Search results for the term "Call of duty"
Dragon Quest Builders 2
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As I said in my post on Minecraft Dungeons, I have zero nostalgia for Minecraft. I've always struggled with sandbox games. The lack of any kind of direction is off-putting to me, I need some sort of overarching goal to motivate me to keep playing a game. With that in mind, I've always kind of...
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The Emperor's Sword review
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Another superb historical novel of the Middle Ages. We're slowly catching up to the frame story and William Gold is a little older, wiser, and wearier.
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Berserk: Vol 1 review
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I've been interested in Berserk for a while, it's one of the classic manga and a huge inspiration to a ton of the grimdark authors that I enjoy. I've watched about 10 episodes of the 1997 anime adaptation before I fell off; figuring I'd enjoy it better if I had read the manga first. I've finally...
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Primordia
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I'm a big fan of everything Wadjet Eye touches, especially their Blackwell games, and while they didn't develop Primordia they did publish it, and you can see their hands all over this game. The interface is similar, the graphical style is the same, and if I'm not mistaken I believe some voice...
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Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
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Rift Apart was probably the first AAA PS5 game I played that was built for the PS5 from the ground up. As a R&C game, it's a very clear step up from the 2016. As a PS5 game, it's an excellent, albeit short, singleplayer romp that shows the potential of the console.
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The Hands of the Emperor Review
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This is a book that shouldn't, by all the rules that govern what makes a book "work", be anywhere near as good as it is. Victoria Goddard has crafted a novel here that goes against every established convention of the genre: there's no war, vanishingly little violence, there's really very little...
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