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Devolver Digital ended up with a dead game that seemingly no one knows why it was made or who it was even made for — and unsurprisingly, nobody bought it. Honestly, that's probably for the best. The gameplay isn't interesting, the roguelike mechanics are barely there, and playing with fewer than five people is both boring and frustrating.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a pristine game that is very often trapped in its attempts to solve the problems that were never really there. Cut out all the fat, streamline the experience, and with the sequel you can get yourself a really outstanding action title. To live is to suffer, and as it stands, you really do have to suffer with some of the parts of Way of the Sword.

DragonSword: Awakening is an excellent adventure in the spirit of Tales of, but with residual elements of the gacha world and overly slow character progression. Parallels can be drawn here with Granblue Fantasy: Relink, though the Japanese project still comes off looking better than its Korean counterpart.

MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls is a deep and incredibly fast-paced fighting game that manages to breathe new life into the familiar team-based formula with its 4v4 format. It has a satisfying combat system and fantastic art direction, but all of that is held back by a lack of content variety.If it weren't for the frustrating online issues, Arc System Works' latest creation would be easy to recommend to just about anyone — whether you're a fighting game fan or simply looking to spend a few enjoyable evenings with your favorite superheroes.

The Blood of Dawnwalker is not the worst game, but it doesn't amount to a revolution in the genre. Perhaps if the timer had been stricter, things would have been different. Then you'd really have to make agonizing choices, cutting off entire quest branches with a careless phrase. As it stands, the end result feels too soft and even unnecessary. As if at some point at Rebel Wolves they got scared that audiences wouldn't like the restrictions, and then reworked the timer. So every plus comes with a minus.

Dune: Awakening is the result of Funcom's panicked flailing — in trying to please everyone, it pleased no one. You can find interesting content in it, but it's like looking for a needle in a haystack while hacking your way through the impenetrable thicket of the original story campaign. This is especially true for solo playthroughs, which the developers are now positioning as one of the key ways to play.

WheelMates feels like one good level for Split Fiction that was stretched into a full game for some reason. There's a strong sense of a shortage of interesting co-op activities for the RC cars.

Star Wars: Zero Company is a splendid tactical game with engaging gameplay that offers plenty of room for experimentation, and a very solid story within the Star Wars universe. Its creators managed to perfect the ideas that Firaxis Games couldn't properly realize back in the day. However, Bit Reactor's creation is currently in dire need of patches aimed at improving performance and ironing out a number of unpleasant rough edges.

The Sinking City 2 is a linear and utterly derivative game that is nonetheless well-crafted and visually stunning. That said, it can still be enjoyable if you ignore its toothless political agenda and a number of idiotic design choices. This budget Resident Evil clone can very well hold its own against other horror projects on the indie scene, which is no small achievement.

Asobo Studio has delivered a fantastic adventure, leagues ahead of A Plague Tale: Requiem, and a clear demonstration of how much the team has grown. Unique, story-driven single-player experiences like this don't come around nearly as often these days, so this isn't one to skip. Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is absolutely worth playing.