The game is memorable for the way that it presents war as ugly, grim, and devastating.
It’s often said that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
The game’s focus on young love is uncommonly believable and touching.
This is an extended encore and haunting final bow for Miyazaki Hidetaka’s magnum opus.
Bungie’s grand space experiment finishes off its 10-year journey with a masterful expansion.
The game diligently replicates an older, somewhat archaic style of role-playing.
The newest chapter in Senua’s story is powerfully told but feels like it’s missing a few pages.
However obtuse it may seem at times, this absolutely thrilling game never feels unsolvable.
If exploration was always easy, then discovery wouldn’t be nearly as exciting.
Unlike NieR Automata, Stellar Blade is hampered by its fealty to convention.
This game that takes a stroll down memory lane always feels as if it wants for more context.
This game designed around words should have chosen them more carefully.
Despite its name, Endless Ocean Luminous is frustratingly shallow.
For better and for worse, Crow Country goes down smoothly.
The game fights with honor, but it still fouls the blade a few times along the way.
This absorbing, if uneven, action RPG largely threads the needle between cozy and thrilling.
It’s a basic Metroidvania, but it brings heart and a unique perspective to its chosen genre.