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GamesGame TheoryGamesGame TheoryGame Theory: Dragon's Dogma 2 pulls one of the meanest video game tricks we've ever seenDragon's Dogma 2 is perfectly content to spring a potentially game-ruining trick on its players—but why?ByWilliam HughesPublishedMarch 29, 2024Comments (32)
GamesGame TheoryGamesGame TheoryGame Theory: Let's talk about the wild ending of Final Fantasy VII RebirthThe Final Fantasy VII Remake project continues to launch ambitious attacks on the idea of gaming "canon"; let's talk…ByWilliam HughesPublishedMarch 22, 2024Comments (5)
GamesReviewsGamesReviewsDragon's Dogma 2 review: One of the strangest Dark Souls imitators of all timeCapcom's Dragon's Dogma 2 is deliberately hostile to players—in ways that are both brilliant and a bit of a bummerByWilliam HughesPublishedMarch 20, 2024Comments (30)
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GamesInventoryGamesInventoryLet's rank all the chores in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth by how much of a pain in the butt they areThere's a lot of great stuff to do in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. There's also a huge number of repetitive,…ByWilliam HughesPublishedMarch 5, 2024Comments (2)
GamesGame TheoryGamesGame TheoryGame Theory: Thank god, someone finally fixed pokerBalatro, the new "poker roguelike" from LocalThunk, lets you cheat your way to fun by blowing apart the basic rules…ByWilliam HughesPublishedMarch 1, 2024Comments (15)
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GamesReviewsGamesReviewsFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth review: Excessive, exhausting…and exhilaratingRebirth, the sequel to Final Fantasy VII Remake, is aiming to be one of the biggest, best games of 2024—and gets…ByWilliam HughesPublishedFebruary 22, 2024Comments (8)
GamesGame TheoryGamesGame TheoryGame Theory: Skull And Bones finally arrives, and it's already out of dateMaking modern video games takes a long time, but what happens when it takes so long that your game gets left behind?BySam BarsantiPublishedFebruary 16, 2024Comments (30)
GamesGame TheoryGamesGame TheoryGame Theory: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's first 4 hours made our jaws dropWe spent four hours with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's sometimes overwhelming new approach to open-world explorationByWilliam HughesPublishedFebruary 9, 2024Comments (4)
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GamesFor Our ConsiderationGamesFor Our ConsiderationThe Batman: Arkham trilogy is still video gaming's best version of the DC universeWith Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League set to destroy the Arkham universe, let's look back at what may be…BySam BarsantiPublishedJanuary 31, 2024Comments (3)
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GamesGame TheoryGamesGame TheoryGame Theory: Why is everyone playing this Pokémon rip-off that lets you eat your Pokémon?Palworld, the game where you can catch obvious Pokémon rip-offs, arm them with guns, and then eat them, is the first…ByWilliam HughesPublishedJanuary 26, 2024Comments (24)
GamesGame TheoryGamesGame TheoryGame Theory: The Finals' twist on online shooting takes your feet right out from under youA blend of parkour, high-stakes shooting, and deliciously destructible environments allows The Finals to impose a…ByWilliam HughesPublishedJanuary 19, 2024Comments (13)
GamesGame TheoryGamesGame TheoryGame Theory: Has Tekken 8 finally become the right kind of stupid?With a new control scheme, explosive fights, and a tongue-in-cheek assist from Brian Cox, Tekken seems to know it…ByWilliam HughesPublishedJanuary 12, 2024Comments (12)