Excellent VR combat and movement wedged inside a repetitive quest system.
Splitgate's portal gun makes it one of the smartest multiplayer shooters around, but a small player base leads to long, frustrating waits between unbalanced matches.
Mordhau's deep melee combat system creates moments of gory multiplayer medieval magic.
A fascinating, fantastical world let down by plodding pacing.
Crisp combat let down by boring enemies, repetitive missions and a disconnected story.
Sekiro has the best swordfights in any video game. It leans too heavily on its mediocre stealth, but its satisfying combat will keep you going through hundreds of brutal deaths.
An occasionally brilliant immersive sim blighted by bugs and a restrictive save system.
Punchy combat and a pretty setting can't hide Darksiders 3's flaws.
The strength of its new dinos will pull me back now and again, if only to float around aimlessly on my favourite Gasbag. But as the last of the planned expansions for Ark, Extinction is far from the swan song that I was hoping for.
A mediocre detective game with predictable stealth and a surreal story that runs out of steam near the end.