. It's…

February 3, 2025 | 01:59 EST

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Review - A Perfect Adaptation Of The Original IP

Before Lara Croft was raiding tombs and Nathan Drake traveled to various uncharted regions of the world, there was Indiana Jones, college professor and archeologist. His adventures had everything; an…

December 5, 2024 | 07:00 EST

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Luma Island Review - Indiana Jones Meets Stardew Valley

Luma Island is an RPG simulation adventure game from Feel Free Games. It has multiple professions or side quests you can choose to follow, a town that needs repairing after a natural disaster, and an…

November 20, 2024 | 05:00 EST

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Europa Review - A Short and Sweet Wind Swept Journey

Novadust Entertainment's first title, Europa, effortlessly combines narrative exploration with 3D platforming. The terraformed moon is gorgeous, with sweeping vistas, waterfalls, snow capped…

October 11, 2024 | 02:56 EDT

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The Axis Unseen Review - Heavy Metal Elevates Hunting Experience

The Axis Unseen is the first indie project by Nate Purkeypile and his studio Just Purkey Games. A veteran game designer who worked on Fallout 76, Skyrim, and BloodRayne 2, he wanted to bring his…

October 11, 2024 | 11:00 EDT

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Metaphor: ReFantazio Review - The Persona Formula Perfected

Metaphor: ReFantazio is the latest RPG/life-simulation title from Atlus where the player takes on the role of a protagonist swept into a grand plot that could lead about to the end of the world.…

October 7, 2024 | 10:00 EDT

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Lorn's Lure Review - Call of the Void

One of my favorite manga of all time is Blame!, a somewhat niche title by the masterful Tsutomu Nihei. The way Nihei crafts his worlds, letting visuals speak more than the very characters in his…

September 20, 2024 | 09:00 EDT

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Core Keeper Review - Mining Into Full Launch

Core Keeper is an exciting mash-up of Terraria and Minecraft. A sandbox adventure, it mixes farming, exploration, and open-world building in a pixel art top-down world. Featuring a compelling story,…

August 26, 2024 | 04:14 EDT

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Castaway Review - A Delightful Little Adventure

Castaway is a game that wears its inspirations on its sleeve and knows exactly what it wants to be. Developer Canari Games markets it as a short but sweet experience you can complete in a few hours,…

August 16, 2024 | 06:00 EDT

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Until Then Review - Soulcrushingly Beautiful

Until Then is Polychroma Games's entry ticket to the limelight. The Filipino studio has created narrative games since 2018, but with Until Then’s release, they finally have struck gold. This game is…

July 30, 2024 | 09:00 EDT

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Survival: Fountain of Youth Review — A Journey Through a Timeless Legend

The tale of the fountain of youth is one passed down through the generations. Magical water that can stop and even reverse aging, allowing one to live forever. This is the foundational narrative for …

June 14, 2024 | 03:42 EDT

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Indika Review - Nun More Strange

There's a moment fairly early on in narrative adventure Indika in which our titular heroine, a nun, is tasked with filling a barrel with water. To do so, she must painstakingly fill a bucket five…

May 1, 2024 | 10:00 EDT

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Open Roads Review - Driving Motivation

Appropriately enough, Open Roads has traveled a long and winding path to launch. Revealed in 2020, the road trip adventure was originally being worked on under the Fullbright name, but then…

March 27, 2024 | 12:00 EDT

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Spirittea Review - Once More, With Spirit!

Cozy games have been experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, and our Spirittea Review should make it pretty clear that they’re here to stay. If you haven’t heard already, Spirittea is a cozy life…

November 13, 2023 | 02:47 EST

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Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Review – Yakuza Greatest Hits

To an extent, writing this Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name review feels unnecessary. The game feels less like a fully-fledged Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios title and more like a premium…

November 6, 2023 | 10:00 EST

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Jusant Review - Quixotic, Melodic, Entropic

As climate change continues to be a point of unnerving discussion in regards to the future of the planet and humanity, its stature in video games has always been from the point of integration. There…

October 31, 2023 | 11:30 EDT

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Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story Review - A Heartwarming Adventure

When I talked to Riot Forge Creative Director Rowan Parker earlier this year, he made it clear the publisher wanted to do justice to your favorite champion. He acknowledged that Nunu and Willump isn'…

October 30, 2023 | 03:00 EDT

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Kona II: Brume Review - Iced That Guy, To Kona Phrase

In the wake of winter coming thick and fast, it’d be remiss of me to not mention the 2017 adventure game Kona as one of gaming’s most comforting winter wonderlands. A wholly original adventure game…

October 18, 2023 | 09:00 EDT

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I Doesn't Exist Review - Existential Dread

It's hard to describe I Doesn't Exist. It's a text adventure, but so much more. It's a dissection of mental health, but I'm sure it can also be interpreted in many different ways too. It's certainly…

September 12, 2023 | 08:00 EDT

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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Review

Sometimes it feels ironic that the current landscape of Star Wars is swimming in prequels. Certainly, this is something I wouldn’t have foreseen some years ago, after the prequel trilogy had come and…

April 26, 2023 | 11:00 EDT

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Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly Review

Legacies are a tricky thing, running parallel with the vacuous nature with which humanity weighs itself. It’s easy for you to consider your life to remain less than a footnote in the wake of a few…

April 19, 2023 | 10:00 EDT

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Dredge Review

If you've ever wanted to explore a Lovecraftian world in nothing but a small boat, Dredge will let you live out that dream. With an open ocean and five different regions to explore there are plenty…

March 23, 2023 | 10:00 EDT

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Scars Above Review

Scars Above, a new third-person action-adventure from Mad Head Games, has a lot going for it on paper. It's a linear game that doesn't require crafting resources or going on side missions. While…

February 28, 2023 | 12:05 EST

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Red Tape Review

The fire-and-brimstone portrayals of Hell have never really done it for me. There's something silly about the exaggeration; eternal torture and constant agony are difficult to imagine because they're…

February 14, 2023 | 06:16 EST

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Colossal Cave Review

In most cases, you’d have to be mad to try and remake or reimagine a game that was so foundational it started a genre, especially if you’re not directly connected to the original. Unless, of course,…

January 18, 2023 | 10:00 EST

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Children of Silentown Review

Get past the hangovers, and start messing up the dates on your tax documents, because a new year has dawned upon us like the morning sun with no curtains. As we all get back up to the tepid rush of…

January 12, 2023 | 03:00 EST

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Pentiment Review

We are so late into the year and, while most of 2022's blockbuster hits have finally landed, there's one that's going under the radar. A heavy hitter, despite being overshadowed by titans like God of…

November 22, 2022 | 11:30 EST

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Somerville Review

The puzzle platformer is one of those genres that has seen a lot of entries, most likely due to games like Limbo and Braid kickstarting a lot of love in the indie scene. While not all of them have…

November 14, 2022 | 07:05 EST

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McPixel 3 Review

There's a fitting absurdity to the decision to wait a full decade before following up on the success of McPixel. The original rode a wave of success that can't be duplicated in 2022. It gained an…

November 14, 2022 | 11:00 EST

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Faith: The Unholy Trinity Review

While most new horror games attempt to push the boundary of what's possible in terms of visual fidelity, Faith: The Unholy Trinity takes a step back and condenses horror into a more primitive, yet no…

October 31, 2022 | 12:00 EDT

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Scorn Review

Eldritch horrors and H.R. Giger's designs have always been some of my favorite aesthetics in horror movies and games. It's because of this that I've been looking forward to playing Scorn since I…

October 14, 2022 | 06:00 EDT

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Return to Monkey Island Review

The Monkey Island series, created by Ron Gilbert, has a long and storied history. The first two games, released in 1990 and 1991, were both helmed by Gilbert. The next two games in the series, Curse…

September 27, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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Restless Soul Review

As Bob Dylan once wrote, "just remember/That death is not the end". He wasn't talking about Restless Soul, but his lyrics certainly apply to Fuz Games' new comedy bullet hell adventure. In fact, in …

September 1, 2022 | 03:05 EDT

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The Tale of Bistun Review

There's been a lack of variety in video games adapted from classic literature recently. There are only so many times the tentacles of Lovecraft can satiate the needs of the gaming equivalent of a…

August 4, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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South of the Circle Review

South of the Circle is an experience clearly designed with a specific platform in mind. It was released on Apple Arcade in 2020 and a lot of its design decisions, from control scheme to UX to UI, can…

July 29, 2022 | 09:00 EDT

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Bear and Breakfast Review

Sometimes, the best place for an overnight stay isn’t the area’s 5-star hotel with room service and a fancy ballroom. Rather, it’s the bed and breakfast that’s run by a teenage bear and his friends.…

July 28, 2022 | 10:00 EDT

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Of Bird and Cage Review

[Reviewer's Note: I have to dive into SPOILERS to critique major issues with this story. Read at your own discretion.] It's not fun to denigrate indie titles with unique ambitions in mind. After all…

July 23, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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Hazel Sky Review

Hazel Sky is a charming puzzle game that has you on a journey to becoming a mechanic. Set on an unknown island, you'll have to repair planes to get to the next chapter, and there are many hurdles in…

July 18, 2022 | 09:00 EDT

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Stray Review

Like any cat owner, Stray should perk up your ears, just as it did mine. My own cat -- who is appropriately named Kitten -- is perfect in every way, minus the fact that she always has a scowl like…

July 18, 2022 | 12:00 EDT

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Silt Review

Silt (noun): "fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor." Freshmen developer Spiral Circus landed on a perfectly-…

June 23, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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Paratopic Review

Imagine if David Lynch or David Cronenberg began their artistic pursuits as game developers during the mid-90s instead of filmmakers in the 60s. That's the immediate connection I felt when…

May 31, 2022 | 10:30 EDT

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Citizen Sleeper Review

Given the exciting, bombastic noise of many sci-fi games today, Citizen Sleeper contrasts this by exploring equally meaningful ideas through smaller stakes. After their well-received first title, In…

May 19, 2022 | 11:30 EDT

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Bugsnax: Isle of Bigsnax Review

The Bugsnax: Isle of Bigsnax DLC is a relatively short yet delightful expansion on everything that made the base game so much fun. If you're looking to get to know your fellow Grumpuses a little…

May 14, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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Dragon Caffi Review

Who wants to be a catgirl apprentice baker helping out in the world and discovering delicious new recipes? After playing Dragon Caffi, I do! The plot of Dragon Caffi is fairly simple, as protagonist…

May 5, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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Loot River Review

Whether it's a roguelike or a roguelite, their games are similar: Get as far as you can. The difference between the two is that the latter is more lenient in terms of giving you shortcuts and more…

May 4, 2022 | 09:00 EDT

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We'll Always Have Paris Review

"Today, she remembers. Today, she looks at the man who loves her, and feels familiarity and safety." This is one of the first few lines of We'll Always Have Paris, thrusting you right into the heart…

April 28, 2022 | 12:00 EDT

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Lila's Sky Ark Review

Ever since humans looked up at the sky and wished they could fly, they've wondered what it would be like to live among the clouds. Although current science tells us that this is impossible, that…

April 21, 2022 | 12:05 EDT

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Weird West Review

Weird West is one of the most absorbing experiences I've had this year so far. Wolfeye Studios has managed to push the immersive sim to new depths while mixing together complex interweaving stories,…

April 2, 2022 | 10:00 EDT