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Mafia: The Old Country is a beautiful crime story with old habits
EDITOR'S CHOICEPC, PS5, Xbox Series X

Mafia: The Old Country is a beautiful crime story with old habits

Mafia: The Old Country  is at its best when it slows down and lets Sicily do the work. A dusty road, a quiet vineyard, a tense dinner, a horse ri...

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After 15 years Skyrim still makes getting lost feel worth it
PC

After 15 years Skyrim still makes getting lost feel worth it

Skyrim was once considered the greatest RPG of all times. But 15 years later it finds itself competing against a much stronger genre, and although it ...

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Survival Horror vs Action Horror

Survival Horror vs Action Horror

These are the horror games that do more than scare you for a few minutes. They make you manage space, resources, nerves, and the awful feeling that the next room might ruin your night.

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Dragon Age II still works best when I stop wishing it was Dragon Age Origins
PC, PS3, Xbox 360
8.2

Dragon Age II still works best when I stop wishing it was Dragon Age Origins

BioWare’s rushed sequel is smaller, stranger, and rougher than it should be, but its messy decade in Kirkwall still has a pull that the series has rarely matched.

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inZOI is beautiful, empty, and not ready yet
PC
8.1

inZOI is beautiful, empty, and not ready yet

inZOI  makes a stunning first impression. Its people look sharp, its apartments can look like catalogue shoots, and its character creator is easi...

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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is better when it stops pretending to be serious
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
8.8

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is better when it stops pretending to be serious

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii  sounds like a joke the series would usually save for a side quest. Goro Majima wakes up without his memor...

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Little Nightmares III is eerie, familiar, and too afraid to change
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, Switch
8.3

Little Nightmares III is eerie, familiar, and too afraid to change

Little Nightmares III  still knows how to make a room feel wrong. A giant toy, a warped factory, a dead city, a corridor that seems too quiet, a ...

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Pokemon Legends: Z-A makes battles feel new again
Switch
8.9

Pokemon Legends: Z-A makes battles feel new again

Pokémon Legends: Z-A  is the rare modern Pokémon  game where the biggest change is also the best reason to play. Game Freak ha...

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Rematch is brilliant when the team understands football
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
7.8

Rematch is brilliant when the team understands football

Rematch  is not trying to be EA Sports FC  with fewer licenses. It is closer to a football game stripped down to its most anxious moments: f...

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is not the sequel fans waited for
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
7.5

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is not the sequel fans waited for

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2  carries one of the hardest names a modern RPG could carry. The original Bloodlines  was messy,...

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Monster Hunter Wilds is Capcom's smoothest hunt yet
EDITOR'S CHOICEPS5, PC, Xbox Series X
9.4

Monster Hunter Wilds is Capcom's smoothest hunt yet

Monster Hunter Wilds feels like the series finally decided to stop making newcomers prove they deserve to be there. It is faster, cleaner, and far mor...

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Avowed is a smaller RPG with a world worth exploring
PC, Xbox Series X
8.4

Avowed is a smaller RPG with a world worth exploring

Avowed  is not the giant fantasy RPG some players expected when Obsidian first revealed it. It is not Skyrim  with sharper writing, and it i...

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 is brilliant on the board and messier off it
PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, Switch
8.8

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 is brilliant on the board and messier off it

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4  gets the most important thing right. The skating still feels incredible. The board snaps under me, manuals st...

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