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Premature Evaluation: Dustwind

This week s Premature Evaluation dumps Fraser in Dustwind s isometric wasteland, forced to murder other players in grisly real-time tactical brawls. Also it has dogs.

I’ll admit it — I decided to take Dustwind for a spin primarily because of one line on the Steam store page: Play as a dog. In post-apocalyptic battle arenas that evoke Fallout and Wasteland, no less. And we re not talking about your run-of-the-mill, hangs out in dog parks defecating everywhere kind of dog. No, Dustwind s pooches are battle-hardened terrors, capable of covering the battlefield in mines or manning a vehicle s turret. How could I say no? How could it go wrong?

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