Mystery Steam Reviews: video games that are spiritual successors

The amount of games that are – for my money – wrongly considered spiritual successors is wild. But, to be fair, I believe we did well this week. I think you could call every game in this week’sMystery Steam Reviewsa spiritual successor. And that’s good, because if you haven’t picked it up at this point, that’s the theme.

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Both myself and Matthew had to choose three games that are deemed spiritual successors. As I mentioned above, I’m relatively confident that most of you watching this won’t have an issue with the games that were picked.

If you like this, then you may very well enjoy this week’s episode ofThe PC Gaming Weekspot. We chatted about the rumours ofOuter WildsDLC, we discussed Microsoft’s plan to rejig the revenue split on theMicrosoft Store, and Matthew told me about the new climbing gameInsurmountable..

While you’re here, why not have a look atlast week’s episode of Mystery Steam Reviews, which focused on video games based on mythology.

We run weekly polls on theRock Paper Shotgun YouTube channel, allowing you you to choose the themes of Mystery Steam Reviews. Next week’s theme has been chosen: video games with multiple endings. If you missed the poll or you’re not regularly on the YouTubes, leave a comment letting us know what series/genre/theme you’d like to see added to our MSR polls.

MYSTERY STEAM REVIEWS RULE BIBLE™

For those not in the know, or who need a refresher.

Colm and Matthew both bringthreeSteam reviews to the MSR arena (yes, arena), but they omit the name of the game each review is for. Their opponent must correctly guess the name of that game, including any numbers or subtitles. However, there is some leeway for things such as “Complete Edition” or “Definitive Edition.” One correct answer = one point.

While both combatants have90 secondson each Mystery Steam Review, they also have help in the form of three lifelines. These can be used at any stage during battle, and pause the 90-second timer. Each lifeline can only be used once.

Questionallows whoever is in the hot seat to ask a simple yes or no question, as long as the question isn’t, “is the name of the game [insert name of the game here]?". WhenSecond Opinionis used, the man in the warm chair will get to hear a second Steam review of the same game. And whenGenreis activated, the genre of the game is revealed to the man with the fiery arse.