A cozy open-world exploration game that offers a relaxing, occasionally tedious, but mostly successful escape from the daily grind.
The anime-inspired storytelling will surprise some, delight others, and confuse everyone else. But this is a welcome return for a classic arcade racing series, and the twin-stick on-track action is fast, fun, and rewarding.
Well-worn genre tropes give way to surprising hidden depths. A complex, flawed, gorgeous, and remarkably generous game that will surprise and delight even as it frustrates.
A slick and polished slice of 2D Metroidvania comfort food that executes well on a familiar formula. A lack of new ideas and a few mechanical stumbles hold it back from reaching the same heights as the classics that inspired it, but it gets close enough to scratch the same itch.