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Starlink: Battle for Atlas - Star Fox, form up on me

Almost a month has gone by since I last wrote anything. That is really bad on my part so enough excuses. It is time to take a break from playing Smash Bros. and actually write something. Source: https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/images/10_share_images/games_15/nintendo_switch_4/H2x1_NSwitch_StarlinkBattleForAtlas_image1600w.jpg I picked up Starlink: Battle for Atlas for my birthday last month and then set about absolutely devouring it. Most reviews complained about the "Ubisoftness" of the game - it is an open world sandbox with many, many towers in it and a very repetitive mission structure. I absolutely agree. The game gets very same-y very quickly. Add to that a by-the-numbers plot, and you can totally see why most reviewers were lukewarm on the game. Yet all of that didn't really hamper my enjoyment of the game, largely because of one single mechanic. A mechanic that I have been calling: The Star Fox Button. Starlink has a system where you can hit a bu...

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