
A popular series expands into co-op, but simplifies just about everything else


A popular series expands into co-op, but simplifies just about everything else

Get ready for a Tetris game to bring your video card to its knees

A modern ActRaiser needs more than a resemblance to the original

It’s time to kill people in very intricate ways

Innovative combat hidden in a boring open world

This year’s Call of Duty is packed with features ... except an a la carte option

A Metroidvania that doesn’t feel restrained by its influences

This is a rare release that left us hungry for DLC

A horrible story ruins an enjoyable world

If you can judge a game based on the moments that make you put it down for the night, Just Cause 3 is hard to criticize: I only stopped when I needed to sleep, not because I wanted to put the game down. The "did you see that?!" factor seems unlimited here, and it kept me coming back to discover what unexpected domino of explosions I could start next with a single grenade. The formula of the Just Cause series hasn't been expanded, but it has been improved. And it's rare that a game is so comfortable in its own skin.