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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan2019

3 out of 5 starsMar 11, 2020

One of the biggest arguments against cinematic interactivity in gaming is that, if a game wants to look like a movie then it should just be a movie, and if a game wants to be a choose your own adventure novel then it better have every choice ever thought of or it’s not worth playing. These are common viewpoints that I hear almost every time a choice based game that’s more quick-time events than actual action get’s…

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Control2019

4 out of 5 starsMar 11, 2020

The first time I loaded up "Control", Remedy’s latest release and first apart from longtime publisher Microsoft, I was immediately struck by how harsh and eerie The Federal Bureau of Control (FBC) was. It loomed before the protagonist, Jesse Faden, like an all knowing monolith out of Stanley Kubrik’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” and brought with it all the haunting imagery and atmosphere that a creative work about the…

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Bound By Flame2014

2 out of 5 starsFeb 4, 2019

Let's just start by saying that while ambition is very important that it can kill your project if left unchecked and Bound By Flame is pretty dang ambitious. You can tell that the makers of this game wanted it to be huge and sprawling and at the beginning of its tale, does indeed seem to have those things. But do they pay off? In short, no. In long, also no (but a no with potential?) Bound By Flame has a lot of…

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Vampyr2018

4 out of 5 starsJan 18, 2019

Dontnod (the studio that in the past released Life is Strange and Remember Me ) went their darkest, moodiest and most ambitious route with 2018's Vampyr and it pays of at (almost) every corner. Vampyr is truly impressive in using its smaller studios limited resources to make a game that really comes across like the immersive period piece that it set out to portray. Taking place in a living city style open-world (a…

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Dragon Age: Inquisition2014

4 out of 5 starsJun 7, 2015

Dragon Age: Inquisition , the latest installment in the critically acclaimed Dragon Age series, delivers on most every level and, though it has a couple hiccups along the way, is a must play for any RPG or adventure fan out there. From judging those who have wronged the people of Thedas, to saving the world from the brink of disaster, to hunting down the most fearsome of dragons, Inquisition delivers on its promise…

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