Reviews
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852.2KDrone Swarm Review—Strength in numbers
The initial plot setup of Drone Swarm takes a bit to wrap your head around. Invading extraterrestrials known as the Voohr seize...
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801.9KDrop the beat — HyperX Cloud II headset Review
While I may be constantly listening to music and be somewhat of an audiophile, I’ve never actually owned a quality headset. Sure,...
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752.6KDaru the Doofus — Robotics;Notes DaSH Review
Originally released in Japan in 2019, the Robotics;Notes sequel is finally available to western audiences. However, this time around it includes a...
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952.4KAdventures of the Robotics Club — Robotics;Notes Elite Review
The Science Adventure or SciADV series, developed by Mages and published by Spike Chunsoft, is one of the most popular visual novel...
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653.0KMayday, mayday! — Red Wings: Aces of the Sky review
We’ve all heard retellings of the horrors of World War One. Muddied ditches, barbed wire fields, land mines, disease… Millions suffered and...
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1.5K55Undersea expansion — Professor Lupo: Ocean Review
Professor Lupo and His Horrible Pets was the first game I reviewed for Gaming Trend. Since then, I’d like to believe I’ve...
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4.1K75Lots of icing, not enough cake – Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition review
The first real-time strategy game I played was Age of Empires 2, and that was because it came as a free game...
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652.8KTime to build-a-bot — Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed review
While I’m not really into building toys like LEGO or Gundam, I did hear about these toys called Zoids because my best...
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701.7KHands in the air! Now do a Superman! — Wave Break review
Wave Break is a weird experience for me. On one hand, it’s a great Stadia exclusive with a killer soundtrack and a...
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951.5KThe mark of Cain and the fire within — King of Eden Volume 1 review
For every high-octane battle series I enjoy reading like My Hero Academia and Chainsaw Man, I love me a slow burn. The...
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402.3KMasking the mystery — This is the Zodiac Speaking review
The modern mystery game finds itself in a tricky situation. In many cases, mystery becomes an aesthetic; the detective hat is rarely...
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2.8K50“If everyone’s special, no one is.” — Torchlight III review
I remember riding in a car headed to a gaming event talking to some fellow press members when one of them casually...
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2.7K90Marvel’s Avengers: The Art of the Game book review
With over 80 years of history to draw from, you know that Marvel’s Avengers wasn’t going to suffer from a lack of...
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802.3KA healing melody — Ikenfell Review
Mysterious things are afoot at Ikenfell, school for witches and wizards. The magical arts themselves are going haywire, alchemy formulae no longer...
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851.7KWhat’s new, pussycat? — Neko Navy: Daydream Edition review
While I don’t personally own a cat, I enjoy the endless amounts of cat-related content on the internet. I’m also a casual...
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3.1K85Impressive. Most impressive! — Star Wars Squadrons review
I’m old. Like, really old. I’m so old that I can still tell you how to write an autoexec.bat and config.sys to...
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4.7K95Not just a comeback — Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Review
After over a decade without a release, Crash is back, for real this time.Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time seeks to reestablish...
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702.8KOne mode does it all – Kirby Fighters 2 review
Boot up Kirby Fighters 2 and boom! Title screen. Press start, boom! Menu. Choose a game mode, boom! Character selection screen. How...
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802.2KBecome the Avatar – Spellbreak review
With a market so flooded, getting into a battle royale nowadays can be a challenging task in itself. There’s a large range...
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854.0KSo you want to be a magical girl? — Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Complete Omnibus Edition review
If you asked me what was my favorite anime of last decade, I’d probably go with Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It was...
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551.9KHorror abstracted—Neverending Nightmares for Switch review
Neverending Nightmares aims to capture the unknowable horror buried in the unconscious mind, and while it doesn’t quite succeed, it does deliver...
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801.7KSuper bug boy — OkunoKA Madness review
As I’ve said in my Slime-San review, I’m not a speedrunner. I appreciate how dedicated the community is, and I’ve been binging...
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704.1KA few barnacles on the hull — Port Royale 4 review
I grew up on pirate games like Sid Meier’s Pirates! and tycoon titles such as Caesar and M.U.L.E.; these games put you...
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753.2KNothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity – Super Mario 3D All-Stars review
When Super Mario All-Stars debuted on the Super Nintendo, the box art illustrated Mario dressed in a tuxedo and a magic wand...
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6.3K90Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in! – Mafia Definitive Edition review
There has been a lot of discussion on what constitutes a remaster nowadays, but there are a few games that raise the...
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754.4KSeriously fun, seriously… silly – Serious Sam 4 review
It’s crazy to think the last time we had a new main series Serious Sam game was almost 10 years ago. Serious...
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754.6KToo weak to pull the ears off a gundark—Star Wars: Outer Rim review
Have you recently binge-watched the Mandalorian on Disney+? Watched the Star Wars Holiday Special and still think Boba Fett’s cool? Substituted a...
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453.1KEveryone has a plan until they’ve been hit — Shing! review
As I finished Shing! and thumped my controller on my desk in relief, I was bummed by how much potential developer Mass...
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552.5KNot quite whole — Journey of the Broken Circle review
A nightly storybook or a kindergarten fairytale are two ubiquitous concepts that I think most of us can relate to. They’re an...
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954.0KOne does not simply walk out of Hades — Hades Review
Many have tried to leave the underworld, all have failed. As Prince Zagreus, son of Hades, you’ll get out and die trying,...
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2.2K85Red skies, Love Dies, truth hides — Paradise Killer Review
Island Sequence 24 is ending and the Syndicate Council has been murdered. Having been in exile for the past three million days,...
