Heidi Kemps
Live A Live is a beautiful remake of an overlooked classic that should not be missed by JRPG fans.
The games remain timeless classics, but the Sonic Origins wrapper leaves something to be desired.
While Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is nothing novel, it is a charming and enjoyable experience.
Gotta Protectors is a sleeper hit that offers a delightful mix of retro aesthetics and action/strategy gameplay unlike anything else.
King of Fighters XV isn't revolutionary, but it's a solid, feature-laden package with personality and style.
Windjammers 2 offers fast-paced and intensely fun online and offline versus play, but there's little to keep your interest if you're flying solo.
Shin Megami Tensei V may be slow-paced, but its strategic turn-based combat and dark, foreboding atmosphere deliver a challenging and rewarding RPG experience.
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl offers a smashing competitive experience… but that's about all the substance it has.
There isn't much new in this best-of compilation, but when the core package is this well-made and feature-packed, that's easy to overlook.
Tales of Arise is a lengthy, beautiful RPG adventure, but has messy combat and uneven pacing on occasion.
The story of Scarlet Nexus might be a mess, but fun action and great character moments make it worth your time.
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown delivers a deep, satisfying fighting game experience--provided you're okay with barebones single-player and inconsistent online play.
Miitopia's great character creation is wasted on a shallow, repetitive RPG experience.
Gnosia mixes social deduction gameplay with great characters and a visual novel presentation for a memorable experience.
Cyber Shadow's swift, skillful gameplay and memorable boss fights are dragged down somewhat by some frustrating platforming.
The fluffy pastel-candy aesthetic and charming setting of Calico is soured by simplistic gameplay.
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is a charming puzzle mix that doesn't improve much on the original.
This rice is anything but bland.
Genshin Impact offers a very well-made action-RPG as a free-to-play service--though it's not without a few caveats.
13 Sentinels stumbles a bit when it comes to combat, but the story it tells is absolutely superb.