Siobhán Casey
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CLIVE AND LET DIE
Final Fantasy 16 could be as great as the golden era FF games – if it fixes the mistakes of the modern era
The golden era of Final Fantasy games has gone, but the latest entry in the long-running series has what it takes to tickle the nostalgia glands.
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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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Orbital decay
Hardspace: Shipbreaker – now on Xbox Game Pass and PS5 – is an essential, searing rejection of sci-fi tropes
Mundanity, repetition, hopelessness... these aren't things you'd usually consider essential. So how does Hardspace: Shipbreaker make them feel so poignant?
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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.