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1348 Ex Voto ReviewAn action game that makes a promising first impression it doesn't live up to at all.

IGN PC ReviewsMar 18

Crimson Desert Review - Highest FantasyCrimson Desert excels as an open-world action-adventure game when exploration and combat intersect. In the lead-up to release, there's been a lot of discussion about what exactly the game is and whether it's too good to be true, with trailers showing off everything from dragon-flying and mech-piloting to Shadow of the Colossus-style boss fights. Developer Pearl Abyss certainly set its sights high with its first single-player game, and there's no denying that Crimson Desert is an incredibly ambitious game stitched together with as many ideas as humanly possible. A few hours into my adventure in Crimson Desert, I decided to explore to the east of the Duchess of Hernand--the game's starting location. Just beyond a sloping valley, I could make out what looked like a giant diving board nestled atop a mountain ridge. With this landmark in my sights, I made it my mission to scale the chalky cliff face and find out what exactly this enticing structure was. As I figured out how best to tackle the climb, finding spots where I could stand and replenish my stamina before continuing, I eventually reached the top and discovered that what looked like a diving board was actually a mysterious wooden pulley. It wasn't clear what it was used for, but I didn't really care. The view from the top instantly grabbed my attention, presenting a breathtaking panorama of Hernand and beyond. Pastoral countryside stretched as far as the eye could see, dotted with hamlets, beautiful meadows, and dense forests. In the distance, snow-capped mountaintops reached for the clouds, while a number of hilltop castles were only a horse ride away. Continue Reading at GameSpot

GameSpot - Game ReviewsMar 18

Crimson Desert Review So FarMore than 110 hours in, this ambitious RPG has swung wildly from incredibly cool to gobsmackingly infuriating.

IGN PC ReviewsMar 18

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin Review So FarA run-of-the-mill anime fantasy come to life.

IGN PC ReviewsMar 18

Project Hail Mary ReviewReview: Project Hail Mary is a rollicking sci-fi blockbuster celebrating how much we can accomplish when we work together… and how much meet-cute mileage you can get out of watching Ryan Gosling befriend a rock alien for two and a half hours.

IGN PC ReviewsMar 17

Slay the Spire 2 Early Access ReviewA sequel that's not too ambitious but just as enthralling.

IGN PC ReviewsMar 13

Planet Of Lana II: Children Of The Leaf Review - A Cinematic OdysseyThere aren't alien robots descending from the sky in Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf . Instead, the opening of this sequel is much more somber than the first game, beginning with the exploration of a crashed spaceship and the discovery of a more human-driven enemy. Protagonist Lana and her cat-like companion Mui don't seem like they're standing against an impossible threat this time around. They're older, and the world around them feels a bit smaller. But this planet is no less fantastical, and remains filled with unexplained questions. Planet of Lana II doesn't grow much beyond the mechanically simple, 2.5D puzzle-platformer formula of its first game, but it builds on the mystique of its predecessor to deliver a wondrous story. Taking place two years after the events of the first game, Planet of Lana II sees the titular Lana adapting to a changed world where her people and the robots that once tried to collect the entire planet's inhabitants now live side-by-side, with the former using the latter as tireless beasts of burden. However, when the new technologically savvy Dijinghala tribe from the north starts pushing further south, their environmentally destructive practices start to negatively impact the lives of Lana and her people. The biggest issue with Planet of Lana II's story is that it presents two problems in its first hour, and it follows the less interesting of the two for the first three hours of the five-hour story. The escalating efforts of the Dijinghala tribe lead to them dropping a crystal that's leaking a deadly green gas--this poisons Lana's adoptive little sister. To cure her, Lana sets out to collect the three ingredients needed to craft medicine. That's the inciting incident that gets her back out on the road and leaving home for another adventure. Continue Reading at GameSpot

GameSpot - Game ReviewsMar 13

Marathon Review-In-Progress - Incredible Highs, Painful LowsWe started on Perimeter, the map tuned to provide the "easiest" experience in Marathon , and spent the next 15 minutes trapped in the very first building we entered, fighting every single team of player "Runners" in the match. It was GameSpot senior producer Jean-Luc Seipke's very first match in Bungie's online first-person extraction shooter, and it was nothing if not a trial by fire. Together with our matchmade teammate, we battled down hallways and around corners, flanking and catching opponents out, dying and reviving one another time and again. We came back from near-defeat over and over, hanging on by a thread. At one point, with my guns completely dry, I slipped an opponent by hopping over a railing to a lower floor, only to sneak back up the stairs, find them facing away, and knife them in the back until they died. Another time, an invisible Assassin character lost us in a cloud of smoke, and I jumped through some broken windows into the room where we'd last seen them, hoping to flank--only to find them hiding in a corner, a claymore at the door, ready to ambush my teammates. They never even saw me as I machine-gunned them. Continue Reading at GameSpot

GameSpot - Game ReviewsMar 11

Minishoot' Adventures ReviewBig fun in an adorable little package.

IGN PC ReviewsMar 11

WWE 2K26 ReviewThis isn't a knockout blow for the series, but it's certainly a threat to the champion.

IGN PC ReviewsMar 11