
Irritations don't entirely diminish the charm and ambition of the entire endeavor.


Irritations don't entirely diminish the charm and ambition of the entire endeavor.

Narrative adventure has a split personality

Plenty of laughs in this slapstick, surreal puzzle game

Strategy colonization for resource management fans

Exploration and loveliness in an elemental woodland

Noir adventure is a storytelling revelation

Welcome innovations for a storied strategy epic

Cyberpunk adventure questions our allegiance to technology

A much-anticipated return for gaming’s leading historical fiction series

This beautiful racing game has something for everyone

Stealth and mayhem return in Arkane’s lovely world of grime

Knack 2 is an entertaining platform game like those of yesteryear. It's been created with due care and attention. Sure, it's old fashioned, and its story is appalling. But it's a reminder that the character-led platform combat game is still alive and well. Despite its good looks, it's more a work of engineering than it is a work of art. But, as my kid said to me after we'd mashed our way through a co-op level, it's kinda fun.

A touching, painterly story of love and loss

A surprise release from the creator of Thomas Was Alone that tells a wonderful story

I spent the equivalent of a working week playing Aven Colony and it was hard labor. This is a game of relentless concentration and chore-work, with only the briefest flashes of magic and relief, offering almost nothing new to the city building, or resource management genres.