Games released on January 25
Seven games that still hold up, from Onimusha: Warlords in 2001 to Kingdom Hearts III in 2019
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Onimusha: Warlords 2001
Turned 25 this year PlayStation 2
The swordsman Samanosuke Akechi fights demons in Sengoku era Japan, with some sections played as the kunoichi Kaede.
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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath 2005
Turned 21 this year Xbox
An action game in which the Stranger hunts wanted outlaws for bounties, dead or alive, to pay for an operation he needs, firing live creatures from a crossbow.
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Dead Space 2 2011
Turned 15 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
In 2511, three years after the first game, Isaac Clarke, now with a voice of his own, fights his way through the Sprawl, a station on Titan, against the Necromorphs.
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Celeste 2018
Turned 8 this year Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Madeline, a young woman with anxiety and depression, climbs Celeste Mountain one screen at a time, dashing in mid air and clinging to walls. Assist Mode lets anyone set their own difficulty.
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The Room 4: Old Sins 2018
Turned 8 this year
An escape the room game in which you examine a detailed dollhouse whose rooms are puzzles that connect to each other, with an eyepiece that reveals objects made of Null.
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Resident Evil 2 2019
Turned 7 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Capcom's remake of its 1998 survival horror game reimagines both the play and the story, with Leon S. Kennedy or Claire Redfield making their way through a Raccoon City overrun by zombies.
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Kingdom Hearts III 2019
Turned 7 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Sora, Donald and Goofy visit worlds from Frozen, Tangled and Toy Story to stop Xehanort, with Attractions that turn theme park rides into attacks, in the close of the Dark Seeker Saga.
