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The 24 Best Video Games of 2024
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The 24 Best Video Games of 2024

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PopMatters’ 24 Best Video Games of 2024 highlight achievements in game design and the risks creators take to lure gamers into the magic circle.

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‘Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’ Twists Videogame Tropes

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 / 5 March 2019
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The Moving Pixels Podcast Mythologizes ‘Horizon: Zero Dawn’

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 / 4 June 2018
While You Stare into ‘Mass Effect’ RPG It Stares Back into You
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While You Stare into ‘Mass Effect’ RPG It Stares Back into You

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 / 9 January 2018

As you interrogate your companions and enemies i to understand their worlds, Mass Effect has been questioning you. What kind of player are you?

Player Choice Remains the Central Pleasure of ‘Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’
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Player Choice Remains the Central Pleasure of ‘Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’

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 / 4 October 2016
Mankind may be divided, but the Deus Ex franchise stands strong with its latest game.
‘Kyn’ Is a Straightforward Enough RPG in the Best Way Possible
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‘Kyn’ Is a Straightforward Enough RPG in the Best Way Possible

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 / 26 August 2015
Kyn is generic, but somehow it is generic in the most intriguing way that a fantasy game could be.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

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 / 19 February 2014
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is the Moulin Rouge of turn-based anime dress-up fighters.
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Agarest: Generations of War

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 / 28 October 2013
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We Are One: JRPGs, the Group Journey, and the Mechanics of Cooperation

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 / 2 April 2013
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The New Age: Reflections on the ‘Dragon Age’ Series

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 / 30 October 2012
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Cable TV of Thrones — Why ‘Game of Thrones’ Does Not Work as a Game

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 / 17 July 2012
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Finite Fantasy: The Problem with JRPGs

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 / 12 June 2012