Siobhán Casey
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SHODAN WHAT YOU GOT
System Shock Remake review: A foundation for the new generation of immersive sims
Nightdive Studios may have taken seven years, but it's finally managed to do the impossible and thread the unlikely line between reboot and remake.
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CORE MEMORY UNLOCKED
With Armored Core 6, FromSoftware has a chance to be cool again
After decades of games about locking onto and rolling around the big man, it's time for a change – and FromSoft knows it.
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TRAIN ON YOUR PARADE
Honkai: Star Rail rekindles memories of absolutely banging PS2 RPGs
Star Rail doesn’t do anything new or revolutionary, but what it does, it does well – and that's very nostalgic for a specific flavour of nerd.
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VICE, VICE, BABY
Crime Boss: Rockay City is tantamount to elder abuse
This tepid, try-hard crime simulator serves as a final indignity to the handful of faded stars who bothered to call back.
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NIGHT (CITY) AND DAY
Cyberpunk 2077, in its current state, is a much better open-world RPG than The Witcher 3
Ever role-played as a taxi driver in Night City? You should try it; it's better than watching Geralt auto-gallop to his next contract.
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A CARD DAY'S NIGHT
Marvel Snap made me think I was great at games – then I made a horrible discovery
Marvel Snap does a good job of making you think you're smart and clever. Until you realise the horrible truth.
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chasing scars
Dreamlight Valley is a waking nightmare and Disney must be stopped
Disney's attempt to bottle Animal Crossing's lightning has created a product of pure, unfiltered evil – but did you expect any less?
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canine and able
Let's be honest, Stray would have worked much better with a dog
BlueTwelve Studio certainly caught a lot of attention with its cat game, but perhaps it would have better with a dog instead.
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one-hack mind
Ubisoft's best open world isn't in Assassin's Creed or Far Cry, but in Watch Dogs 2
After a bland, uninspired first game, Ubisoft rallied to make one of its most interesting settings in Watch Dogs 2's hacktivist fantasy.
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Fair, and Fair-alike
PSP game or not, Crisis Core deserves its remaster; it’s become an integral part of Final Fantasy 7
On paper, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 sounds absolutely abhorrent – so how did it become an essential part of the beloved series?
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Cain and unable
As good as Elden Ring is, it can’t save how awful FromSoft’s first, experimental Ring game was
Between the cult King's Field trilogy, the sci-fi weirdness of Armored Core, and the iconic Demon's Souls, there was Eternal Ring. Unfortunately.
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Pain in the Arx
Arx Fatalis, the 2003 RPG banger, is so good it should have absolutely destroyed Elder Scrolls
Waiting for The Elder Scrolls 6? Put down Daggerfall – or Morrowind, or Skyrim – and let Arx Fatalis show you a bad time, instead.