Derek Johnson
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Cyberpunk 2077 has some seriously major technical problems, but it’s worth putting up with them to experience a fantastically down-to-earth story that’s accompanied by solid shooting and great music.
Empire of Sin has too many bugs and too many balancing issues to make it worth putting up with its insanely uninspired combat and lacklustre story.
Per Aspera
Per Aspera is not only the best city builder to come out in the past decade, but one of the most interesting games to grace computers in a long, long time.
Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War’s multiplayer is terrible, its campaign is forgettable and its zombies are okay, which all makes for a game that feels like a much worse iteration of previous installments into the franchise.
Watch Dogs: Legion has some good ideas, but its story is downright terrible and it suffers from so many technical problems that it’s hard to recommend the game over a different, more refined, Ubisoft sandbox game.
Partisans 1941 combines fun real-time stealth strategy gameplay with some stupidly enjoyable base-building mechanics for an overall experience that genuinely makes you feel like a leader of a group of guerrilla fighters.
Squad
Squad may not be for everyone, but if you’re willing to deal with its slow-paced combat and communication-heavy gameplay, it offers an experience that simply cannot be found anywhere else.
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia’s gameplay is okay, its visuals are fine and its story is either a mess or passively engaging depending on your level of interest in its source material, which all makes for a game that should be skipped unless you’re insanely desperate for another form of media...
Mafia: Definitive Edition maintains its source material’s amazing story, adds some solid gameplay and brings the graphics into the 21st century for an overall experience that’s one of the few remakes that is genuinely worth a purchase.
Serious Sam 4’s core shooting is as fun as can be, and the writing is on par with Hollywood’s best action flicks, but everything else in the game is too dated for the overall experience to be truly enjoyable.
Going Under is a superb dungeon crawler wrapped in some stupidly stylish and silly art that comes packaged with writing that hits a little too close to home for anyone who’s ever held a job.
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos is the game equivalent of a Netflix knockoff of an HBO show: it’s not terrible and it has occasionally fun ideas, but it’s still worse than the source material in almost every conceivable way.
