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Category: First Impressions

First Impressions on Fix Gaming Channel features early hands-on coverage, first-look thoughts, and initial reactions to games before a full review. These articles focus on how a game feels in its opening hours, what stands out, and what may still need more time.

Battle of Rebels — Hands-On Impressions

Posted on October 13, 2025September 25, 2026 By Ronny Fiksdahl
Battle of Rebels — Hands-On Impressions

Battle of Rebels hands-on impressions look at the game’s combat, presentation, and overall feel after playing the current PC build.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie, PC Reviews, Reviews

Aztecs: The Last Sun — Historical Survival City-Builder Impressions

Posted on October 12, 2025September 25, 2026 By Ronny Fiksdahl
Aztecs: The Last Sun — Historical Survival City-Builder Impressions

Aztecs: The Last Sun first impressions after 4.5 hours on PC: a distinctive survival city builder with a strong core loop and noticeable Early Access rough edges.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie, PC Reviews, Reviews

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Hands-On Impressions: It’s Chaos Every Turn

Posted on September 4, 2025September 20, 2026 By Zackari Greif
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Hands-On Impressions: It’s Chaos Every Turn

Hands-on impressions from Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds’ open network test, covering handling, customization, chaotic races, and a few online quirks.

First Impressions, Gaming News

Shape of Dreams Launches September 11: Demo Impressions

Posted on August 29, 2025September 25, 2026 By Ronny Fiksdahl
Shape of Dreams Launches September 11: Demo Impressions

Shape of Dreams launches September 11 from Lizard Smoothie and NEOWIZ, following a strong demo that mixes fast action-roguelite combat with co-op potential.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie

Sengoku Dynasty PS5 Co-Op and Performance: First Impressions

Posted on August 18, 2025September 25, 2026 By Fix Gaming Team
Sengoku Dynasty PS5 Co-Op and Performance: First Impressions

Sengoku Dynasty on PS5 delivers cozy village building, co-op play, and smooth console performance in this guest first-impressions review.

First Impressions, Gaming News, PlayStation, Reviews

Metal Eden Demo Impressions: Neon Parkour, Relentless Gunplay, and Cyberpunk Style

Posted on August 14, 2025September 25, 2026 By Aidan Minter
Metal Eden Demo Impressions: Neon Parkour, Relentless Gunplay, and Cyberpunk Style

Metal Eden’s demo delivers fast parkour, aggressive gunplay, and a neon cyberpunk style in Reikon Games’ high-speed sci-fi FPS.

First Impressions, Gaming News, PC Reviews, Reviews

Witchfire: First Impressions After the Webgrave Update – A Rebirth Done Right

Posted on August 3, 2025September 25, 2026 By Ronny Fiksdahl
Witchfire: First Impressions After the Webgrave Update – A Rebirth Done Right

Witchfire’s Webgrave Update earns a positive first impression with a large new region, Rosary builds, Workshop and stat overhauls, higher difficulty, smooth performance, and sharper roguelite FPS systems.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie, PC Reviews, Reviews

Skull X Aibohphobia – First Impressions of a Genre-Bending Mystery

Posted on June 28, 2025September 25, 2026 By Fix Gaming Team
Skull X Aibohphobia – First Impressions of a Genre-Bending Mystery

A strange title, a stranger journey – and one I didn’t expect to enjoy so much Reviewed on PC.Score: 7/10 I’ll admit it—I hadn’t heard of Skull X Aibohphobia until just recently. The title alone had me puzzled. “Aibohphobia”? Turns out, it’s the fear of palindromes… and yes, the word itself is a palindrome. That…

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Dune: Awakening First Impressions – Brutal, Beautiful, and Full of Potential

Posted on June 13, 2025September 25, 2026 By Fix Gaming Team
Dune: Awakening First Impressions – Brutal, Beautiful, and Full of Potential

Four hours into Dune: Awakening, these first impressions find a brutal but promising survival MMO where heat, thirst, storms, raiders, crafting, and sandworms make Arrakis feel genuinely dangerous.

First Impressions, Gaming News, PC Reviews, Reviews

Pompeii: The Legacy Preview Revisits Classic City-Building

Posted on March 17, 2025September 25, 2026 By Ronny Fiksdahl
Pompeii: The Legacy Preview Revisits Classic City-Building

Pompeii: The Legacy is a historical city builder from Siscia Games focused on rebuilding Pompeii across generations with Roman-era management and long-term progression.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie

Hands On With the Darkest Days Demo: Does It Deliver?

Posted on March 3, 2025September 26, 2026 By Ronny Fiksdahl
Hands On With the Darkest Days Demo: Does It Deliver?

This hands-on look at the Darkest Days demo covers its zombie survival combat, open-world structure, early co-op potential, and the areas that still needed polish.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie

Survive the Fall Exclusive Beta Gameplay on Ultrawide Monitor

Posted on March 1, 2025September 26, 2026 By Ronny Fiksdahl
Survive the Fall Exclusive Beta Gameplay on Ultrawide Monitor

This Survive the Fall beta hands-on covers the game’s top-down post-apocalyptic survival systems, early progression, ultrawide presentation, and first impressions from the test build.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Hardware, Indie

Tiny Chaos: The Ultimate Test of Survival and Strategy

Posted on February 26, 2025September 23, 2026 By Ronny Fiksdahl
Tiny Chaos: The Ultimate Test of Survival and Strategy

Tiny Chaos throws players into a compact but demanding survival-strategy challenge where every choice matters. With pressure building fast and resources never feeling fully safe, this is a game about staying calm when everything starts falling apart.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie

Together After Dark Hands-On: A Rough but Promising Co-Op Horror Game

Posted on February 24, 2025September 10, 2026 By Ronny Fiksdahl
Together After Dark Hands-On: A Rough but Promising Co-Op Horror Game

Together After Dark delivers tense co-op horror, eerie forest atmosphere, and memorable scares with friends, but comfort settings, navigation, and performance still need work.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie

Explore the Dark Future of Survival Horror With Minsk Join the Playtest for a Must Play Title of 2025

Posted on February 7, 2025September 23, 2026 By Ronny Fiksdahl
Explore the Dark Future of Survival Horror With Minsk Join the Playtest for a Must Play Title of 2025

Hands-on impressions from the M.I.N.S.K. playtest, covering its post-apocalyptic survival horror, environmental storytelling, robotic companion mechanics, and early atmosphere.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie

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