Exceptional characters, heartfelt storytelling and enjoyable action threaten to be engulfed by endless bugs and hasty, uneven design.
New tricks will make the headlines, but Sports Interactive's best move is to breathe new life into the brilliance that's already there.
Pok'mon Sword and Shield's final expansion is a fantastic, enticing endgame area that also shows just how great these games could have been.
With some imperfections, Toys For Bob delivers an enjoyable, goofy, deviously challenging and occasionally genius sequel.
A mostly thorough remake of 2002's original, Mafia: Definitive Edition has its moments - but it struggles by the standards of today.
Draknek masters a genre with a game of little touches, big challenge, and giant heart.
Limited by a rote and rigid world, Sucker Punch's samurai homage pairs okay action with enjoyably committed, if awkwardly fawning melodrama.
Riot Games delivers a masterclass in competitive integrity, soulless precision and zealous, life-consuming obsession.
Pok'mon's first ever expansion offers sunny vibes and another, more open world, but is still lacking the substance to do much with it.
A predictably grim spin on a legendary action license that really deserves better, Predator: Hunting Grounds is unworthy prey.