Includes RPS, Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Last reviewed: 007 First Light · 6 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…
Naraka: Bladepoint is a punishing melee battle royale that frustrates before it elates, but rewards perseverance. It's also got excellent grappling hooks.
It saves its best tricks until last, but Axiom Verge 2 is another enthralling Metroidvania from solo dev Thomas Happ, and a retro-infused feast for the senses.
Occasionally neat visuals and cyber magic can’t save cyberpunk shooter Foreclosed from firing damp squibs on all cylinders.
The strategic battles of Carrier Command 2 have potential for co-op, but single player has you spinning a few two many plates for it to be really enjoyable
Deathloop is a time-looping shooter with funny dialogue and a very powerful boot, where stealth is just the thing that goes wrong before a good fight.
Humankind is, by and large, exactly what I hoped it would be: a heavyweight alternative to Civilization in the world of historical strategy.
A challenging golf game set in the ruins of a future Earth, Golf Club Wasteland takes this classic sport to new, imaginative heights.
Twelve Minutes' time loop puzzle is layered and weird, but its short time limit doesn't find the sweet spot between tense and frustrating.
Recompile's a hacking action adventure game that makes exploring code a platforming, puzzling treat, but could make things a bit clearer sometimes.
It takes a little time to warm up, but once you're over that hump, Tales Of Arise is a charming RPG powered by a battle system that never slows down.
One man’s musical mission in The Artful Escape is an audio visual delight, but there’s not enough room for expression or mastery.
Life Is Strange: True Colors has the most interesting power and likeable cast I can remember in a Life Is Strange game. I just wish it did more with its story.
It is playful. It's fun. It's climbing inside a giant wedding cake, riding flying letters, taking part in a giant cooking show with eggs that are excited to be boiled kind of fun.
Cyberpunk 2077 is huge, sprawling, complex, and deeply flawed. It’s at its best as a fairly straightforward singleplayer action game, with likable characters and thrilling capers in a fascinatingly detailed open world that looks better than any game before it. It’s at its worst if you want it to be an RPG, an approach-as-you-please Deus Ex successor, or a polished piece of software. I enjoyed my time with it a lot, and I even want more of it, though I’m going to spend years complaining about its flaws. I’ll enjoy the complaining, too.
Unto The End is a 2D sword fighting game about a little beardy man trying to find his way back home after getting lost …