Ben Sledge

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A player with both hands visible, swimming underwater in a submersible vehicle
Subnautica 2 lays strong foundations for an improved sequel, but the depths of early access remain murky

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Features Now Playing | Developer Unknown Worlds is listening to players, but its long-awaited sequel live up to expectations?

Features
Marathon cinematic shot of assassin runner
Marathon risks watering down its best feature if it keeps listening to fans

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Opinion Opinion | Bungie's new FPS is deliberately confusing, and it should stay that way

Opinion
Windrose early access trailer screenshot shows a female pirate.
Windrose proves that survival games don't have to be difficult to be popular

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Opinion Opinion | Windrose offers survival-lite gameplay, and players are flocking to the easy-going experience

Opinion
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The future of RPGs is isometric

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Opinion Opinion | Isometric RPGs were once considered a thing of the past, but recent success stories have proved that players still have an appetite for the subgenre

Opinion
These isometric screenshots of Fallout 4 make me wish Bethesda would return to the genre's roots

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Opinion Opinion | Players are using camera trickery to make Fallout 4 look like the original games, and it’s got me nostalgic for more

Opinion
Player talking to another trainer outside a cave in Pokemon Crystal
25 years on, Pokemon Crystal is still the blueprint for modern Pokemon

By Ben Sledge Published

Features Anniversary | After a quarter of a century, Pokemon Crystal deserves to be remembered for revolutionising the series

Features
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered
I turned every Oblivion NPC into a sheep and broke the game, but I can only blame myself

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New Pokemon Snap is the sequel fans wanted, but never expected to exist

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Features And it turns out it is exactly what the fans have been waiting for

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