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Star Wars is a great fit for this particular sort of strategy and tactics experience, with brilliant combat elevated by strong storytelling and character building for the titular Zero Company.
It's a rare game that is so timeless that it holds up this well 29 years on. Star Fox 64 is one such game, though. In turn, that means a 1:1 remake not only makes sense, but is brilliant to boot.
A perfect match of developer and source material, 007 First Light is the first James Bond game to truly allow you to inhabit every fact of the world's most famous secret agent - and it plays brilliantly to boot.
With a whole lot of heart and a true reverence for its source material, Across the Unknown is mostly successful in transplanting the genius and magic of Star Trek: Voyager's core concept of a stranded ship into a survival strategy game with narrative adventure game chops.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is enjoyable enough, and has glimpses of vintage Metroid shining through, but this game could and should have been so much more.
While racing is at its core, Kirby Air Riders channels the chaotic energy of Smash Bros. to deliver a deceptively deep one-button gameplay experience - and tops it with absolutely oodles of things to do, see, and unlock.
The Outer Worlds 2 is for better and worse still fluffy gaming comfort food, but it is significantly improved and better than its predecessor in almost every way.
Mafia continues to feel a tad dated in its design trappings, but there's a fascinating mix of beauty, efficiency and nuanced performances here that are well worth your time.
A brilliant core mechanic and clever design twists make Bananza a delightfully sticky 3D platform adventure topped off with a sweet central character relationship.
Avowed is unlikely to be marked as a trailblazer, but everything it sets out to do it accomplishes with style and confidence. I expect to many it'll be regarded
Whatever you think of Civ's new direction, one thing is for sure: it's a solid foundation for the future.
The best thing I can say about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is that I know I’m going to be thinking about this for a long time yet.
CriticDB tracks 82 Alex Donaldson reviews, averaging 76/100. See the score distribution and their highest & lowest rated games below, or browse every Alex Donaldson score in the Reviews tab.
Alex Donaldson score distribution
- 90–10021
- 80–8938
- 70–798
- 60–699
- 50–591
- Below 500

















