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After 12 hours, I retired my controller feeling deeply conflicted. While the journey was enchanting, oozing with unparalleled style and majesty, it fell just short of being as magical as I hoped. It’s sheer audaciousness makes it an easy game to recommend for those looking for something original in a...
Split Fiction
Split Fiction is a triumph in game design and the best co-op experience you can play today, full stop. It’s a work that cements Hazelight Studios as one of the medium's most inventive and ingenious developers making games today. And like the few games great enough to reach these heights...
Two Point Museum
I can’t think of a single other game that lets you manage museums, and it’s baffling it hasn’t been done before now. Two Point Museum clicks within minutes of taking control, and it only grows more captivating with time. It delicately strikes a balance between complex and approachable, and it’s...
With Fantasian, it’s clear that Sakaguchi wanted to take a hard look at the key games that have defined his work, namely Final Fantasy VI, and find a meaningful way to advance his craft — to create something that can appeal to both the old guard and brand-new fans. In...
There’s a wonderful game tucked away underneath S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 impenetrable surface. When riding high on the ability to go 15 minutes without dying and surviving back-to-back enemy encounters, it works as developer GSC Game World likely intended. At a time when gamers are more willing than ever to play games...
For all the ways it frustrated me, I came away from The Veilguard with mostly positive feelings about it. Despite its quirks, combat is fun on a gut level, and building your character from the game’s massive skill tree offers multiple interesting playstyles no matter how you approach it. Though...
Super Mario Party Jamboree, like any other great Mario Party, isn’t some big departure from what was first established in 1998. There are some good times to be had in the new modes, but they serve more as a fun distraction from what these games do well. For a package...
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero feels like it breaks the curse of anime arena fighters, finally giving players a complex fighter with real depth that’s simultaneously a gorgeous celebration of a seminal series. It’s a game that absolutely revels in its massive rosters and the absurdity of Dragon Ball, embracing both...
Echoes of Wisdom proves that even after nearly 40 years, The Legend of Zelda still has room to surprise us. Finally giving Princess Zelda the spotlight is a major shakeup on its own, and the game’s inventive new mechanics show that even after Breath of the Wild, top-down Zelda games...
Unfortunately, removing the faults of the original game leaves behind a very simple platformer. Epic Mickey has so many cool ideas that it never elaborates on despite its initial promises. The hand-hold-y nature of the original Wii game is alive and well and feels incredibly out of place at a...
Reynatis
Reynatis is obviously made by a small team with a lot of passion for the world and concept, but the game’s disparate ideas simply don’t come together into a truly cohesive package. There’s greatness hidden in Reynatis and even bits that I truly loved, like the text conversations, but it...