The god game that flew too close to the sun

Reinstall This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 386 in July 2023, as part of our Reinstall series. Every month we load up a beloved classic—and find out whether it holds up to our modern gaming sensibilities. What exactly is a god game? It’s a question that I’m quite sure if you asked…

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Mineko’s Night Market review

NEED TO KNOW What is it? A free market cat-pitalism simulator set in an alternate-reality Japanese island.  Release date September 26, 2023 Expect to pay £TBC / $29 Developer Meowza Games Publisher Humble Games Reviewed on AMD Ryzen 5 3500U, Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.10 GHz, 12 GB RAM  Steam Deck Tested Link Official site  I don’t dream of labor. My thoughts…

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How to help Adelina in Lies of P

If you’ve met Adelina in Lies of P, you must have already made your way through Rosa Isabelle Street and its myriad hazards to the Estella Opera House. Krat’s most beloved singer became trapped on the upper floors after the puppet frenzy began, and to make matters worse, she’s got a nasty case of Petrification…

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Detroit: Become Human dev’s take on Star Wars is still cooking, and it’ll have the studio’s usual storytelling quirks: ‘There’s no game over. Anyone can die’

I genuinely have a great level of affection for Quantic Dream games—they’re all weird, ambitious, narrative rambles with more ambition than sense. Say what you want, I don’t think I’ve ever been bored by one. Detroit: Become Human is a clumsy civil rights metaphor that doesn’t quite handle the subject well enough to justify hewing…

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