Derek Johnson
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Although Aliens: Dark Descent has the makings of an enjoyable RTS title, its frequently frustrating gameplay mechanics and pointless genre-mashing missions make it a tough sell for anyone besides the most diehard of wannabe Colonial Marines.
Trepang2 is the most unabashedly fun first person shooter since 2016’s DOOM.
For better and worse, After Us is yet another beautiful but otherwise boring and overly artistic game that does very little to advance the medium.
Even though Minecraft Legends isn’t a bad game, the fact that it’s in direct competition with its much better predecessor makes the title hard to recommend.
Redfall, with its mediocre gameplay, forgettable story and generic visuals, comes closer to destroying Arkane’s legacy than it does to being a properly enjoyable video game.
Despite its shoddy performance, The Last of Us Part I on PC is still one of the best games to ever grace Steam’s virtual shelves.
Contraband Police isn’t as morally grey or engaging as Papers, Please, but its defined gameplay loop evolves the bureaucracy simulator genre into something that’s worth playing.
Season’s artstyle and gameplay are unique and fun, but because of its forgettable narrative and generic premise, it feels like yet another game that exists solely to win awards from Geoff Keighley.
Goat Simulator 3 is dumb, dotty, and through some fluke of gaming-related evolution, incredibly enjoyable.
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers is boring, morally straightforward and passively buggy, but there’s still some fun to be found in its simplistic simulator-based gameplay.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II does little to change the established Call of Duty formula, which makes it an enjoyable, if generally forgettable, entry into its endlessly running franchise.
Return to Monkey Island is a brilliantly modernised point-and-click adventure game that’s tailor-made for both fans of its classic predecessors and anyone who loves narrative-driven exploration titles.
