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  • Cibele

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    I really quite enjoyed playing through this. Itā€™s a game, yes, but itā€™s probably best if you think of it more as a piece of interactive narration, as you are not really left to do any decision-making, simply progressing through the story – which does involve playing through a few MMO-like encounters, but the point…

  • Undertale

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    With everyone going on about how this is apparently the second coming in the form of a game, I figured I had to jump in. Iā€™ve put in a couple of hours, and I do really like the fantastic dialogue and characterizations, but man, theĀ ā€œcombatā€ system (I put this in quotes because Iā€™m playing the…

  • Fate Tectonics

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    This is an interesting game, and Iā€™m not quite sure how to describe it. I guess you could start by saying itā€™s a god game, as you are building a world, but then it also feels like a puzzle game in that when you get new pieces to add to your world, you have to…

  • Heavenstrike Rivals

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    This is a new free-to-play tactics game on iOS from Square Enix, and I was interested in giving it a shot based on the screenshots I saw. The gameplay reminds me a lot of Hero Academy, another iOS tactics game I quite liked, but it still manages to feel like its own game. I especially…

  • Dragon Quest

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    Last night I was re-watching the Dragon Quest episode of AmeTalk (which originally aired late last year) and although it was fun, it made me realize how DQ illiterate I really am – Iā€™ve only played 4 (the updated version with 3D graphics that was released on the DS), 8, and 9. Since these games…

  • Game On, but Not for Everyone

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    I recently attended theĀ ā€œGame Onā€ exhibition here in Montreal, and was disappointed by it. I did have high expectations, as it promised the inclusion of 100 games that were all playable, and although presented here at the Montreal Science Centre, it was originally devised by the Barbican.Ā  So whatā€™s wrong? The biggest issue I could…

  • Destiny

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    I donā€™t usually revisit a game here, especially one that Iā€™ve owned for about a year, but a strange thing happened with Destiny. I had given up on it fairly early on, despite getting really excited for it after I played the Alpha release in the summer of 2014. I loved many aspects of the…

  • Pac-Man 256

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    Iā€™m at a point where I very rarely play games on iOS these days, which is strange for me as I used to play tons of games that way, especially on iPad – it doesnā€™t help that my iPad 3 is finally showing its age, and I couldnā€™t even install the latest version of Duels…

  • Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

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    I liked the first Lara Croft game in this series, and although I was interested in playing Osiris, itā€™s only now that itā€™s come out as a PS+ free game that Iā€™ve gotten to play it. I havenā€™t had a chance to play co-op yet – which is where these games really shine – but…

  • Galak-Z

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    Another game I was quite excited to finally get to play was the long awaited (mostly because I had been following its development) Galak-Z. I really liked Skulls of the ShogunĀ (from the same studio), and knew that this game would have a fantastic visual sense (which it does), but itā€™s also a joy to see…