Richard Cobbett


58 games reviewed
73.7 average score
78 median score
50.0% of games recommended
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91 / 100 - Undertale
Sep 29, 2015

A hilarious JRPG romp with far more than laughs on its side.

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A powerful reminder of why nobody has ever truly taken Warcraft's rusty crown.

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Jul 8, 2014

Certainly, I have no hesitation in recommending Original Sin to RPG fans old and new, provided that you're up for a challenge from very early on and don't expect to romp through, Diablo-style. While Skyrim is obviously more freeform and immersive, and the likes of Mass Effect are more cinematic, Divinity: Original Sin is hands down the best classic-style RPG in years.

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It remains a shame that Clementine never quite became the truly different kind of lead that the first episode promised, but in the final analysis, what The Walking Dead offers still more than makes up for its occasional stumbles. It's definitely a road trip worth taking - as long as you don't mind its highs being its most devastating lows, its good endings being little but the trap where optimism goes to die.

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May 21, 2015

More of a refresh than expected, but still hands down the best modern way to conquer unknown space.

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87 / 100 - Chaos Reborn
Nov 13, 2015

A true wizard's wheeze, and a fine return for one of gaming's oldest tactical classics.

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8.7 / 10.0 - Grim Dawn
Mar 7, 2016

Grim Dawn is one of the best action-RPGs out there, combining excellent hack and slash action with a world and progression curve that makes it worth fighting through. Alone or with friends, it's hour after hour of top quality combat and looting, with the promise of many more excellent dark times to come.

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Jan 14, 2014

A great start for an adventure proud to have graduated from one of gaming's finest old schools.

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Apr 9, 2014

A war worth sinking your teeth into, on both its magical fronts.

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8.3 / 10.0 - Prison Architect
Oct 6, 2015

Prison Architect is one of the most in-depth, satisfying builder games in ages, if you can get past the initiation.

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Nov 20, 2017

A fine remake of a game that deserves to be played as much as it gets fondly remembered.

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Jul 24, 2014

An inspired take on survival, where you get to bring your own horror.

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Nov 11, 2014

Dungeon of the Endless combines many games, but emerges as something entirely its own.

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Jan 26, 2015

Definitely be careful of rose-tinted memories. The puzzles and its relatively early peak can't and shouldn't be ignored. Nor though can everything that it does right, from its sheer heart and creative polish, to the genius of its ideas and characters. Even when it stumbles, it stands as a fine reminder of why LucasArts at its prime was seen as the industry at its best, and few other adventures have deservedly gathered so much affection. It was an instant classic back in 1998. It's still very much a journey worth taking today, albeit ideally with a walkthrough.

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Nov 10, 2014

The true power of the Inquisition may be illusory, but that doesn't stop it being satisfying to wield while it lasts.

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8 / 10 - Wasteland 2
Sep 18, 2014

These mostly minor issues aside, Wasteland 2 is a great sequel. It's very clearly made with love to be true to the original game while still learning from the games that followed. In going for something so unapologetically old-school it does sacrifice the ability to do anything new with the format, as Divinity: Original Sin managed to do in many ways; that game's flexibility does arguably make it the better of this year's two old-school, turn-based computer RPGs. This hardly matters, though, because if you like one you're almost certainly going to like the other. Both are great games that set out to stick their fingers in the same quivering part of your brain and make it throb like it's the 1990s. Choose magic, choose a shotgun, or better still, find time for both; computer RPG fans haven't had it this good in ages.

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Unfortunately, as DLC, if you didn't buy Shadowrun Returns originally you have to do so now to play Dragonfall - effectively doubling the price. It would be much easier to recommend as a standalone expansion - both as a marked improvement on the original campaign and a refreshing break from the genre's usual fantasy worlds. It still stands as those things if you're willing to take the plunge, though, as well as being an excellent reason to give Shadowrun Returns and its community a second look.

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As far as the score goes, on Steam The Walking Dead is only available as a single purchase. As there's no way to predict how it's going to shape up, however, we'll be scoring episodes on their own merits and relative to each other, with a look at the entire sweep once it's all in our hands. All That Remains does a great job of reintroducing the series, and switches things up in a way that could have tripped up harder than Lee over a tree branch yet feels like the only way the story could have been continued. As bleak and terrible as the Walking Dead universe is, it's great to be back in it... and of course, to be able to leave.

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7.9 / 10.0 - ETHER One
Apr 18, 2014

Ether One dives into a world of dementia and returns in stylish, if bittersweet, triumph.

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7.7 / 10.0 - Hack 'n' Slash
Sep 22, 2014

Hack 'n' Slash mostly nails the new things it tries, but stumbles on the simple stuff, making it fun, but flawed.

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