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Demolish & Build Classic review

Robert Allen — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 02:56:18 +0000

I came in like a wrecking ball (before feeling wrecked). Objectively, Demolish & Build Classic is not a good game. Built on the Unity Engine, the title freezes momentarily when entering each of the game’s four austere environments or even just when you’re pulling up to a job site. And while the game lets you ...

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SteamWorld Build review

Robert Allen — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 22:09:40 +0000

Topside city building and subterranean mining work well together- at least in the short term. Delve into SteamWorld Build, and you’ll immediately find some welcome enhancements to its interpretation of civil engineering. Sure, the simulation isn’t as sophisticated as Anno 1800 or Cities Skylines– but that works to the game’s advantage. Habitually, the genre expects ...

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Dragon Quest Treasures review

Robert Allen — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 20:15:00 +0000

For an action role-playing game, Dragon Quest Treasures provides a robust amount of autonomy. You are free to run, glide, and dig into this imaginative world and largely follow your interests. But the real-time combat that doesn’t need your direction clouds Treasures entertainment value. Treasure is ubiquitous in role-playing games. Whether it’s the pursuit of ...

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Roots of Pacha review

Robert Allen — Wed, 10 May 2023 00:07:13 +0000

Story of Seasons but set in the Stone Age Farming simulations habitually depict the life of an individual. Many agrarian-centered efforts begin after you inherit a homestead and continue well after you’ve courted a significant other and perhaps even raised some children. But Roots of Pacha’s scope is much larger, stretching in time from the ...

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Sail Forth review

Robert Allen — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:52:11 +0000

With visuals reminiscent of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and aspirations for exploration right out of No Man’s Sky, Sail Forth has lofty aspirations. But too often, your trek descends into tedium. Built around an expansive, procedurally-generated ocean, Sail Forth is an undeniably ambitious title. After the Northstar asks you to help save ...

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Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed review

Robert Allen — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 03:05:10 +0000

Even those with no connection to the Age of Aquarius will have a good time breaking stuff as a bad-ass, perpetually horny extra-terrestrial. One of the defining genres of the early 2000s was the open-world action game. From Radical Entertainment’s Prototype duology, Sucker Punch’s Infamous series, and even Edge of Reality’s The Incredible Hulk, the ...

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Instruments of Destruction (Early Access) preview

Robert Allen — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 01:15:28 +0000

Long for the days when a LEGO vehicles are plunged through a house of cards? Instruments of Destruction gives you the beaches and the hardware to make mayhem happen. Luke Schneider has an appetite for destruction. As a senior designer for Volition, he helped craft one of the best outlets for digital vandalism with Red ...

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Open World Action Among the Clouds- Black Skylands

Robert Allen — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:13:48 +0000

With plenty of gunplay and ship-to-ship conflict, Black Skylands offers plenty of gratifying open world action. But you might want to wait for a bit more progress before heading off to the cloud-based setting. Wide-open, azure skies often signal tranquility. But that’s not the case with Black Skylands. Currently in an Early Access release, the ...

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Destroy All Humans! (Switch) review

Robert Allen — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 22:49:38 +0000

The remake of Destroy All Humans! reminds us that being the bad guy can be a lot of fun, especially when protagonist Crypto 137 can fling people across hillsides. Pleasingly, most of the fluidity of ragdoll tosses and open-world antics have been preserved in Black Forest Games’ Switch port. Currently, sandbox-based franchises are abundant, with ...

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Hands-On with Bang-On Balls: Chronicles (Early Access)

Robert Allen — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:22:27 +0000

If Bang-On Balls: Chronicles continues to build upon its prodigious foundations, this could becomes one of the most auspicious debuts for an indie developer. Despite being in an Early Access state, Bang-On Balls: Chronicles flaunts the kind of creativity and refinement often associated with premium priced games crafted by large studios. Seemingly, this proficiency ...

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Fireworks Mania – An Explosive Simulator review

Robert Allen — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 22:04:14 +0000

‘Safe and Sane’ or completely reckless, Fireworks Mania – An Explosive Simulator provides you all the materials you need to create a professional synchronized display or even a wild act of destruction. Let’s make it clear: Fireworks Mania isn’t a game in the traditional sense of the term. There’s no story, motivation, goals, or guidance. ...

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Destroy All Humans! (2020) review

Robert Allen — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 04:09:29 +0000

After fifteen long years, Crypto 137 is back on Earth, ready to use an inventory of comical weapons against the populace. The re-release of Destroy All Humans! reminds us that being the bad guy can be a lot of fun, especially when he can fling people across hillsides. Currently, sandbox-based franchises are abundant, with properties ...

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Totally Reliable Delivery Service review

Robert Allen — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:09:56 +0000

Transporting parcels grows tedious in Totally Reliable Delivery Service. The real enjoyment stems disregarding the game’s structure and just horsing around, especially with a group of friends. Much like Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Surgeon Simulator, or Human Fall Flat, Totally Reliable Delivery Service is part of the growing ‘drunken physics’ genre. Each title provides players with ...

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Yakuza 0 (Windows 10) review

Robert Allen — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 02:21:44 +0000

Setting is Indispensable Context is an oft overlooked constituent in gaming. Although 2009’s The Saboteur replicated the familiar driving and destruction mechanics of the sandbox-action title, it was the colorful recreation of Nazi-occupied Paris which transformed the game into something quite special. The environment felt like a violate powder keg, where inebriated German officers frolicked with burlesque ...

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Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered review

Robert Allen — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 01:09:37 +0000

With a multitude of must-play, first party efforts, the Nintendo Switch is an unmitigated success. Likely, the platform’s capability which allows Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games to be ported and played in portable form, has also been a contributing factor. Whether you’re yearning to replay games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim or Saint’s ...

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Shakedown Hawaii review

Robert Allen — Sat, 11 May 2019 23:02:02 +0000

There are several satisfyingly subversive elements in Shakedown Hawaii, Vblank Entertainment’s second open-world action game. The game’s aging, once-wealthy protagonist once celebrated stagnancy by writing a book entitled, “My Company Runs Itself: I’m at the Beach”. But his technological foothold has lost its grip and the residual checks have dried up, pushing his empire into ...

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The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa review

Robert Allen — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 20:30:55 +0000

Games habitually incorporate structure. Loot-driven games like Diablo and Borderlands goad us into the incessant search for new gear. Deadlines in the Atelier and Persona games ensure we don’t dawdle. And almost any role-playing game offers a succession of main- and side-quests, leaving little uncertainty of how we should be spending our time. Even the ...

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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life review

Robert Allen — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:07:12 +0000

Over the past thirteen years, the Yakuza franchise has produced seven main entries, an equal number of spin-offs, and a trio of re-releases. Such an abundant output would have sapped the creative energy from most developers. But that’s not the case with SEGA’s Yakuza Studio. With the release of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, ...

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Yakuza Kiwami review

Robert Allen — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 02:46:08 +0000

In Japan, the Yakuza franchise has enjoyed success since the original 2005 release. But in the States, the series has only earned a modest following for most of its existence. For curious players, the games proved hard to pigeonhole, with approachability undermined by the occasional long-winded conversation and a storyline that could instantly shift from ...

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Yakuza 5 review

Robert Allen — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:29:49 +0000

There’s a curious tension about open-world games. Although the genre extends an exhilarating sense of freedom, offering virtual playgrounds filled with interactive objects, all too often titles rehash Grand Theft Auto’s tenets. For all the autonomy that’s granted to gamers, we still find ourselves interacting in many of the same ways. An example of that ...

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