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After about an hour and a half with the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2, my first impression is simple: this is not a reskin of an old game. It feels like a new game, even to someone who has played the original many times.

And I have played it many times. I got Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64 when it came out in 1998, when I was about 16. Since then, I’ve replayed it several times on the N64, bought it again on the GameCube, and played it on an emulator. If I had to guess, I’ve finished it somewhere between eight and ten times. I don’t own an N64 copy anymore, unfortunately, but I still have my GameCube copy on the shelf.

Even with all that history, I didn’t remember much of the game off the top of my head before today. Once I picked up the controller, though, it came back quickly. It was a lot like riding a bike. It’s a fun mix of familiar and new.

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You can finish Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in 15-20 hours if you stick to the main story. I played for 68. I went full completionist, collected everything, and played almost the entire game without firing a gun. I also got stuck in scenery more times than I can count, watched a soldier stand at attention while skewered in a trap, and lost hours to one puzzle near the end that nearly drove me mad.

The Great Circle has some rough edges, but I couldn’t put it down.

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When I saw Mixtape getting 10 out of 10 scores, I immediately downloaded it. But after I watched a review of it, it didn’t really look like a game, but more of an interactive story or visual novel. That’s not what I was looking for and I immediately lost interest. A few days went by and the reviews kept rolling in calling it a masterpiece, but also lots of division within the gaming community about those high ratings. I figured I had to see for myself.

It took only two days, about 3.5 hours of total gameplay, to finish it.

For me, it’s a 6 out of 10. It’s not a masterpiece, but also a lot more of a game than the angry reviews give it credit for.

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A game with a lot of meaning, some darkness and comedy, and way too much dialogue. That’s the short version.

I came into Disco Elysium knowing almost nothing about it, other than that it’s a phenomenal game. People say the game is amazing, it’s unique, dark, and one of best-written games ever. I’ve heard people talking about how they wanted to replay it making completely different choices. I mean, that sounds like a must-play, right?

But after getting started, I was very surprised to see at what kind of game it actually is. A wall of reading. Heavy political and socioeconomic stuff. Race, poverty, ideology.

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Silent Hill is one of the most well-known survival-horror series, known for its dark atmospheres, twisted and creepy monsters, and psychological scares. Oh and fog.

With the massive success of the recent Silent Hill 2 Remake, many gamers (like me) are returning to older games in the series, one of which being Silent Hill: The Short Message, which is free on the Playstation Store.

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