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Synduality: Echo of Ada is a bold bet from Bandai Namco, bringing good ideas and a promising foundation, but it still lacks refinement. The gameplay and PvPvE combat are the highlights, but the various issues the game has significantly hinder the overall experience.

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Damon and Baby is a risky and interesting proposition for Arc System Works, but honestly, the game doesn't quite live up to the hype presented here. While the game is fun at the beginning, the systems and gameplay loops become tedious and waste all the potential they could have explored.

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King of Meat has an interesting premise, but it's executed in a shallow way. It also forces unfunny humor and uses an excessive amount of lighting that becomes uncomfortable during gameplay sessions. Maybe the game is aimed at a younger audience and I just didn't get it, but what I saw didn't impress me at all.

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Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn ends up being a reflection of the saturation of Soulslike games in the industry. With an underdeveloped story, uninteresting characters, and no gameplay elements that make it stand out from the rest, Flintlock ends up getting lost and becoming completely forgettable.

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Call of the Elder Gods presents good ideas and interesting puzzles, but the game falls a bit short and is heavily hindered by tiring gameplay and an art direction that feels uninspired at times, taking away much of the title’s shine and potential.

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Pizza Delivery is a hard game to recommend because, even though it has some good ideas for blending gameplay with its themes and a few beautiful landscapes to admire, it ultimately executes everything it sets out to do below its potential.

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Formula Legends is clearly a game made by fans of the most prestigious category in motorsport, however, despite having good ideas and taking the player on a time-traveling journey through the history of the category, the lack of game modes and some other structural issues end up limiting what could have been an excellent racing game.

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Drag x Drive is a Nintendo Switch exclusive that blends sports, accessibility, and innovation with basketball matches on futuristic chairs controlled by the Joy-Con 2. The gameplay is creative but physically tiring. Despite its technical excellence, it lacks content and art direction, becoming fun but quickly repetitive. Definitely the least Nintendo game Nintendo has ever released.

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Overall, the biggest problem with Unknown 9: Awakening is that it tries to be bigger than its technical limitations—and budget—allow. While it genuinely tries to tell a good story, several small missteps end up getting in the way. The universe is solid, but it may be hindered by a mediocre game filled with performance issues.

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Eternal Strands is a game that has many ideas, but they are hindered by poor execution. Perhaps the biggest flaw of the title is overindulgence, and trimming some of these many ideas and references within its own budget could have helped deliver a better result.

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A quick run'n gun that manages to blend different genres in a fun and stylish way, but the short duration of the game limits its potential.

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Bus Bound is a good bus simulator when it comes to its immersive driving mechanics and the variety of buses available, also featuring a solid route creation system. However, it stumbles with an uninteresting progression system and a somewhat repetitive gameplay loop.

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Despite having a solid foundation for its gameplay systems, Lost Soul Aside becomes a victim of its own ambition by attempting to tell an uninteresting and confusing story, while also making some missteps that prevent the combat from reaching its full potential, turning Yang Bing and UltiZeroGames' debut title into a major disappointment.

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s.p.l.i.t. is an indie hacking game where the player must sabotage a superstructure in a dystopian world using only terminal commands. Featuring a retro-futuristic aesthetic, a narrative driven by ethical choices, and multiple endings, the game delivers intense immersion but demands dedication due to its steep learning curve and limited accessibility.

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The Precinct delivers an immersive police experience, full of action, surprises, and challenges faced during patrols, but with some big flaws. The gameplay becomes repetitive pretty quickly and the artificial intelligence of our patrol companion doesnt work like it should, creating some issues.

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Little Nightmares VR is a good choice for fans of the franchise and is certainly a good transition of the series' atmosphere to virtual reality, but unfortunately it fails to be more than that, lacking originality and not straying far from the franchise's comfort zone.

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A solid title for those who are quite familiar and accustomed to roguelikes, although Katanaut suffers from a lack of great variation in the gameplay loop and relies on repetitiveness for much of the journey.

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Mafia: The Old Country had the potential to be a much bigger and better game than it is. The story is weak at several points, fails to deliver a satisfying ending, and its gameplay also suffers from issues.

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Steel Seed can be a good distraction in the first few hours, but, unfortunatelly, it quickly becomes repetitive. Overall, it feels like an average game from the PlayStation 2 era, but it doesn't do anything particularly well or exceptionally enough to avoid falling into the category of completely forgettable.

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The Starfield expansion had a lot of potential, with a strong and intriguing start. However, it doesn't offer enough additions to be considered a true expansion. The inclusion of only one new planet and a few updates to equipment and weapons don't justify what could have been a simple update.

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