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If someone tells me a game takes several hours to “get good,” my immediate feeling is that I will never play that game. Who has hours…

Dragon’s Dogma 2 doesn’t have a traditional fast-travel system. For most open-world games, this would be a death sentence–an affront to the player’s valuable time. Yet…

Creating a sequel to a 12-year-old game is never an easy task. Recapturing the magic of the original while implementing modern technology and design strategies can…

Rough Justice ‘84 is a strategy-puzzle title for the Nintendo Switch. It involves hiring agents and solving cases in a fictional, crime-ridden city set in the…

When I think of the survival-horror genre’s best games, I often wonder if they were made better by their frequently unwieldy combat mechanics. The inability to…

There are few gaming experiences more engrossing, engaging, and satisfying than a quality strategy-RPG. They offer the joy of building up a little ragtag army, bit…

Draw from enough unique inspirations, and eventually, a game begins to feel entirely novel. That’s the sensation that emerges as you play Unicorn Overlord, Vanillaware’s vast…

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)With its efforts on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration and The Making of Karateka, developer Digital Eclipse is cementing itself as a…

More than almost any other game from its era, Contra made its name on being brutally difficult: a legacy with an impact that can still be…

WWE 2K24 leverages WrestleMania’s impending 40-year milestone to celebrate the event, and it proves to be a party worth attending. Enjoyable additions and smart improvements bolster…