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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…
Anno 1800 is a beautiful and comprehensive yet strangely cold Industrial Age city builder.
From Software's latest is a masterpiece of open-world design that places exploration and player agency at the heart of the experience.
There's a lot of meme potential in Stranger of Paradise thanks to its willingness to be aggressively confusing, but fun, varied combat carries its most WTF moments forward.
Triangle Strategy strips away some classic genre norms while adding extra nuances of its own and a stellar, if sometimes indulgent, story.
The puzzle/RPG hybrid returns with a sequel that focuses less on adventure and more on match-3 puzzle action.
Bungie continues to improve its shooter MMO with the best story campaign it has yet produced and a whole lot of great additional content to keep players engaged.
Creative Assembly's Total War: Warhammer 3 is a spectacular fantasy battle simulator with a flawed campaign.
Excellent combat and an engaging endgame are undercut by Lost Ark's archaic MMO quest design and emphasis on microtransactions.
Land of Screens is a short and sweet romcom experience that is ultimately too reductive to deliver its message meaningfully.
King of Fighters XV isn't revolutionary, but it's a solid, feature-laden package with personality and style.
Grapple Dog is a light, breezy mascot platformer that hooks you with precise, simple controls.
Horizon Forbidden West sometimes packs in so much that it gets in its own way, but the many well-drawn characters populating its quests keep it compelling.
Techland's undead sequel improves upon the strongest element of its predecessor, but things like story and characters drag it down.
Sifu's unique aging mechanic and top-tier combat make the journey from a headstrong student to a wise kung fu master utterly thrilling.
Developer Roll7 has improved on every aspect of the OlliOlli franchise to create a huge, fun arcade skating game that's easy-going, but just as challenging as its predecessors.
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves improves two of the series' best entries with significant, but unsurprising, results.