Games Review

















After previous games failed to live up to expectations, Origins is a vast improvement.








The game’s most interesting bits are trapped in cutscenes while its boring bits are the stuff you actually have to play out.



From romance to character classes, BioWare has made made almost all the game’s options compelling.

GSC Game World’s long-awaited survival epic delivers the ultimate stalker fantasy — if you can look beyond the plethora of glitches.







The game’s final episode also teases a larger Life is Strange universe to come.



After 40 hours with BioWare’s latest fantasy RPG, it feels like I’m just getting started.



Remedy’s latest release is connective tissue for its growing video game universe.

Atlus’ game tackles tough subjects with refreshing nuance, catapulting it beyond simply being ‘Persona with swords.’





Zelda’s first solo adventure plays to her strengths, but even in her own game, she feels underutilized.



Capcom’s Ace Attorney Investigations Collection is a fine addition to the lawyer game canon.

The sequel to a simple pack-in game is a flawless love letter to both PlayStation’s history and video games in general.





What Ubisoft’s new game lacks in innovation, it makes up for in fan service.

A perfectly fine action game has become saddled with a lot of baggage.

Despite its confusing trailers, Kunitsu-Gami is a highly stylized and pleasantly challenging ‘maiden defense’ game.

It has some clever ideas but struggles with a lack of polish and repetitive gameplay.



Playing Erdtree was a lesson in humility I needed.