Oppressive lo-fi visuals and brutalist architecture somehow create a game of laidback curiosity and exploration
A miserable cocktail of ideas from other action-platformers and the worst parts of Rick and Morty.
A graphical overhaul offers a gentler way of playing this vast, strange strategy game of staggering intricacy
An exhaustive reworking of a foundational dark fantasy epic, with some quietly radical new ideas.
The latest DC adaptation struggles to craft something spectacular from its ensemble cast and role-playing action
An aimless-feeling revamp of 2016's best multiplayer game, slightly coarsened by free-to-play grinding.
A beautifully structured, rich and thoughtful adventure with gentle but decisive RPG elements.
An exhilarating, fluid, incredibly broken mage-'em-up set in tortured procedural worlds.
While component tales and battles can be hit-and-miss, this elderly Squaresoft anthology is a wonderful testament to its genre's flexibility and range.
An entertaining celebration of sleight of hand from the makers of Reigns
A brutal but graceful and comprehensible mix of ideas from Warhammer, XCOM and Gears Tactics.
Above all, though, Kaiju Wars has a wonderful feel for the cadence of a monster movie. It's always building towards those third-act reversals when your literally downtrodden cast of 16-bit expendables finally manages to break the creature's stride, your tanks ramming its ankles so that your experimental laser can rumble into firing range, in what feels exactly like the fruition of a desperate plan concocted in the back of a racing Humvee. What occasionally looks like a thin parody is, in fact, a labour of earnest affection for a species of story that, as with zombie movies, most nerds understand at the level of muscle memory. Forget sinister illuminati-style organisations - the kaijus' most fanatical adherents are surely the developers themselves.
A serviceable restoration of one of the best and strangest games in Squaresoft's back catalogue.
A bold, atmospheric yet dissatisfying ensemble RPG shooter, full of untapped promise.
Singlehandedly manage a steampunk sailboat in this ramshackle but glorious anti-open world game
An elegant martial arts meditation on temporality and self-possession, set in a loving but touristy idea of China.
An excellent, deceptively unshowy blend of platformer and roguelike.
A work of powerful ugliness that skilfully refuses to find the fun.
The engrossing flagship Xbox shooter returns with its fabled craggy supersoldier and plenty of style but not quite enough bang.
A folk horror spectacle turned score-attacker that will give you nightmares in a matter of minutes.