With smooth controls, a beautiful setting, additional worlds to play through, and new features, Mario vs. Donkey Kong is indeed a successful remake. However, it’s hard to say it’s worth the full price of admission.
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Granblue Fantasy: Relink features a really short story that you can finish in a few days, and the post-game could potentially keep people playing for a while especially when taking its superb combat system online. The lack of real depth and effort explaining the lore is a real problem though, so I’d be wary of that before committing to whatever investment you put into this one.
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Despite the ridiculously simple puzzles, notable lack of any sort of challenge, and some clunky controls, Another Code: Recollection is a good way for Nintendo to start off 2024 thanks to its great writing and voice acting.
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When my editor, Danreb, emailed me asking if I wanted to have a look at Star Racer I was curious. This was the first I’d heard of the game, but, of course, that could just be because it’s impossible to…
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While it’s aged in some spots, Super Mario RPG is an exquisite look at one of the weirdest yet most memorable experiences in Mario history.
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Does Spider-Man 2 reinvent the game or the genre? No, but did it have to? Also no. It continues a lot of what we loved from the first game and doubles down on it while also introducing some clever new gameplay.
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The gameplay is as tight as it is soothing, you can’t die, and the game is a very reasonable five hours long depending on the amount of time you take to solve some of the game’s puzzles, but if there’s anything this game teaches you–there’s nowhere to go but up.
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20 Oct 2023
The game doesn’t do anything jaw dropping, but the political story in addition to the way the game presents familiar content in new ways really makes Long Gone Days a title to give real consideration despite all the other gaming options available at this point of the year.
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Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is a welcome addition in FromSoftwares mech combat franchise for returning players and newcomers alike.
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04 Sep 2023
Serenity Forge has never failed to find interesting indie projects when it comes to publishing, and their booth at PAX West this year didn’t lack when it comes to their track record. We got to take some time trying out…
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04 Sep 2023
It had its issues, but Button City was an innocent good time when it came out in 2021. Upon seeing Button City: Soccer Days announced on the Wholesome Direct during this year’s Summer Game Fest, I couldn’t help but raise…
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Baldur’s Gate 3 comes with very high expectations among RPG fans. Taking six years of development time, Larian Studios have delivered a fine example of how to do a Dungeons & Dragons RPG right. For those of you still reading…
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