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Remakes That Understand What Made the Original Special

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Games Worth Clearing Your Weekend For
Games Worth Clearing Your Weekend For
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Mafia: Definitive Edition, Resident Evil 4 and 1 more
One free weekend, one proper adventure. These single-player games offer a strong reason to begin and a worthwhile stopping point, with their main stories generally fitting roughly 5 to 20 hours...
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Survival Horror Games Where Every Resource Matters
Survival Horror Games Where Every Resource Matters
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Dead Space, Resident Evil 2 and 1 more
A locked room is only interesting if opening it changes what you can afford to do next. These games make ammunition, medicine, fuel, space or equipment condition part of the drama, so planning a...
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First-Person Shooters With Campaigns Worth Playing Solo
First-Person Shooters With Campaigns Worth Playing Solo
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Black Mesa and System Shock
For an evening when the campaign is the reason to load the game. These shooters earn their place through distinctive weapons, well-built encounters and the way their levels change the pace...
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Horror Games Where Sound Is Your Best Warning
Horror Games Where Sound Is Your Best Warning
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Dead Space and Resident Evil 2
For players who stop at a doorway to listen before they look. These games make sound useful for judging proximity, recognising behaviour or deciding whether your own noise is worth the risk. The...
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Horror Games With Stories Worth Facing the Fear For
Horror Games With Stories Worth Facing the Fear For
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake and Silent Hill 2
Fear has more to hold onto when the people and questions behind it matter. These horror games use dread to explore attachment, responsibility, memory or the pressures people place on one another...
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Fantasy RPGs Beyond the Familiar Medieval Kingdom
Fantasy RPGs Beyond the Familiar Medieval Kingdom
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Fantasy can build its adventures around more than a familiar arrangement of European-style castles, taverns and royal succession. These RPGs give geography, technology, beliefs or social...
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Games for People Who Love Maps, Codes and Notebooks
Games for People Who Love Maps, Codes and Notebooks
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Riven
There is a particular pleasure in turning a page of uncertain observations into an idea worth testing. These games make room for that pleasure, whether you enjoy sketching a route, comparing...
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Strategy Games You Can Enjoy Without a Wiki
Strategy Games You Can Enjoy Without a Wiki
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
For players who enjoy understanding a system from the information the game gives them. These choices keep useful previews, explanations or references available as the decisions grow, from small...
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Games That Make Small Spaces Feel Full of Possibility
Games That Make Small Spaces Feel Full of Possibility
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Resident Evil 2
For players who would rather learn a place than keep crossing another empty stretch of map. These games fill contained settings with useful routes, changing routines, overlooked clues or systems...
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Role-Playing Games for People New to the Genre
Role-Playing Games for People New to the Genre
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Super Mario RPG
You can learn role-playing games without memorising a world's history or designing a perfect character. Start with Super Mario RPG or Costume Quest for clear turn-based basics, Cat Quest II for...
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RPGs for Players Who Hate Grinding
RPGs for Players Who Hate Grinding
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Super Mario RPG
Character growth is more satisfying when it comes from an interesting decision, a new place or a battle worth having. These RPGs offer routes through an ordinary first playthrough that keep...
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Strategy Games That Welcome New Players
Strategy Games That Welcome New Players
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
An invitation to planning games with understandable first steps. These choices explain a manageable set of ideas, show useful consequences or provide settings that make learning less punishing...
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Action Games With Combat You Can Feel
Action Games With Combat You Can Feel
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Resident Evil 4
A satisfying hit has a readable response: a recoil, a clash, a stagger or a sudden opening you can use. These action games connect that feedback to decisions about timing, spacing and movement...
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Games That Get Better on a Second Playthrough
Games That Get Better on a Second Playthrough
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Silent Hill 2
A good second playthrough offers a different question, not just a stronger sword. These games reward returning with another character, another allegiance, a changed method or the knowledge that...
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Video Games Everyone Should Play at Least Once
Video Games Everyone Should Play at Least Once
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Resident Evil 4 and Silent Hill 2
A starting shelf for discovering what games can do: let you solve a problem your own way, inhabit an unfamiliar life, build something personal or share a ridiculous evening. These choices cross...
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Games With Endings That Stay With You
Games With Endings That Stay With You
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Silent Hill 2
A memorable ending makes the time before it matter: a mechanic acquires new weight, an ordinary relationship becomes difficult to leave, or a question follows you beyond the credits. These are...
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Space Colony Games That Make Every New Arrival Matter
Space Colony Games That Make Every New Arrival Matter
by game_tinkerer  • 
More from game_tinkerer
A new arrival should change more than the population counter. These space-colony and station games make recruitment, rescue or waking a sleeper matter through skills, needs, relationships or the...
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Games Where Tidying Up Is Strangely Satisfying
Games Where Tidying Up Is Strangely Satisfying
by game_tinkerer  • 
More from game_tinkerer
A cleared floor, an unpacked box or the last object fitting neatly into place can be a surprisingly good reason to play. These games turn disorder into something you can put right with your hands...
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Game Boy Games That Made the Most of a Small Screen
Game Boy Games That Made the Most of a Small Screen
by game_tinkerer  • 
More from game_tinkerer
A small screen can encourage a better idea, not simply a smaller imitation of a television game. These selections show different answers: a whole puzzle in one view, a character large enough to...
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Real-Time Strategy Campaigns Worth Revisiting
Real-Time Strategy Campaigns Worth Revisiting
by game_tinkerer  • 
Trending in Games
A good campaign gives you a reason to change the plan. An evacuation, a moving front or a mission built around a small force can be more memorable than another hour of producing the same...
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