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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…
The Origami King keeps its RPG systems and character work light, but revamped combat and solid gags throughout are the course-correction Paper Mario needed.
Mind Control Delete throws a few wild twists into the Superhot formula, but it might be too much of a good thing.
Ghost of Tsushima has some dull edges, but strikes a lot of highs with its cinematic stylings.
Desperados 3 is an elegant stealth tactics game that encourages experimentation.
It's easy to see why Slay the Spire has popularized a new blend of genres.
CrossCode is an ambitious game, but its myriad parts lack cohesion.
The short but sweet live-action story of Death Come True gets you wound up in its mystery--but it's over far too soon.
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise is a welcoming return to its strange and absurd world, but feels diluted and missing many of the flavor notes that defined its predecessor.
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town's cutesy aesthetic is plagued with shallow and tedious gameplay.
Ninjala is a unique melee-focused multiplayer live game with tons of style and depth, but for now it's light on content and heavy on microtransactions.
This revamp of a GameCube-era classic is a worthy outing that delivers colorful, creative puzzle action.
West of Dead brings some interesting ideas to the well-trod Rogue-lite scene, but lots of technical and design flaws make it hard to enjoy them.
Nostalgia and a new paint job aren’t enough to save you from the dull, frustrating, and wonky experience that is SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated.
Project Warlock is an admirable shotgun blast from the past, but it doesn’t really have an identity of its own.
Skelattack is a side-scrolling platformer with a lot of heart, but it ends too quickly and the obstacles it places in front of you are hampered because of it.