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It's a good remix of a good game, and that's good?

Like a bullet in the head

I loved every moment of this game that didn't include the awkward and punishing combat. I respect that others may love this aspect of the survival horror formula, but I've never enjoyed it, and it's a drag on all the other aspects I appreciate: exploration, puzzle solving, mystery, atmosphere, and so on, all of which this game delivers impeccably. I found this a deeply frustrating experience, albeit one I would recommend without question.

Dead Space it is not, but a competent if unimaginative survival horror it is. I wouldn't recommend getting worked up about it either way.

You know what? It was alright.

A delightful work of documentary and game preservation, as well as a joyful object in itself. Heartily recommended to anyone with even a passing interest in the early days of video games.

The best game that came out in 2022

Hey kids, come get your farm fresh CHORVS, they're delicious if a little unambitious.

Wonderful fractal chitinous exploration puzzle game. One of the best things it does is constrain the possibility space within its mindbending architecture so well that you are very rarely at a loss for how to move forward: there's always a nearby switch to press or portal to jump through, and I never found a way to end up in a dead end.

I could have done without the boss encounters.

It's fine. Doesn't break my top five Resi games.

A charming puzzle game brought down by clumsy controls and boring, repetitive combat. How many times have you heard that story?

Fun, if slight.

Weird decision to release a climbing game with the controls in a very dodgy state: unreliable, coarse, and finicky at the worst times. That said, there are moments when it captures the charm of seeing a route through a problem materialise in front of you almost without conscious intervention. It's nothing like climbing, except when it is.