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Following on from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Engage has equal capacity to delight and frustrate – for newcomers and veterans alike.
Lego Bricktales carries the energy of the finest and most experimental Lego video games of the 90s – and it’s a wonderful low-key game of the year contender.
The DioField Chronicle feels like it’s been sent to die as some mega-niche undertaking, but it’s nevertheless a pleasingly experimental tactical RPG adventure.
The creator of the Monkey Island series returns to offer his vision of a third game – and it’s got more to say than its nostalgic trappings first suggest.
Splatoon 3 feels quite samey, but a high level of polish and the series’ best single-player offering to date elevate this sequel.
In the 90s, Live A Live was outshone by its peers and missed a Western release. This excellent 2D-HD remake is a chance to set the record straight.
Next Level Games goes three-for-three on brilliant Mario soccer games, but at launch Battle League's content is thin on the ground.
It may not exactly be reinventing the wheel, but Nintendo Switch Sports is exactly what I wanted from the Wii Sports' successor.
Minor issues with the technical presentation and pacing be damned, Pokemon Legends: Arceus is the best Pokemon adventure in 20 years.
Forza Horizon 5 is the natural evolution of the series so far - expanded, tweaked, and turned up to eleven. The result is a game that's been incrementally upgraded in the direction of perfection.
By refining the studio’s strong suits and introducing a killer new gimmick, Deathloop is Arkane’s finest game yet, and one of the best games of the year.
The latest WarioWare offers up a new way of playing and a moreish story mode, but the real value of the package is as a multiplayer party game.
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

















