Previews
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The mishap-strewn warfare of Worms: Galactic Tactics gives hope it’s not just a comedy XCOM
Impressions from the cartoon killing fields
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Fear not, samurai masochists, Onimusha: Way of the Sword's flashiness hasn't replaced its challenge
Featuring environmental chaos and the return of Issen counterattacks
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From its electric melee fights to its surprise Firewatch nods, Control Resonant's radical sequelcraft looks like it might just pay off
Slashing my doubts to shimmering red ribbons
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Roguelike FPS offshoot Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core launches into early access with its own dangers, its own dwarves, and at last, its own identity
Impressions from Ghost Ship's latest cave dive
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Family Reunion is a dinnertime simulation game that captures the wonder and boredom of being a loosely disciplined 7-year-old
A food fight against time itself
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Eerie visual novel Schrödinger's Call explores the pain and joy of relationships via phone calls to purgatory
My interest is dead, but also alive
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Skilful hero-juggling can elevate Resident Evil Requiem, even when Leon kicks the tension in half
Impressions after three hours of Requimming
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Element-bending RPG The God Slayer has decent fight scenes, but systemic smarts could elevate it
Throw water, kill deities, schmooze bouncers
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Quantic Dream's Spellcasters Chronicles plays better than I thought, but is still an oddly passive MOBA
You win summons, you lose summons
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The Steam Frame is real, and Valve want it to be the last VR headset you'll ever buy
But would you?
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Hands-on with the new Steam Machine, Valve’s square shot at SteamOS PC redemption
Box of tricks
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Enginefall’s Snowpiercer-meets-DayZ promise is put at risk by mechanical troubles
One train I wouldn’t mind being delayed
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Batman, good boys, and space whale texting: all the other Gamescom games I saw but didn’t have time to write about
Oh, seventeen last things
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ZA/UM’s spy thriller Zero Parades sure looks like Disco Elysium in glasses and a moustache
Operative words
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Can a first-person soulslike work? Playing Napoleonic parryfest Valor Mortis suggests oui
The French deflection
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Even unintentionally, sorting puzzler A Storied Life: Tabitha risks gamifying grief
Writing wrongs
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At a largely humourless Gamescom, train kickflipper Denshattack was a golden streak of joy
Rail of a time