
Pretty and charmingly mean-spirited, Hollow Knight: Silksong is a game filled with revelations - and genuine personality.

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Pretty and charmingly mean-spirited, Hollow Knight: Silksong is a game filled with revelations - and genuine personality.

Another epic entry in the Assassin's Creed series, Shadows moves the action to Japan for a stylish and satisfying entry.

Neon Struct's greatest achievement though is in its brooding storyline, told through tense phone conversations, brief chats on the streets and, most vividly, through the sense of fear you feel when you're kicked out of a supporting institution of near-omniscient power, to a place of want and hiding. The narrative is told with a light touch (characters have names such as Vinod Chhibber and Director Furtwengler) but it feels weighty and relevant, without tipping into blunt moralising. The best kind of science fiction thriller then: one dressed in the style of the future, but engaged with the pressing issues of the present.

A majestic, earthy open-world adventure with great integrity and personality, this is the best role-playing game in years.

A charmingly presented but tediously repetitive seafaring RPG that fails to make a big enough splash.

A blaster to be mastered, Not a Hero's combat is flexible but strains against a tight leash.

And once the final mission's done there's a scamper up the difficulty levels, alongside endless, custom and time attack modes, the latter of which works a bit like speed chess, but with people getting whacked over the head. In truth, while pleasant, this is a covering of the bases that Invisible, Inc doesn't really need. Much like the lives of one of its secret agents, this is a game defined by short, sharp thrills. It's so filled with purpose that is has no need to outstay its welcome.

Tried and trusted gameplay is boosted with a generous, if slightly monotonous, serving of genuinely fresh content in this budget prequel.

Laden with features and options, Project Cars rewards patient players with an authentic and exciting circus of motorsport.

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War for the Overworld isn't Dungeon Keeper 3 but, buggy as it can be, it sometimes gets close.

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An improvement over its predecessor, with some welcome new ideas, this is lacking in depth and long term appeal.

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Gran Turismo for bikes; an idea so beautiful in its simplicity, it's a surprise no-one's done it before. Well, actually…

The gem-matching's pretty simple, but the strategy is surprisingly complex.