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Persona 5 Strikers

1. Persona 5 Strikers

10/10. They really changed up the formula while keeping the essence of persona. It's a disservice to label this as just a musuo game. There's far more story involved than I expected and it's not entirely useless fluff. I was pretty excited to go back on a trip with the Phantom Thieves again. The new characters are fine. The additional difficulty levels are a challenge but in the end you can get so overpowered even that's steamrolled which feels somewhat rewarding. Although the path there may be full of grinding if you can't naturally progress. There's a lot of diversity in the combat between the different the party members and every single persona. It took a while to get a hang of which combos are meant for what but once I had a hang of the combat it felt pretty rewarding to pull off some sweet combos. Music and style points are still very Persona.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

2. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Resident Evil Village

3. Resident Evil Village

Deathloop

4. Deathloop

New Pokémon Snap

5. New Pokémon Snap

Destruction Allstars

6. Destruction Allstars

Hitman 3

7. Hitman 3

Back 4 Blood

8. Back 4 Blood

Outriders

9. Outriders

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

10. The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

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