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Despite a compromised controller and patchy console polish, moments of transcendent wonder keep Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 aloft on PS5.
Rather than reinvent the wheel that its predecessors spun, Octopath Traveler 0 adapts the mobile-only Champions of the Continent into a full-fledged RPG with lots to do.
You would think adapting Sung Jinwoo's rise to power would be easy, especially given its action-heavy focus, but Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive will prove you terribly wrong.
Kirby Air Riders realizes the full potential of its predecessor, delivering a chaotic, colourful and vibrant experience that is not only overflowing with enough content to keep you hooked for dozens of hours, but is unique and enjoyable enough to make sure that you don't question whether the time you're clocking in is time well spent.
A loving homage to the Marvel Comics of old, a fitting adaptation of the Annihilation Saga and an incredible beat 'em up in its own right, Marvel Cosmic Invasion is simply fantastic.
As a spiritual successor to Project CARS, Project Motor Racing takes a major step forward in car handling and environmental feel, but at full price, its limited content and lack of guidance make it an underwhelming experience.
A.I.L.A. is a fantastic looking game that makes a great first impression. However, spending a few hours with it is enough to expose some of its flaws, including strange puzzles and a lack of coherence between the storytelling and its many different horror experiences.
Total Chaos brings enough to the table to be worth trying, despite minor issues that may affect your enjoyment depending on how much they matter to you. For the most part, though, it's a challenging survival horror experience that's well-designed and consistently focused on building fear and tension.
Of Ash and Steel isn't trying to be a huge triple-A adventure, but while committing to its own vision of a Gothic-like RPG, it has plenty of its own problems to sort out first.
Initially full of potential, Heart Machine's latest eventually runs out of gas when it's not stumbling off some awkward combat issues.
Escape From Tarkov might have been one of the first major extraction shooters, but the genre as a whole still has a lot to learn from its core gameplay and how it builds up tension.
Lumines gets the Tetris Effect treatment, and it's incredible. Is anyone really surprised? Don't worry - the gameplay is enough to sustain you through the trippy synesthesia and then some.
You would think that a Telltale-style episodic adventure game wouldn't take off in this day and age, but Dispatch will prove you wrong (and offer an incredibly endearing story to boot).
This should have been Call of Duty's year to step up, especially given Battlefield's resurgence and the success of ARC Raiders. Instead, it limps in last with an experience that barely even feels like a worthwhile expansion.
Rennsport is a pro-focused racer that shows promise but falls short of Gran Turismo's heights, remaining enjoyable yet held back by notable caveats.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl on PS5 combines hardware-specific features, sonic ambience, and enhanced NPC behaviour to create a gameworld laced with immersive, emergent brilliance.
For a free-to-play game, Where Winds Meet is a stunning experience. Its monetization systems are well balanced, and in my playthrough I never felt the need to spend any real money. There's a lot of content and plenty of top-tier stuff to chase, making the overall package feel like tremendous value.
Age of Imprisonment doesn't do much of note narratively, but as an action game based on Tears of the Kingdom, it's pretty darn good.
Anno 117: Pax Romana is a fantastic new entry in a relatively niche genre that offers more accessible gameplay without sacrificing the depth that the city-building genre is known (and loved) for.
Sacred 2: Remastered doesn't do enough to make revisiting the original on current-gen consoles worthwhile. Its systems feel dated, and the visuals, even at higher resolutions, don't see any meaningful improvement. A solid setting is let down by subpar combat and exploration, and while its ambitions were impressive back in the day, they've long since been matched and surpassed. Unfortunately, this remaster does nothing to change that.