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3 weeks ago | 
impulsegamer.com | James Davie
Remember that Treehouse of Horror episode when Homer Simpson used a toaster to time travel and one of the times he travelled to was ruled by Ned Flanders? Well protagonist of American Arcadia Trevor Hills does quasi-resemble a 1970s Ned Flanders, but he’s also a citizen of a pristine city known as Arcadia.
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4 weeks ago | 
xboxtavern.com | James Davie
Remember that Treehouse of Horror episode when Homer Simpson used a toaster to time travel and one of the times he travelled to was ruled by Ned Flanders? Well, the protagonist of American Arcadia, Trevor Hills, does quasi-resemble a 1970s Ned Flanders, but he’s also a citizen of a pristine city known as Arcadia.
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1 month ago | 
xboxtavern.com | James Davie
Interplanetary craziness returns after 5 years away with Revenge of the Savage Planet. This time you’re a nameless explorer who is dropped off and left to their own devices by their company of employ on an unknown planet bereft of supplies. You can’t trust big business, especially when they trap you inside a dangerous environment filled with bitey little cretins.
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1 month ago | 
impulsegamer.com | James Davie
Coming out six years to the day of its original 2019 PS4 release, Days Gone Remastered puts us back into the war-weathered biker boots of Deacon St. John as he rides through the murky climes of the Pacific Northwest. The original game was met with a mixed reaction, with some becoming completely enamored with Deacon and the post-apocalyptic world he explores, and others derided it for being highly generic with nary a new thing to say.
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2 months ago | 
psu.com | James Davie
Rusty Rabbit PS5 Review. From developer Nitroplus and publishers SoFun and NetEase, Rusty Rabbit is a new 2.5D Metroidvania-style ballistic platformer where collecting junk and tinkering with tools are the central activities at play here. Can Rusty Rabbit drill out its own little niche in a highly respected genre, or is it destined for the scrap heap? Can we admit something for a second?
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2 months ago | 
xboxtavern.com | James Davie
A southern speaking fish! Are you having a laugh or what? Introducing South of Midnight, the long-awaited adventure title from Contrast and We Happy Few developers Compulsion Games. In South of Midnight you play as a spritely young woman called Hazel, who is pulled into a strange and fascinating world of southern American folklore fantasy. Does South of Midnight indeed go south with its ambitions, or does this stop-motion animated curio have some engrossing intrigue to keep you wanting more?
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2 months ago | 
impulsegamer.com | James Davie
Get ready to pack your backpacks, we’re off on another nostalgia trip! The time is 1997 and the game is Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, a platformer this reviewer has never previously played or even heard of. Like its contemporaries at the time, a cute protagonist, colourful levels, collectible gathering and straightforward short levels are all packed into this little curio, which has now been remastered and delivered to remind us of how easygoing and pleasant videogames used to be.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
psu.com | James Davie
Atomfall PS5 Review. No time for cake, tea and Cornish pasties, we got a jolly ole English first-person survival game to hunker down with courtesy of the Sniper Elite crew, Rebellion. Atomfall is easily Rebellion’s largest and most-ambitious game to date, stuffed with choices, dangerous outlaws and crazy groups of neanderthals, as well as vast opportunities to explore its resplendent and idyllic English setting.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
xboxtavern.com | James Davie
A third dose of Two Point goodness has arrived! After stints in hospitals and universities, the Two Point series has arrived to spread its brand of light-hearted management and mischief to the hallowed exhibition halls of museums. Does this third outing put on an impressive display, or shouldn’t this fossil have been excavated? If you’re looking for a complex management sim with many finnicky intricacies, the Two Point games aren’t for you.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
xboxtavern.com | James Davie
Obsidian Entertainment have long been considered the expressive and whimsical RPG creator alternative to Bethesda. Ever since Fallout: New Vegas (and to a lesser extent Alpha Protocol) turned up in 2010, we’ve witnessed the majesty of their craft spread among a handful of fresh RPGs that have truly marked them out in rarified air, lifting up and removing the shadow of Bethesda, and becoming their own powerhouse of hundred hour experiences.
