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Hollow Knight
9.5
The best value in the genre
A small team produced a metroidvania with more content and confidence than most full-price releases. The map system rewards patience and the boss desi...
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Stardew Valley
9.5
The most generous game ever made
Free content updates for years, no monetisation, and a loop that respects your schedule. It is the only game I can play while listening to a podcast a...
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Bloodborne
10.0
The most cohesive FromSoftware world
The shift from gothic horror to cosmic dread is the best tonal pivot in the series. Aggression is rewarded, which makes combat feel completely differe...
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Celeste
9.0
Mechanics and story in perfect sync
Climbing the mountain is the metaphor and the gameplay simultaneously. It never overexplains. The pixel art and soundtrack make the whole thing feel l...
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Cyberpunk 2077
9.5
A quiet story about mortality in a loud world
What stays with me is not the shooting, it is the conversations. The game is at its best in small rooms with a dying friend. The genre trappings are a...
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Disco Elysium
8.5
A book that argues with you
It is dense and initially hostile to newcomers, but once the dialogue system clicks it becomes compulsive. The voice acting in the Final Cut is a huge...
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Sea of Stars
8.0
Gorgeous, pleasant, a bit safe
It nails the look and feel of the era it is channelling. I wanted more risk in the writing. Still a very easy game to recommend to anyone who loved th...
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Mass Effect 2
9.0
A masterclass in sequel design
It trims the inventory bloat and doubles down on characters. The main plot is thin compared to the first game, but the crew carries it entirely.
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Hollow Knight
9.0
Atmospheric and unforgiving
The trek back to a boss after dying is the one flaw: it wastes time the game otherwise uses so well. Everything else, from the charm system to the art...
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Outer Wilds
10.0
The only game I wish I could forget
Its entire progression is knowledge, which means you can never replay it properly. The twenty-two minute loop is the most elegant structure in the med...
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SPOILER
NieR: Automata
9.5
You have to finish it three times
The first ending is not the game. What it does with the credits late in the story is the single boldest thing I have seen a game attempt, and it only...
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Celeste
10.0
A game about difficulty and kindness
The assist mode is not a compromise, it is the thesis. The platforming is precise and the story about anxiety is handled with a sincerity that most ga...
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Stardew Valley
9.0
A decade of my life, gently
One person made this and it has more heart than most studios manage in a generation. The farming loop is a genuine comfort and the character writing i...
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Bloodborne
9.5
Worth buying a console for
The frame rate is the only complaint I can muster. The trick weapon design is the best in the genre and the art direction is genuinely unsettling rath...
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The Last of Us Part II
7.5
A technical marvel I never want to replay
Every system is polished to an absurd degree and the accessibility options are industry-leading. But the story is relentlessly bleak, and it left me e...
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Super Mario Odyssey
9.0
Joy, distilled and mechanical
The kingdoms are inventive and the possession mechanic keeps surprising you well past the credits. Some moons are pure filler, which dilutes the hunt...
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Sea of Stars
8.5
A loving homage with its own identity
The timing-based combat keeps turn-based fights engaging and the art is gorgeous. The story is light and the party banter is limited, but the dungeons...
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Hades
9.5
Supergiant's best work
The art direction, the music and the moment-to-moment feel are all elite. It respects your time in a genre that usually does not. I have cleared it do...
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Celeste
9.5
Designed by people who understand movement
Every dash, every wall bounce, every screen is tuned to the millisecond. The B-sides are the best challenge content in any platformer I have played.
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