The House of the Dead is still enjoyable at its core, but the remake has more than a few rough edges.
Finely-tuned tweaks and meaningful additions make this year’s The Show one of the best outings of the entire series.
These are the LEGO droids we’re looking for.
Nintendo’s pink puffball stages a hell of a comeback.
WolfEye Studios’ debut title is an unmissable one for fans of immersive sims.
The Borderlands franchise proves it can sustain spin-offs.
Ikai has some redeeming qualities, but they’re far from enough to make up for its many, many deficiencies.
Triangle Strategy is an excellent strategy RPG, impressing just as much with its tactics and combat as it does with its story and choices.
This new flavor of Final Fantasy is mostly created with borrowed ideas, but still implements them well enough to be genuinely fun and addicting most of the time.
Ghostwire: Tokyo’s open world structure is formulaic, but the game still boasts enjoyable combat, fun exploration, and well-designed quests.
GTA 5 looks and runs solid on new consoles- but it’s still GTA 5, nine years on from its launch.
Tunic sticks to the rules of the retro-style RPG genre almost too well, but still manages to be one of the best examples of it in many years.
Thanks to an extra year of development, WWE 2K22 is one of the more well-rounded entry in this long-running franchise.
Welcome to the Velvet Room.
Dawn of Ragnarök introduces some neat ideas that are held back by long-standing ‘Assassin’s Creed’ issues.
The follow-up to Submerged reaps the rewards of its simplicity while also paying a price for it.
Another great expansion to the epic Destiny 2 world.
Beholder 3 is a game that shines in some departments, but falls equally short of the mark in others.
Monark fails to do justice to its several interesting ideas, with grindy combat and its repetitive structure letting the entire experience down.
An unabashed, unapologetic simulation racer that doesn’t quite justify it.
Gran Turismo 7 is simply one of the greatest racing games of all time.
ELEX 2 elevates some of its predecessor’s ideas, but mostly just ends up delivering another buggy game that occasionally entertains.
Lo Wang is back again, once again, in a more linear single-player adventure but is this no-frills approach worth checking out for FPS fans?
A frustrating experience.
GRID Legends might not blow your doors off, but it does tighten many of the core ideas from previous games while packing in a ton of content.
Souls-like in an open world? Count me in.
Cyberpunk 2077’s native current-gen version is a slightly more polished version of a game that’s still bogged down by significant issues.
A misstep at almost every turn.
This series has begun refining rather than reinventing.
Horizon Forbidden West’s captivating story, gorgeous open world, and thrilling combat make for one of the most uniquely memorable games I’ve played in recent memory.
