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Early Access Impressions of Nippon Marathon 2: Daijoubu
Nippon Marathon 2: Daijoubu dropped into Early Access and within five minutes my household had devolved into the exact same beautiful chaos the original game unleashed years ago. I don’t know what Onion Soup Interactive puts in their code, but it’s clearly some kind of slapstick‑infused energy drink, because the moment we started sprinting, tripping, and being assaulted by fruit, it felt like coming home. The first game was a staple in my house, it's the kind of game where my

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May 6


First Impressions: DrumBeats VR on PSVR2
DrumBeats VR lands on PSVR2 with a clear mission: make you feel like you’re actually drumming, not just hitting floating notes. The moment you load in, that intent is obvious. The Sense controllers track your hand movements cleanly, and the game’s virtual drumkits respond with a satisfying snap that feels closer to real drumming than most rhythm games attempt. The haptics aren’t overdone either, they’re subtle, but enough to sell the impact. The standout early impression is h

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Apr 26


Early Access Impressions – Little Chef: Cozy Cooking
From the first moments, the game feels like a warm, tactile sandbox that's part cooking sim, part puzzle box, part “what if I just threw this in the pot?” experiment. The Early Access build includes two full levels plus a story-focused space, and even within that limited slice, the personality is unmistakable. Every kitchen is a little diorama of someone’s life: a dorm room cluttered with mismatched cookware, a café counter humming with small details, cabinets labelled with r

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Apr 24


Gedonia 2 – Early Access First Impressions
Gedonia 2 drops you into its Early Access world with the kind of earnest, rough‑around‑the‑edges charm that only a solo‑dev RPG can pull off. It’s immediately clear that this sequel aims higher than the original with larger zones, deeper systems, and a stronger sense of identity, but it’s also unmistakably still in the early stages of its evolution. Below is how the game feels right now, from the first few hours of wandering, fighting, crafting, and occasionally getting stuck

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Mar 7


First Impressions - Unleashing Rockay City’s Multiplayer Mayhem
I rolled into Crime Boss: Rockay City expecting the usual undercooked Payday clone, but instead I found myself grinning through every...

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Sep 7, 2025
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