Just Cause 4 – Review – Just Cause they wanted more money?

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Played on Windows.
Also Available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Just Cause 4 is the fourth game of the Just Cause franchise, each game was made by the same company, Avalanche Studios. With Just Cause 2 and 3 being well received there was a lot of anticipation for Just Cause 4, however, it got hammered at launch by both reviews and fans and that pretty much sealed the fate of this game. The level of the negative reaction was unexpected, and while preparing for this review, a quick review of major bugs from the launch makes it clear why the game was so ill-received initially. But has it gotten better?

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My Friend Pedro – Review – It’s always good to make new friends

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Played on Windows.
Also available on Nintendo Switch.

My Friend Pedro is a strange game. The entire trailer has left a lot of questions in my mind and the fact is Devolver Digital’s lineup before this has been quite solid and kept me interested. I’ve covered The Messenger recently and reviewed Ruiner before that but Devolver Digital has become well known for it’s interesting and sometimes bizarre titles, and My Friend Pedro certainly lives up to that bar.

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Eliza – Review – What happens when a studio who has mastered game play, focuses on a story.

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Played on Windows.
Also on Linux and macOS.

Zachtronics has been one of the studios that I’ve continuously supported. I’ve owned and played all their games from this team, and have loved pretty much all of them. So about a month ago when it was announced that Zachtronics would be putting out a Visual Novel, I was sold just by the studio’s history even if it was a departure from the type of game they are known for.

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Slay the Spire – Review – Just one more run… just one more

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Played on Windows
Also available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, macOS systems, and Linux

Slay the Spire is a unique game, it combines rogue-lite experiences with a repetitive and randomized dungeon, along with the ideas of deckbuilding which are popular in some Euro board games. It can be somewhat similar to Dominion, while still retaining a dungeon crawler and succeeds at getting the feeling to combine into a unique game.

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