Baby Driver makes a tremendous argument that anything and everything is better with music.
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BUY2BILLIONFOLLOWE is not just what is in the game itself; it’s also what you bring to it.
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Absolute Drift may see drifting as an elevated form of racing, but there is a reason the sport has only ever garnered a niche audience.
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Perhaps it was the secrecy of the demo or that I was starved for new games, but I immediately fell hard for this blue raccoon and his gang of misfit, would-be Robin Hoods.
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Dimensions Evolved’s biggest strength is serving as a reminder to what an amazing series Geometry Wars has always been, and providing a reason for people who long ago boxed up their 360 to jump back in and reclaim their spot on the leaderboard.
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Sara Is Missing gets under the skin and inside your phone.
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Though it shares a kinship with tactics games such as Fire Emblem and XCOM, Tahira is both more restrained and more personal than the genre is often known for.
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Metrico was always an enjoyable platformer hosted on an unfortunate platform, so even if it took two years and the rebuilding of half the game, I’m glad Metrico+ is here to rescue the original from itself.
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GoNNER begs comparison to gelatinous desserts, if, that is, jello fought back.
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Traverser tries to differentiate itself from the swathes of steampunk media being released, but ultimately its problems lie mostly in an inability to do so.
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With so much of Go’s appeal hinging upon compelling you to get out and about wherever it is you reside, it is frustrating that there is so little to be found once you are actually there.
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Ronin is not Gunpoint.
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The robopocalypse is nigh!
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Republique’s first episode is both incredibly successful at selling its world and the potential its narrative begins to touch on, and at breaking it down by inserting outdated gameplay elements that stand out among its otherwise impeccable vision. I’m no less interested in seeing where Republique goes with future episodes, but I’m certainly much more cautious of how it decides to get there.
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Here’s a proposal: the satisfaction of Titan Souls is not in your success, but in proving that you are capable of it.
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Ink’s concept really is dead simple in principle, but there is something wonderfully delightful about a game that is entirely about making as big of a mess of a given level as you can by means of so many gooey psychedelic colors.
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Life is cruel and unfair, but damn if it doesn’t look beautiful as it’s burning down around you.
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Read Only Memories is adorable and cheesy and holds itself together with an acute awareness of tone and by subverting a genre it clearly loves to death. It might be fluffy and lack a satisfying payoff, but Read Only Memories tries so hard and has such an enormous amount of heart that I’d sooner embrace it than write it off for such comparatively meaningless qualms.
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These games are weird, and awkward, sometimes completely beyond categorization, and represent some of the coolest games I had the chance to play this year.
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