Octopath Traveler 02025
Critic80/100
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A stellar combat system and multitude of strategic wrinkles are the glue that holds this well-told, if disjointed, episodic story together.
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond2025
Critic80/100
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High highs and middling lows make Metroid Prime 4's return uneven.
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Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted2025
Critic70/100
Agreement100%
Plants Vs. Zombies: Replanted adds just a few bells and whistles to the classic strategy game, but it's still just as fun as ever.
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The Outer Worlds 22025
Critic80/100
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The Outer Worlds 2 imbues Obsidian's spacefaring RPG series with its own identity, letting you bumble your way through corporate and cultish intrigue in space.
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Keeper2025
Critic90/100
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Keeper is Double Fine at its most confident, presenting a visual feast and a heartfelt tale in a detailed, complex natural world.
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Absolum2025
Critic90/100
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Infusing a classic beat-'em-up structure with a modern roguelike loop is a match made in heaven.
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Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles2025
Critic90/100
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The Ivalice Chronicles provides the best way to play an all-time classic, even if it lacks some of the archival glow-up it deserves.
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds2025
Critic70/100
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a well-crafted and remarkably flexible arcade racer with an almost overwhelming amount of customization and a whizbang portal-hopping mechanic.
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World2025
Critic80/100
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land was already a stellar Switch game, and Star-Crossed World adds more of the same.
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Drag x Drive2025
Critic50/100
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The multiplayer-focused sports game from Nintendo has a novel control scheme but is tiring and feels imprecise.
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Donkey Kong Bananza2025
Critic90/100
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Donkey Kong Bananza is a raucous, wildly inventive, and propulsive platformer that reboots one of Nintendo's most iconic mascots.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour2025
Critic60/100
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Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour has its charms, but on the whole feels like a strange set of contradictions: a casual primer for power users, and a pack-in game that isn't packed in.
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Mario Kart World2025
Critic90/100
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Mario Kart World expands on almost everything that made Mario Kart 8 such an enduring success, laying the foundation for years of raucous racing to come.
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To a T2025
Critic60/100
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To A T is a quirky and charming story about an underexplored topic; if only the act of playing it were a little more fun.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown2025
Critic70/100
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The turtle boys don't cut 'em no slack in a short but sweet tactics game that feels like the foundation for something much bigger.
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