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THE PLUCKY SQUIRE 🤮

THE PLUCKY SQUIRE is a game I wanted to love but ended up hate quitting. Nintendo shouldn’t hold the monopoly on fantastic platformers. We can have rare exceptions like this year’s ASTRO BOT take GOTY, and that is okay. However, I get frustrated when critics like mediocre games because of the animation, original story, and intent. On paper, THE PLUCKY SQUIRE should be a bonafide hit. It has everything that you’d want from a platformer. It looks and feels like…

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ASTRO BOT 🤩

ASTRO BOT reminded me that video games can be magical. Everything about this game is delightful. Even when it’s punishing you with a challenging platforming level, you can’t help but smile, as it’s never the game’s fault that you died. It’s always a user error, but it’s a mistake you can learn and optimize for your next life. For this review, I could discuss the various gameplay mechanics, as people have seen in all the other reviews: the epic boss…

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