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Galaxy Of Pen And Paper Is An RPG About Playing An RPG
In 2012, Brazil’s Behold Studios released Knights of Pen and Paper, a video game that captured the experience of a bunch of players sitting around a table playing a fantasy role-playing game. Galaxy of Pen and Paper, available today on PC, iOS and Android, does the same thing, only better, and in space.
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Lode Runner Is A Classic No Matter What It Looks Like
While it’s sporting fancy new voxel graphics, the heart of Lode Runner Legacy is the same satisfying gameplay that made creator Douglas E. Smith’s prototypical puzzle platformer one of the greatest games of the ’80s. Lode Runner‘s still got it.
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Circular Rhythm Game Superbeat: Xonic Is So Good On Xbox One
Originally released in 2015 for the PlayStation Vita, Superbeat: Xonic is a hardcore rhythm game that’s only real failing was being released during one of the Vita’s rocky patches (that is, post launch). Now it’s out on Xbox One, ready to show a much bigger audience around some great music.
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Tekken 7’s PlayStation VR Mode Is Queasy And Unnecessary
Tekken 7‘s PlayStation VR component isn’t so much a game mode as it is interactive theatre. It’s got no health bars, simplified controls and a high probability of making your stomach churn.