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Perhaps because he’s so cute and marketable, Yoshi’s adventures have been designed for a younger and younger audience for the last several years. 2006’s Yoshi’s Island DS was not out-of-step with the difficulty of a mainline Mario game, but since then, the challenge of mainline…
Following up a game as lauded as Disco Elysium would be an unenviable task for any developer, but especially one as fractured as ZA/UM. With many of the key creative minds behind the detective RPG separated from the studio following an ugly, and very public, legal dispute, it’s…
FIFA 23 makes incremental improvements to last year's game, but the looming presence of Ultimate Team's microtransactions cast a shadow over everything.
Potion Permit is a step forward for the life-sim genre, despite some serious bugs holding it back.
In Desta, anxiety dreams take the form of a tactical dodgeball game--and it works.
Grounded doesn't revolutionize its genre, but it does imbue it with the endearing heart of a child.
Hyper Demon builds upon the excellent foundation established by Devil Daggers, offering a more mechanically complex shooter that's also more approachable than its predecessor.
Shovel Knight Dig takes everything that was fantastic about the retro platformer and recontextualizes it into a roguelike that's hard to put down.
The Diofield Chronicle is a pedestrian real-time tactics game that suffers from a lack of imagination.
Splatoon 3 isn't quite as novel the third time around, but a great campaign, tons of multiplayer options, and a few new surprises make it much more of a good thing.
The iconic point-and-click adventure series returns with a heartfelt and nostalgic adventure that any mighty pirate would be a fool to miss.
Tinykin is a delightful callback to '90s collectathons and platformers, with just the right amount of new ideas and iterations.
NBA 2K23 is a return to form for the usually exceptional series, improving gameplay while imbuing a sincere love for basketball history into new and reimagined modes.
The rhythmic interplay between Metal: Hellsinger's rip-roaring soundtrack and frenetic action is a magical concoction.
The latest Kirby game serves up some delicious party game fun but fails to fully satisfy cravings.
With an engaging and aggressive combat system, and a unique alternative-history setting, Steelrising is an interesting albeit familiar Souls-like.
The Last of Us Part I manages to tell a harrowing story of loss and redemption that still holds up despite some of its dated level design. However, its PC port is a big letdown.