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Video Game Review:
Rogue Legacy 2

An ARPG roguelite where every time you die, your children succeed you. Each rebirth is unique — your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer; your son a Pacifist Chef.

April 28, 2022Rogue Legacy 2 was released onto Steam’s Early Access program in 2020 shortly after the game was properly announced. Now, two years later, it is getting its big 1.0 patch. It’s also coming to consoles for the first time via the Xbox family. For fans of the original, it has almost been a ten-year-long wait. Was now the right time to launch a sequel or does Rogue Legacy 2 not push the series forward enough to justify the number?

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Video Game Review:
‘Dawn of the Monsters’

‘Dawn of the Monsters’ is a couch co-op, brawling action game that takes up to four players on a worldwide tour of destruction. But is it fun? Tristan Jurkovich finds out.

April 8, 2022Dawn of the Monsters is a simple concept. It mashes together the popular Japanese film craze of giant monsters wreaking havoc on cities with an old-school brawler — it might also be inspired by Rampage. It was published by WayForward in partnership with the developers over at 13AM Games. Because WayForward is involved, the game is like a spiritual sequel to an older title of theirs called Godzilla: Domination

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Video Game Review:
‘Tunic’ aka “Secret Legend”

Canadian indie-developer Andrew Shouldice’s game ‘Tunic’ is inspired by ‘The Legend of Zelda’. Using polygonal, isometric visuals, players take on the role of a gutsy fox.

March 19, 2022Tunic was cooking for a long time in the indie oven. It began as a game called Secret Legend and was first shown off at trade shows in 2015. Eventually, the name was changed to Tunic. Even with the title change, it can be seen from early footage that the setup of the game’s mechanics had not changed that much over the course of its impressive seven-year development cycle. So, the big question is, was Tunic worth the wait?
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