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God of War Ragnarök is an outstanding game with some questionable pacing and flow at times. There are moments in this game where I was simply in awe of what was on screen. Then there are times when the game feels like it is doing everything in its power to keep me from progressing or enjoying its playground. It is a weird mix of emotions from start to finish.

Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum is a love letter to kids who grew up in the 80s. Every single corner is filled to the brim with nostalgia. Collecting the cards is addictive and fun, and the game is as gross as I could want.

Combat in this DLC is minimal. Instead, Rose focuses her attacks with her abilities. Taking in energy and releasing blasts on enemies. However, this makes up a small part of the overall game. Instead of collecting ammo and such, the game focuses more on stealth, puzzles, and chase sequences. It is a nice change of pace, but if it was longer than three hours it would certainly get old. Thankfully the brevity actually works to the game’s advantage here.

The Diofield Chronicles has a solid foundation of mechanics that is hampered greatly by its poor balancing of difficulty, a cast of forgettable characters and a world that failed to draw me in with its lackluster presentation.

The game doesn’t innovate nearly enough and performance on next-gen consoles is disappointing, but this game continues to prove that this team of developers is extremely talented. I hope we continue to see them flourish and create new experiences. A Plague Tale: Requiem is a truly exceptional experience that everyone should check out. It is on Game Pass so the barrier to entry is lighter. Definitely give it a shot.

Atari Mania is a great trip down memory lane with a unique twist on the micro-game genre. There are misses here, but there are just as many hits in the mini-games.

Them’s Fightin’ Herds is one of the best ideas in the fighting game scene in a while. The roster could use a boost, but everything else here is fantastic. The fighting feels great, the modes are plentiful, and the design is excellent.

While I did have issues with the game they were few and far between, first off the AI is not the brightest. It’s great that the developers allow for bots to even out teams if needed, these ‘team’ mates will spend more time just running around and calming down scared patrons than anything else. I also had a few times where the game left me in an infinite load screen loop but nothing that a simple restart couldn’t fix.Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed is hands down Illfonic’s best game to date and by and large probably the most approachable asymmetrical multiplayer game on the market.

Gotham Knights does a fantastic job of illustrating that point beautifully, each night players return to the Belfrey they are met with a breakdown of the nights activities along with how many days its been, 65 days and counting for me.

There’s supposed to be four Kirbys racing at all times and the lack of an online player base and the lack of four-player split-screen multiplayer just makes it hard to recommend this game at all. It’s a good game marred by the fact that like a lot of great multiplayer-focused games, the player base is lacking and the game suffers for it.