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Evan Norris

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Favorite Games:
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Deus Ex
  • Halo: Combat Evolved

383 games reviewed
65.0 average score
65 median score
29.7% of games recommended

Evan Norris's Reviews

A lifelong fan of video games, Evan Norris began writing for the sales site VGChartz.com in April 2015. Some of his favorite series include The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Castlevania, and Resident Evil.

Regardless of whether it’s superior or inferior to its predecessor, Tears of the Kingdom is a staggering achievement in video game design and programming, and one of the very best games of the generation.

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9 / 10 - Astebreed
Nov 8, 2018

If Japanese indie developer Edelweiss wasn't already on your radar, consider this your wake-up call.

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Dec 21, 2018

It's among the best games of the last five years.

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Apr 1, 2020

An extraordinary achievement.

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9 / 10.0 - Chained Echoes
Jan 8, 2023

A modern RPG classic; a game that would have made a splash on SNES, even surrounded by all-time greats like Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger.

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May 17, 2021

An audacious and ambitious game that ranks among the best of the series, even if it's a touch inharmonious.

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Jul 13, 2022

It takes what was already one of the industry’s best run-and-gun games and makes it even better, thanks to reliable controls and mechanics carried over from the base campaign, plus a new playable character, a handful of uniquely challenging bosses, gorgeous visuals, and delightful music.

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8.5 / 10.0 - Sea of Stars
Sep 8, 2023

Thanks to the studio's amazing attention to detail, and its investment in worldbuilding, turn-based mechanics, and production design, Sea of Stars has emerged as one of the best games of 2023.

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Nov 19, 2023

Super Mario Bros. Wonder couldn't have a more appropriate name. It's filled with beautiful sights, lovely music, unexpected mechanics, unfamiliar enemies and power-ups, and, thanks to Wonder Seeds, revelation after revelation after revelation. Not everything new about the game works, and it suffers slightly from easy levels and boss battles, but it delivers everything you'd expect from the series, and more.

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8 / 10 - Velocity 2X
Oct 3, 2018

One of the better indie game on the market.

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A terrific, substantial, imaginative package.

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Apr 8, 2018

The Alliance Alive is yet another terrific RPG on 3DS, a platform that refuses to go quietly.

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Apr 15, 2018

Super Daryl Deluxe is extraordinary — not just because it's a terrific RPGvania, but because it's the work of two university students.

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Strange Journey Redux is a masterclass in first-person dungeon crawling.

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8 / 10 - Guacamelee! 2
Aug 21, 2018

It's one thing for a game to embrace the mechanics of many different genres; it's another entirely to nail them all.

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8 / 10 - The Messenger
Sep 3, 2018

Arguably the finest 2D action-adventure of 2018, a year that has seen an influx of well-crafted Metroidvanias.

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Dec 2, 2018

The Eternal Collection is an excellent port of an ever better game.

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Feb 4, 2019

An essential piece of the Resident Evil canon.

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May 3, 2019

Mortal Kombat 11 is an outstanding fighting game with new, more deliberate mechanics, a spectacular story mode, and loads of online and offline content.

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8 / 10 - Wargroove
Feb 27, 2019

One of the deepest, most substantial, most polished productions of 2019.

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