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REVIEWS:

• Blue Prince - 9
• Despelote - 9
• Assassin's Creed Shadows - 8
• Commandos: Origins - 7
• Koira - 7
• South Of Midnight - 7
• Atomfall - 6
• Fragpunk - 6
• Promise Mascot Agency - 6
• Sonokuni - 6
• The First Berserker: Khazan - 6

Source - https://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?/topic/338710-edge-410-—-june-2025

 

[MMaRsu]

An 8 for AC Shadows is high praise from EDGE. Well deserved, it's the best AC in years.

Having said that I got bored about 25 hours in and cancelled my Ubi+ sub, so I can pick it up when its gold edition is 20€

 

[kindaGoth]

AC Shadows is hard to score because it's pretty great if you haven't ever played an open-world game. Or at least for like 15 years. Or if you just want to do it all over again.

 

[GymWolf]

Retarded scores as usual.

Ac shadows and skilful script in the same sentence

 

[mèx]

I was interested in Blue Prince but I heard it has roguelike and RNG elements, meh.

 

[SJRB]

7 for Commandos Origins is ridiculous, the game is a total technical dumpster fire.

 

[Gonzito]

Edge = Gafapastas

 

[Topher]

Surprised Shadows received such a high score. Very mediocre to me

 

[GymWolf]

Surprised Shadows received such a high score. Very mediocre to me

It is particualrly surprising because they usually gave low scores to these type of games.

They probably gave 1-2 extra woke points like they did with south of mid.

They are still an uk toilette paper i mean journal afterall.

 

[Judge Magister]

No surprise here, same random scores.
I didn't played Khazan but got the idea people liked it..

 

[Valt7786]

A 6 for Khazan is a disgrace. Game is fantastic.

 

[Denton]

it's the best AC in years.

I got bored about 25 hours

l.m.a.o

 

[Hohenheim]

They probably gave 1-2 extra woke points like they did with south of mid.

South of Midnight is awesome! Solid 8/10 for me.
Is it woke? I have no idea what that word even means anymore.

 

[MMaRsu]

l.m.a.o

I dont see how the two are mutually exclusive, also Tlou2 came out and I jumped on that, Im playing a ton of Hitman freelancer lately as well.

I can wait, theres no hurry to finish it and Ive seen what the game offers, its cool but I see no rush to finish it

 

[phant0m]

South of Midnight is awesome! Solid 8/10 for me.
Is it woke? I have no idea what that word even means anymore.

The main character is black and a woman, so double whammy woke.

But IMO it's quite not woke. It's a black story in a black setting with black characters. No one else was added for "inclusion"

 

[Denton]

I dont see how the two are mutually exclusive

If an 80 hour game becomes boring after 25 hours I do not see how it can be "best AC in years".

 

[adamsapple]

South of Midnight is awesome! Solid 8/10 for me.
Is it woke? I have no idea what that word even means anymore.

It's another case of 'everything I don't like is woke'.

You'll see a difference in opinion from people who are actually playing it versus people who only watch grifter youtube videos about it.

 

[Aion002]

If an 80 hour game becomes boring after 25 hours I do not see how it can be "best AC in years".

The graphics are amazing, Naoe story is awesome, the combat is good, the world map is less bloated and the stealth gameplay is the best in the series.


Comparing to Mirage bad story, Valhalla awful combat, Odyssey bloated world and Origin poorly told story and awful world building, AC Shadows is by far the best AC game since Blackflag.


The game isn't perfect and if you are already tired of the series, chances are you will probably dislike it, but for those who still enjoy the gameplay loop, it is awesome.

 

[MMaRsu]

If an 80 hour game becomes boring after 25 hours I do not see how it can be "best AC in years".

The graphics are amazing, Naoe story is awesome, the combat is good, the world map is less bloated and the stealth gameplay is the best in the series.


Comparing to Mirage bad story, Valhalla awful combat, Odyssey bloated world and Origin poorly told story and awful world building, AC Shadows is by far the best AC game since Blackflag.


The game isn't perfect and if you are already tired of the series, chances are you will probably dislike it, but for those who still enjoy the gameplay loop, it is awesome.

This I will finish it one day and I can safely say its the best of the 'new' AC games. However that does not mean there are not other games that get my playtime first

 

[Kacho]

Retarded scores as usual.

That's my takeaway. Khazan a 6? Wut. Can't take that seriously.

 

[Fake]

Ow the Edge.

 

[Trogdor1123]

What game is it on the cover?

 

[Judge Magister]

What game is it on the cover?

Cronos: The New Dawn

 

[AJUMP23]

Blue Prince looks like a fun puzzle game.

 

[Ovek]

Don't give a shit about the scores but that cover art is fantastic.

 

[Little Chicken]

Fantastic score for South of Midnight, well done to whoever the developer and publisher was

The First Berserker: Khazan continues to look mid af to me.

 

[GymWolf]

If an 80 hour game becomes boring after 25 hours I do not see how it can be "best AC in years".

It's because the level of ac games is always pretty low so even being a 6,5 or 7-- is already a win.

I onestly had more fun with origins and odissey but shadows is better than valhalla at least.

The gameplay is still the same shallow, easy slop, just with a japanese coat of paint, the game did some step forwards and an equal number of back steps.

 

[viveks86]

Many surprising scores!

Can't wait to start blue prince

 

[tmlDan]

An 8 for AC Shadows is high praise from EDGE. Well deserved, it's the best AC in years.

Having said that I got bored about 25 hours in and cancelled my Ubi+ sub, so I can pick it up when its gold edition is 20€

 

[BigLee74]

They've scored South of Midnight about right in my opinions. Great setting, interesting story, hampered with basic platforming, exploration and combat.

But then they've gone and scored Blue Prince about 9 points too high.

 

[Zacfoldor]

It's another case of 'everything I don't like is woke'.

You'll see a difference in opinion from people who are actually playing it versus people who only watch grifter youtube videos about it.

What if only woke people played it though?

 

[adamsapple]

What if only woke people played it though?

I'm sure some folks on GAF who are playing it right now will not like that ;P

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Gotta get on the Blue Prince, I downloaded it the other day (PSA: Gamepass), an Edge 9 is practically must play for me.

 

[Hohenheim]

The main character is black and a woman, so double whammy woke.

But IMO it's quite not woke. It's a black story in a black setting with black characters. No one else was added for "inclusion"

Wow, a black female character is all it takes to be "woke" these days? That's pretty... insane.

 

[ChoosableOne]

• Blue Prince - 9

Agreed, great and unique game(I don't like puzzle games that much, this one is different)

• Despelote - 9--

Interesting, downloading the demo rn.

• A physics-based soccer ball that feels good to kick around in a first-person perspective

• Atomfall - 6

At least 8 for me. I had a lot of fun with it.

 

[Itchy Tickles]

I was interested in Blue Prince but I heard it has roguelike and RNG elements, meh.

It does have a lot of RNG to it and some roguelike stuff. I do like it and I am still playing through it, but sometimes it feels like it takes way too much RNG to do a specific thing and it can very frustrating.

Some runs can end after a few rooms and others can go on for a age, but even then you'll find at the end you need to replay it again because 1 thing needs changed but to get takes so much luck. Can do the opposite of motivate you to continue sometimes.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I question Edge every time. Their score of 6 for Khazan is BS. It's no way a 6.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

giving Atomfall a 6 is criminal

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

None of those games listed there are that great. Best game there is probably the unreleased Bloober game Chronos in the cover but it's not even on that list cause it's not released yet.

But none of them are that great so I'm still willing to bet an unreleased game like Chronos would be better than all of them even if I'm not too crazy hyped up on that either.

 

[DavidGzz]

Knew the Khazan hype was lulworthy. The demo was meh.