Need to Know What is it? A first-person horror exploration game.Expect to pay $30/£23.79Developer Frictional GamesPublisher Frictional GamesMultiplayer? NoOut October 20Link Steam Amnesia: The Dark Descent is one of the PC’s best loved horror games, so this direct follow-up had enormous expectations to meet. Judging by the number of times my housemates heard me shout at it, I’d say that Amnesia: Rebirth […]
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I shouldn’t like Genshin Impact as much as I do. It has lootboxes with dreadfully low drop rates, an energy system that limits how quickly I progress at higher levels, and an extremely annoying sidekick that refers to itself exclusively in third person. These flaws would doom other games, but Genshin Impact is also a […]
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Need to know What is it? A remastered version of a real-time strategy game from 2005.Expect to pay $20/£15, or Game Pass subscriptionDeveloper Forgotten EmpiresPublisher Xbox Game StudiosReviewed on Intel i7-4790k, AMD Radeon 5700XT, 16GB RAMMultiplayer? Yes, onlineLink Official site Age of Empires 3 was always a black sheep—the unloved mercenary of its series who’d […]
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Need to know What is it? The newest entry in EA’s decades-old soccer series. Expect to pay $60/£55Developer EA VancouverPublisher EA SportsReviewed on i9 10900K, RTX 2080 TI, 32GB RAMMultiplayer? Up to 22 playersLink Official site EA’s soccer sim has been going through the motions for years now. Ever since FIFA 14 launched, it’s been […]
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Deep in the murky crevices of Noita, within one of the rest areas between its infernal biomes, I absent-mindedly purchased a spell modifier I didn’t fully understand. One of the core facets of this wonderful, maddening roguelike is the many ways you can alter your magic wands. With clever min-maxing and a little bit of […]
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Need to know What is it? Systems-driven real-time tactics game set in the Russian backwoods during WWII.Expect to pay £30Developer Alter GamesPublisher Daedalic EntertainmentReviewed on Nvidia GeForce 2080 Super, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 32 GB RamMultiplayer? NoLink Official site Partisans may look drier than a towel in Death Valley, a game with more brown in […]
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Hot damn, do I love an A-Wing. Until Star Wars: Squadrons, the speed demon of the Rebellion was never my favorite ship. Years of my life spent playing Rogue Squadron made me an X-Wing diehard, and even when I first played Squadrons on a controller, I didn’t appreciate the joy of piloting what’s basically an […]
Continue ReadingNeed to know What is it? An iterative sequel to a modern roguelike classic.Expect to pay: $20Developer: MossmouthPublisher: MossmouthOut: September 29, 2020Reviewed on: Core i5-2500K, 8GB RAM, GTX 780 TiMultiplayer: Online cooperative, local deathmatchLink: Official Site You can kill cavemen in their sleep in Spelunky 2. That’s the kind of game it is: ultra-violent. At […]
Continue ReadingNeed to know What is it? A gangster epic set in 1930s America.Expect to pay £35/$40Developer Hangar 13Publisher 2KReviewed on RTX 2080 Super, Intel i7-9700K, 16GB RAMMultiplayer NoneLink Official site Welcome to the 1930s. The economy has collapsed, authoritarian regimes are gaining power around the world, dust storms are killing crops and causing food shortages, […]
Continue ReadingNeed to know What is it? A shooter campaign that pits you against enormous hordes of alien monsters.Expect to pay $40Developer CroteamPublisher Devolver DigitalReviewed on Windows 10, Intel Core i5-9600K, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 2070 SuperMultiplayer? 4-player online co-opOut: NowLink: Official site If you told me that Serious Sam 4 had been pulled out of a time capsule that was buried […]
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Need to know What is it? A strategy game based on the legend of King Arthur.Developer InklePublisher In-houseReviewed on RTX 2080 Super, Intel i7-9700K, 16GB RAMMultiplayer NoneLink Official site I’ve lost count of how many endings I’ve seen in Pendragon, the latest game from 80 Days creator Inkle. Your primary goal is always the same: […]
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I cannot stress this enough: Surgeon Simulator 2 is not a surgery game. The first game was goofy and weird—you were expected to navigate an intense night of open-heart surgery with a clumsy set of keybindings and mouse clicks—but even at its ridiculous heights, the anonymous doctor was still cracking ribs and replacing livers under […]
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Need to know What is it? A game that wants a roguelike, a rhythm game, and an FPS to have an electronic baby.Expect to pay $20/£15Developer Awe InteractivePublisher Awe InteractiveReviewed on GeForce GTX 1650, AMD Ryzen 5 3550H, 8 GB RAMMultiplayer? NoLink Official site I don’t know how many times I’ve found myself frozen by […]
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Need to know What is it? Greek mythology as a permadeath hack-and-slash.Expect to pay $20/£16Developer Supergiant Games Publisher Supergiant Games Reviewed on Windows 10, Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 1060 Multiplayer? NoOut NowLink Official site Different as they are, Supergiant’s previous games—Pyre, Transistor, and Bastion—have all been summed up the same way. Story, […]
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Need to know What is it? A tactical RPG roguelike that’s a bit like if… oh god.Expect to pay $25/£19.49Developer Massive DamagePublisher Raw FuryReviewed on Radeon RX 580, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.9GHz, 16 GB RAMMultiplayer? NoLink Official site You know that way of describing a game, or a film or a sandwich or whatever, […]
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