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467<p style="font-weight: 400;">Some gamers think reviewers should never take the price of a game into consideration. But given that reviews are supposed to answer the question, &#8220;Should I buy this game or not?&#8221;, you sometimes can&#8217;t help but consider it. Especially when said game only costs about as much as a burger, a book, or a 12-pack of beer. Such is the case with <strong><em>Crimson Moon</em></strong>
467 (<a href="https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10013260/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PlayStation 5</a>, <a href="https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/crimson-moon/9nmdsxmvqtn4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xbox Series X|S</a>, <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/4317690/Crimson_Moon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PC</a>), a Gothic / epic fantasy third-person roguelike hack &amp; slash action game that only costs twenty bucks.</p>
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568<p style="font-weight: 400;">When the first <em>Onimusha</em> came out in 2001, this third-person, dark fantasy, hack &amp; slash action game was basically <em>Resident Evil</em> if you swapped guns for swords, and modern times for ancient Japan. So it&#8217;s fitting that <strong><em>Onimusha: Way Of The Sword </em></strong>(<a href="https://amzn.to/4qVUKP7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PlayStation 5</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/4qXrqHW" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xbox Series X|S</a>
568, <a href="https://amzn.to/3SxGT4S" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nintendo Switch 2</a>, <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638890/Onimusha_Way_of_the_Sword/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PC</a>), the first new <em>Onimusha</em> in twenty years, is as much of an evolution as the recent <a href="https://amzn.to/46FrJ0y" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Resident Evil Requiem</em></a> is over that series&#8217; original game.</p>
569<p style="font-weight: 400;">Though what&#8217;s more important is that <em>Onimusha: Way Of The Sword</em> is as much fun as the first <em>Onimusha</em> was back in the day, and almost as good as <a href="https://paulsemel.com/resident-evil-requiem-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Resident Evil Requiem</em></a>.</p>
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670<p>Like the first game, the sci-fi third-person shooter <strong><em>Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2</em></strong>
670 (<a href="https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10014695" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PlayStation 5</a>, <a href="https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/aliens-fireteam-elite-2/9MTP6NRFJBGR?wfExp=382A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xbox Series X|S</a>, and <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3448650/Aliens_Fireteam_Elite_2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PC</a>) was made for co-op, but has options that allow it to be played solo as well. But as we all know, just because you can do something doesn&#8217;t mean you should.</p>
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771<p style="font-weight: 400;">In 2021, when I played the <em>Director&#8217;s Cut</em> version of the third-person, hack &amp; slash action / adventure game <a href="https://amzn.to/4g31U0e" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Ghost Of Tsushima</em></a>, I kept thinking how cool it would be if someone made a science fiction version of that game. And then I realized oh yeah, someone did: <a href="https://amzn.to/4hxF7L3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order</em></a>. But clearly I wasn&#8217;t the only one who had this idea because the good people at Game Freak — y&#8217;know, the <em>Pokémon</em> people — have made <strong><em>Beast Of Reincarnation</em></strong> (<a href="https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/beast-of-reincarnation/9nxwswbm4h6t?wfExp=382CT" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xbox Series X|S</a>
771, <a href="https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10014719" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PlayStation 5</a>, <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2001760/Beast_of_Reincarnation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PC</a>), which, yeah, is a sci-fi third-person, hack &amp; slash action / adventure game.</p>
772<p style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s just too bad that it isn&#8217;t as good as I was thinking it would be.</p>
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873<p style="font-weight: 400;">At a time when it seems like everything is a remake, a remaster, or a rehash, getting a third version of <em>Halo: Combat Evolved </em>may not seem like that big of a deal. But while it isn&#8217;t nearly as much of an evolution as, say, the recent remake of <em>Resident Evil 2</em>, and is lacking something rather key, <strong><em>Halo: Campaign Evolved</em></strong> (<a href="https://amzn.to/4flUMeZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xbox Series X|S</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/4pQa3bt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PlayStation 5</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/4flUJzP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PC</a>) is still a great version of this influential military science fiction space opera first-person shooter.</p>
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974<p>If there was one thing that made the horror- and fantasy-infused scie
974nce fiction first-person shooter <a href="https://amzn.to/4aQsNBs" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>DOOM: The Dark Ages</em></a> so good it was your Shield Saw, which you not only used to defend yourself, but also like a deadly frisbee. But in the new <em>Dark Ages</em> add-on, <strong><em>DOOM: The Dark Ages: Revelations</em></strong> (<a href="https://amzn.to/4yjcQxw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PlayStation 5</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3SROmvn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xbox Series X|S</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/4pf7cst" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PC</a>), you also have an equally versatile spear, and while it may not be as fun or effective as the shield, it does make this add-on feel fresh, and almost as engaging as the main game.</p>
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1074<p>While some developers make games you have to play with other people, there are also developers who make games you can play on your own even though they&#8217;re built to be played co-op: <em>The Division</em> games, <em>Outriders</em>, the &#8220;Zombies&#8221; modes in <em>Call Of Duty</em>&#8230; But few have been as solo-friendly as <strong><em>Abyssus: Brine Edition</em></strong> (<a href="https://amzn.to/43XaFlz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PlayStation 5</a>, <a href="https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/abyssus/9P8NKVVB0XQJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xbox Series X|S</a>), the console version of the rogue-like, dieselpunk, first-person shooter <em>Abyssus</em>, which has everything they added to the <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1721110/Abyssus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PC</a> version.</p>
1075<p>It&#8217;s just too bad it&#8217;s not even more friendly to those of us who don&#8217;t play well with others.</p>
1076<p>What follows is my assessment of the game as a single-player experience.</p>
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1176<p style="font-weight: 400;">This past weekend, at the Summer Games Fest: Play Days event in Los Angeles, I had the chance to play <strong><em>Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis</em></strong>, an updated remake of the 1996 third-person action / adventure game that&#8217;s slated to come out February 12, 2027 for <a href="https://amzn.to/43saGOe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PlayStation 5</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/3QuZsWa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xbox Series X|S</a>, Switch 2, and <a href="https://amzn.to/4e0Yhqv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PC</a>.</p>
1177<p style="font-weight: 400;">What follows are my impressions of this game.</p>
1178<p style="font-weight: 400;">Please Note: All screenshots come from footage provided by the developers, and are not from my playthrough of the game, though the footage does come from the same part of the game I played.</p>
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