Abigail Shannon
Awkwardly straddling the line between unnerving war drama and vapid teen adventure, Long Gone Days is embroiled in an uncomfortable identity crisis.
While Fort Solis might have seemed promising, the odd design choices, such as not being able to spring or run, coupled with QTEs that otherwise ruin the gameplay, sadly sabotages the game. This is a shame as the game features some lovely visuals thanks to Unreal Engine 5, a compelling narrative, and some amazing performances from industry veterans.
Sea of Stars is a love letter to classic 1990s JRPGs that transcends the genre and perfects the form.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a stylish, intense, and thoroughly fun game adaptation that excellently captures the spirit of its source material.
Red Dead Redemption on the Switch is the exact same Western epic you know and love. That's both its greatest strength and its greatest weakness.
Videoverse joins an immensely charming, detailed snapshot of early 2000s online fandom with an intermeshed web of heartfelt and incredibly human (sub)plots.
Venba is a game which explores cooking and eating as rituals used to form and access our memories.