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This city-smashing monster sim is the first game I've ever played where my reward for beating a level is getting a…

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(Image credit: Joshua Hughes) There are few things more cathartic in this life than a videogame that just lets you smash a load of stuff up. In that regard, You Are the Monster is about as pure as it gets: pick a giant monster, get dropped into a city, and rampage across it. It's a profoundly uncomplicated experience. Starting my first round as Kraken (sort of a cross between a lobster, an octopus, and a minivan), at first I think I must have missed a tutorial explaining the controls. No need for one, as it turns out—simply walking into things smashes them aside, whether they're cars, scenery, or civilians, such that I'd be hard pressed to do anything without causing some kind of havoc. (Image credit: Joshua Hughes) Civilians are understandably terrified at my approach, but at the same time are wonderfully terrible at getting out of the way. Everywhere I go, I find heaving crowds and traffic jams ready to maximise my trail of destruction. Perhaps they've all turned up to rubberneck.…

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