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OpinionImpressionsDestruction AllStars, A New PS5 Exclusive, Is Fine
You’ve played Destruction AllStars a thousand times. You’ve also never played something like Destruction AllStars. The new multiplayer derby battler from Lucid Games—out today exclusively for PlayStation 5—is both immediately familiar and refreshingly new. After taking it for a spin, my initial feelings for the game are all over the place. Let’s start with the…
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OpinionImpressionsControl’s Next-Gen Edition Finally Does Justice To Remedy’s Shooter On Consoles
Control left like it was pushing the last generation of consoles to their breaking points, with loads of performance issues on the old machines. Despite these problems it was a great game, my favorite of 2019. Now, with the next-gen release of Control, many of these problems are gone, and an already-great game is improved…
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OpinionGameStop’s Stock Can’t Save You
GameStop’s rollercoaster ride through the absurd machinery of the stock market has been fun to watch. It sent some of CNBC’s finest minds scrambling to Wikipedia to find out what Reddit is and allowed for Very Serious Thought Leaders to peddle all sorts of pet theories, like blaming GameStop’s unlikely rise on young men not…
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OpinionImpressionsImmortals Fenyx Rising’s First DLC Is Mostly New Puzzles And Not Much Else
On January 28, Immortals Fenyx Rising’s first DLC, A New God, was released. Set after the events of the main game’s original ending, A New God is an odd expansion and epilogue that fans of Immortals might enjoy, but only if you really need more puzzles. Also spoiler warning: I’m going to be talking about…
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OpinionImpressionsThere’s A Lot Of Sonic And Nights In Balan Wonderworld‘s Trippy Demo
Want to spend an hour or so wandering colorful cartoon dreamscapes crafted by the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog? Do you enjoy the sensation of being pleasantly bewildered? If you answered yes to either of those questions you’re going to want to play the demo for Balan Wonderworld. It’s something else. That something else is…
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OpinionImpressionsI Hope Bowser’s Fury Is The Future Of Mario
Bundled with the enhanced port of 2013’s Super Mario 3D World coming to the Switch on February 12, Bowser’s Fury is an open-world side-story that pits Mario against the scariest damn Bowser ever. So far it’s the most fun I’ve had with Mario since Odyssey Bowser’s Fury is a 3D Mario sandbox adventure that would…
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OpinionImpressionsImmortals Fenyx Rising’s New Netflix Tie-In Quest Isn’t Much, But The Rewards Are Good
Immortals Fenyx Rising received a new, free quest late last week as part of yet another media crossover. This time, it’s with an animated Netflix show called Blood of Zeus. The added quest isn’t very good, but it does have some nice rewards. But you’ll have to act soon to get them. It seems Ubisoft…
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OpinionImpressionsCyber Shadow Is Another Fantastic Homage To Classic NES Games
What 2D side-scroller Cyber Shadow is missing in personality it makes up for with amazing visuals and action sequences that challenge your timing and reflexes without ever feeling tedious or cheap. I’ve been loving my time with its pastiche of classic NES games, even if, so far, its story hasn’t measured up to everything else…
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OpinionImpressionsResident Evil Village’s Demo Made Me Scared Of My Own Footsteps
We got our first bloody taste of Resident Evil Village yesterday courtesy of the Maiden demo, and let me tell you, it does some great things with footsteps. Maiden puts you in control of an unnamed prisoner trying to escape from the dungeons of the foreboding Castle Dimitrescu. This journey to freedom opens with a…
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OpinionImpressionsThe End Of My Covenant’s Campaign Is A Good Stopping Point For World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands
After a month and a half of conquering quests, leveling alt characters, and exploring every inch of World of Warcraft’s afterlife, my whirlwind romance with the Shadowlands expansion is starting to fizzle out. Now that my main dwarf Stu has completed his covenant story campaign I’m not finding much motivation to keep playing. To understand…
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OpinionImpressionsI Hope Immortals Fenyx Rising’s First DLC Is A Lot Like Its New Bonus Quest
Last week, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Ubisoft’s don’t-call-it-a-Zelda open-world action game, received a bonus quest. It’s short, fun, and moderately challenging. Better yet, it supposedly gives a peek at what the game’s first expansion, A New God, will look like. If you’ve slept on it, reconsider. The quest in question, “When in Olympos,” was added to…
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OpinionImpressionsSpace Invaders Extreme Is My Favorite Way To Shoot Invaders From Space
While there will always be a place in my heart for the original Space Invaders, Taito’s 1978 arcade classic is not the most engaging way to spend a quarter. Space Invaders Extreme, recently released for the Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of the Space Invaders Forever bundle, is my preferred chaotic and colorful method…
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OpinionImpressionsScott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game Is The Winter Hangout I Needed Right Now
Absence can make the heart grow fonder, and with Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game the wait has set me up to fall in love with its retro gaming nostalgia-fest all over again. Its return couldn’t have come at a better time either. Cooped up in my home away from friends and family while…
By Ethan Gach
