Samuel Horti
The improvements over the original make Super Mega Baseball 2 the best on-field baseball sim on PC.
Mordhau's deep melee combat system creates moments of gory multiplayer medieval magic.
Splatoon 2's formula no longer feels original, but it looks great, its controls are tight, and there's enough variety to give you dozens of hours of multiplayer fun.
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.
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.
Its platforming is clunky, its animations stiff, and you eventually tire of its repeating puzzles—but I'll remember J.J.'s story, and her inner struggles, for a very long time.
A mostly fun, realistic football sim with wonky AI.
An occasionally brilliant immersive sim blighted by bugs and a restrictive save system.
Ambitious ideas and a twisting story are marred by bad design choices.
Punchy combat and a pretty setting can't hide Darksiders 3's flaws.
Flat writing and a confused plot fail to deliver on some promising ideas.
A fascinating, fantastical world let down by plodding pacing.
Elea's first instalment gets less interesting as it goes on, and if that trend continues then Episode 2 could fall flat, especially if bugs and performance problems remain. But it sets up a fascinating world that promises a deeply personal story, and it's not afraid to switch gear and throw odd, dream-like sequences at you. By playing with your expectations, it makes you want to push on just to see what's around the corner.
A mediocre detective game with predictable stealth and a surreal story that runs out of steam near the end.
Crisp combat let down by boring enemies, repetitive missions and a disconnected story.
I Am Bread's amusing premise quickly shows signs of mold. Early giggles hide a frustrating game with control issues, wonky physics, and a lack of meaningful content. It's simply not fun to play.
19 is better than FIFA 18 in almost every way, and it's more fun to play than any other football game right now.
Its zero gravity segments offer something that no other FPS can, and everywhere else it's a solid, polished shooter. If you like the sound of it then I'd jump in now and build up some experience.
Despite its flaws, Tales of Berseria has numerous interesting stories to tell. If the developers had cut the flab and focused almost exclusively on the cast of characters – with some combat thrown in – then I think this would have been a must-play. As it is, I think it’s still worth playing if you’re a fan of story-focused JRPGs, as long as you know you’re strapped in for the long haul.