
A surprisingly deep brick-breaker that relies on smart strategy and clever experimentation.

A surprisingly deep brick-breaker that relies on smart strategy and clever experimentation.

After a very bumpy take-off, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has hit a smooth cruising altitude.

Station to Station is a relaxing, cozy railway planner with clear goals, flexibility in how you accomplish them, and the absolute perfect amount of challenge. It doesn't try to be anything more than a fun and easy going experience, and the fact you can randomize levels and crank their difficulty up a bit provides some nice variety to how you approach each session. I love its voxel-based graphics so much, the music is soothing, and it just oozes charm. Even failing a level didn’t frustrate, because it just meant I got another opportunity to roll through the blocky countryside and do a little better. Its biggest strength lies in its simplicity, and it doesn't stray too far from that initial gameplay premise. Honestly, it doesn't have to.

Another very enjoyable JRPG that feels a little too safe and familiar.

Call of Duty: Vanguard’s multiplayer doesn't do enough new to distinguish itself from the last few years to be a great game, but its excellent maps and Champion Hill mode mean that it's still a reliably good time.

Fast and fun with awesome art and interesting environments, Boomerang X is great.

Legend of Mana has been redrawn for modern hardware with stunning results, but the gameplay remains largely unchanged from its original PS1 release.

Bravely Default 2 is a long, familiar JRPG journey with excellent customizable combat and beautiful backdrops that pass the time as you work through its extended stretches of grinding.

Super Mario Bros. 35 is a fun take on battle royale, but it starts to repeat itself early on.

Dated design, clunky multiplayer systems, and unacceptable load times make playing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition a terrific chore.

Unparalleled realism and an entire planet to explore makes Microsoft Flight Simulator a simulation like no other.

Fun, novel, and brimming with loot, Bounty of Blood: A Fistful of Redemption is the best of Borderlands 3's DLC batch so far.

Minecraft Dungeons is a fun, entry-level dungeon crawler with a lovely aesthetic.

Old-school charm in a new-school wrapper.

The games in the Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy still deliver, but the bonus features are pretty standard fare.