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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is everything I hoped it would be, and it's yet another stellar release that showcases a confident Nintendo at its best. It is excellent, and is easily another must-own Switch title - at least, if you can understand and embrace Animal Crossing's uniquely lazy pace.
This is the sort of game that only Nintendo could make, and it's a follow-up to Wii Fit that feels worthy of that game's exercise chops while also far more firmly and confidently a video game. Minor hardware issues and a story that's frivolous to the point of bordering dangerously...
This review has largely been gushing, but I want you to know that Astral Chain isn't perfect. The non-combat side of the game is often fairly pedestrian and the story can be pretty overwrought even if it is largely told in a knowing, tongue-in-cheek manner. With that noted, this is...
Here the ambition of Metro Exodus shows, though it’s not at all where it is at its best. That’s when you’re out in the open world, scavenging and scrabbling together resources in order to repair your gas mask and stock up on ammo before going on a dungeon crawling dive...
Injustice 2
For the singleplayer fighting enthusiast, NetherReam's DC Comics sequel is best-in-class.
The most special Nintendo game in years, Breath of the Wild is an incredibly polished mixture of myriad ideas we've seen before - but never in a package quite like this.
Bold and brave, Final Fantasy XV brings back some of what made FF special to begin with. It's rough around the edges, but that's okay: where it counts, it's got heart.
A slightly weak narrative can't obscure how compelling and exciting Mankind Divided's is to play. Here, the best stories are those you make yourself through emergent gameplay.
A solid add-on for players who really love settlement building, but also an underwhelming delivery of some solid ideas. It's no reason to return to Fallout 4, but this is another fine addition to an adventure in progress.
An excellent foundation that is hopefully built on, this is a solid RPG-shooter hybrid that lacks in variety but somehow keeps you well invested all the same.
XCOM 2
Small technical issues hold XCOM 2 back, but it's still as compelling as ever.
If we get down to brass tacks, Street Fighter V is mechanically one of the best titles in the genre and possibly the best in this storied series, but it’s also lacking in single-player content to the extent that in places it feels unfinished. Multiplayer battling has practically endless scope...
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
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- 80–8938
- 70–798
- 60–699
- 50–591
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