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The Serenity of Moonglow Bay

The Serenity of Moonglow Bay

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I like fish, but I don’t like eating them, nor do I have any interest in trying to catch them. Yet when it comes to Moonglow Bay, I’m not only enjoying catching them, but I’m learning more about them, as well as making tasty meals from my catch.

This is a charming, voxel-art lightweight RPG from developer Bunnyhug and published by Coatsink, which sees you take a rookie angler to east coast Canada to restore the fortunes of the rundown town of Moonglow Bay. You open the game by creating your character from a small number of pre-set looks, complete with choice of pronouns. Should a game featuring the ability to choose your own pronouns be something worth having to highlight? No, it should be common place in games where you create your own character, but I’ll applaud Bunnyhug and Coatsink for producing an open and inclusive game.

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Battlefield 2042 – Open Beta Impressions

Battlefield 2042 – Open Beta Impressions

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My Battlefield history is filled with moments where I dive into incoming fire to revive a fallen comrade, typically to just end up dying myself. I love the Battlefield games, but I’d never count myself as even being in the top 50% of players when it comes to metrics like the overblown K:D ratio or score per minute. What matters to me is teamwork with all that entails with the revives, throwing around health packs and capturing control points. Having played the Battlefield 2042 open beta over the last couple of days, I’m pleased that these elements of action still exist, but am left wondering whether they’ll be recognised in the broader meta of the game.

Before I get into that in any further detail, hit the break for my first impressions of EA and DICE’s upcoming title.

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Clearing The Backlog – Control

Clearing The Backlog – Control

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It’s been a few weeks since I completed the main storyline of Control, and perhaps coincidentally the same amount of time has passed since I paused my X-Files re-watch. After completing the main story I decided to pause before making a decision on whether to embark upon the DLC. Reflecting on my time with Control, I think I will make an effort to work my way through the DLC.

Would I contemplate sinking my teeth into the DLC if it wasn’t for the Assist Mode that came with a large update to the game back in August 2020? I think not.

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Why Hitman’s World of Assassination should have stayed episodic

Why Hitman’s World of Assassination should have stayed episodic

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The release of Hitman 3 has been met with high praise from critics, but not all as gone entirely smoothly with friction around integrating with the previous titles in the trilogy causing concern, especially for the PC community. It leads me to wonder whether IO Interactive missed a trick by moving away from Hitman 2016’s episodic release structure?

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Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla – The Verdict

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla – The Verdict

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As the years have gone by, Ubisoft have worked to evolve and iterate the Assassin’s Creed formula, moving away from the city games to vast open world RPGs. There have been self-inflicted wounds along the journey with an unhealthy corporate culture leading to a large restructure in their editorial teams in the summer, but ultimately Valhalla was delivered in time for the launch of the new console generation and it’s a brilliant piece of work. …

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Gears Tactics got Jacked up for the Xbox Series release

Gears Tactics got Jacked up for the Xbox Series release

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When I was playing, and delivering my Verdict on Gears Tactics earlier this year, I mentioned that I was planning to go and finish the game off in quick fashion. That didn’t happen at the time, but with this turn-based tactics take on the Gears franchise landing on the Xbox One and Series machines last week, I returned to find a new Jacked up experience on offer, along with a range of quality of life improvements.

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The Outer Worlds – The Verdict

The Outer Worlds – The Verdict

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If we did classic scores rather than Verdict’s, The Outer Worlds would have been given that classic 7/10 score. A rating which indicates a game is well rounded and generally pretty good, without being outstanding. You know, something you might pick up when it’s on offer. Funnily enough, The Outer Worlds has just landed on Steam and GOG after a year of Epic exclusivity with a two week 50% off deal, and for £24.99, I’d suggest it’s something worth your while picking up. …

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