Mark Warren
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Am I going against my instincts by preferring when this basketball game had a huge pirate ship, which was likely at least partially responsible for 2K25 taking up about 50GB more hard drive space than the still-almost-100GB 2K26? Almost certainly, yes, but that’s what reviewing yearly sportsathons can do to a guy.
I respect Hangar 13 for not feeling like they had to join in today’s arms race of ever-balooning open world/action things and sticking to their stated principles in doing so. Though, I think the manner in which they’ve executed that vision has its eyes too firmly glued to the rear view mirror. This isn't a game that pulls the best bits from how things were done back in the day and melds that with positive innovations developed since that point to create a middle ground that could represen...
Can we fix it? Well, that often depends on whether you’ll let me deliver the bits myself.
Come to Kaso-Machi for the Yakuza intrigue, stay for the gang of weirdo workers in costumes you’ve actually got to treat pretty decently.
You might be done with it a lot quicker than you'd anticipate, but while it’s got you, Atomfall is a decent, good time.
RGG Studio’s latest spin-off somehow pulls off being both a great pirate game and a pretty damn good Yakuza game.
The first major expansion for Bethesda’s big space baby isn’t terrible by any means, but it still just feels like more Starfield, for all that that entails.
Managing your team through an F1 golden era dripping with glamour, danger, and plain old oil is an almost meditative experience at times.
2K’s basketball behemoths have long felt like a pretty strong package, but this year isn’t a wholly authoritative slam dunk for reasons beyond VC.
In some ways, Madden 25 is a step forward from its predecessor, in others, it’s stuck at the line of scrimmage.