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GTA: San Andreas’ most frustrating mission shows how far Rockstar has come in 22 years

GTA: San Andreas’ most frustrating mission shows how far Rockstar has come in 22 years

With the imminent release of Grand Theft Auto 6, I decided it was time to revisit what was probably the biggest game of my childhood: Grand Theft...

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GTA: San Andreas’ Bigfoot myth made video games more mysterious

GTA: San Andreas’ Bigfoot myth made video games more mysterious

There is a Bigfoot in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — at least, that's what I and many others believed. Some time after the game had been...

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Control Resonant completely ignores the most interesting character

As a sequel to 2019’s Control, Control Resonant makes an effort to stand on its own. The lockdown in the Oldest House is over, and Dylan Faden is...

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10 years ago, one thought-provoking RPG transformed the genre forever

Since Persona 5 released in Japan in September 2016, we have seen its upgraded and expanded version in Persona 5 Golden, a direct sequel in Persona 5...

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Path of Exile 2 is secretly a great cozy game

I feel tired. I boot up Path of Exile 2. I select my level 49 Chronomancer, and as I traverse the maze-like maps, hordes of four-arm humanoid...

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Xenoblade Chronicles 2's new character makeovers are a way bigger deal than you'd think

There's been a trend lately of semi-recent titles receiving a Nintendo Switch 2 version and still requiring players to buy it at full price —...

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It's been 20 years since Persona 3 modernized JRPG characters

In 2006, Atlus released Persona 3 for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. While following the premise of the first two games and pushing the series'...

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The Persona 4 Remake is making all the right choices

It’s official: Persona 4 Revival, the long-awaited remake of Persona 4, will be out in 2027. More often than not, the release of a remake is a...

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I played this 24-year-old MMO every day for a month. Here's what it taught me about modern games

The first time I played Ragnarok Online was in 2005. A year earlier, a friend had flooded my mind with stories about a kind of PC game the two of us...

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Crimson Desert is what happens when you try to copy Zelda but don't understand Zelda

It's difficult to play Crimson Desert and not compare it to other games. Its map design smacks of Red Dead Redemption 2. The combat design and...

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Sword Art Online director calls out the issue with anime global expansion, and he's totally right

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I can’t believe Tales of Berseria is getting remastered before Tales of the Abyss

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director on building the future while remaking the past

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Trails in the Sky requires a lot of homework, but that's part of the fun

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Final Fantasy XIV's roguelite mode keeps solo players coming back

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I love Final Fantasy and Magic: The Gathering, but not necessarily together

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I love that 'He Is Coming' doesn't waste my time

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I wish No Sleep for Kaname Date would let me get lost in its mind

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Amid the chaos, Donkey Kong is a big ol’ softie in Bananza

Destruction is the constant in Donkey Kong Bananza. Most of the time, you can punch your way through problems, earning mountains of gold as a reward....

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