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Last reviewed: 007 First Light · 4 days ago
I can't get Fish Sticks out of my head. Not the food, but the stray cat with a squished face and stubby legs that I wrangled into my shack in Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel’s new roguelite strategy game, Mewgenics. The shop, the pub, the dentist; no matter where I go, I…
I was, like so many of my 1990s-born peers, a huge Sims girlie. I spent hundreds of hours as a teen and young adult making people I knew, characters from shows I was obsessing over, or original characters I wanted to experiment with, and diligently following their life paths and…
Granblue Fantasy: Relink is a slick and colourful JRPG that knows what it thinks is cool. The combat is kind of weightless, but it's layered and fun - if you can be bothered to get to the bottom of it.
Impeccable action and clever details make this a rare breed of live service co-op shooter, where the focus lies squarely on laughter instead of racking up loot.
Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden is a sort of goth Uncharted where you find-and-replace "treasure" with "ghosts". It has problems, but it's a pretty billboard time
Late-game fiddliness spoils what is otherwise a vibrant and always interesting Metroidvania, and one of the most sumptuous games of 2024 so far
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is a giddy little action-shooter bogged down by conventional loot-chasing guff.
There are simple pleasures to be found in Palworld's enormous list of crafting tasks, but look beyond its base building and its world, monster taming and combat all feel quite stale and undercooked.
A repetitive journey through a year of quirky yet cheesy high school relationships, interspersed with tedious turn-based combat.
Best-in-class building and a lovely atmosphere war against technical difficulties and an uninspiring premise for this early access survival crafting game.
Tekken 8 isn't revolutionary, but it's filled with lots of little improvements and a focus on aggression that make a transfer to this sequel a no-brainer.
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth improves on Yakuza: Like A Dragon in almost every way, making this is a JRPG no-brainer for those after nothing but a good time.
Definitely the lesser trilogy in Capcom's long-standing lawyer 'em up series, but among the gimmicks and gadgetry there are still plenty of highlights to be found here, and Spirit Of Justice is up there with Ace Attorney's best.
An underexplained but ultimately rewarding tactical RPG with a rich and broad character customisation system that grew on me the longer I played it.
Turnip Boy Robs A Bank is my second favourite Turnip Boy game, but it leans into the lite in roguelite and has a lot of fun with it, even if it lacks a bit of focus.
Home Safety Hotline is a thoughtful and imaginative interactive story, where corporate meets supernatural, but never quite seems to reach its final form.
Fearless but intensely friendly, Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown is a deep and challenging Metroid-like with some of the best platforming this side of Moon's Ori games.