Guild of Dungeoneering is deceptively simple but full of fun.
It's not the polishing of the old that makes it worthy of the current gen, but how far the game is willing to present a twist on mythology.
Worst of all, unlocking the new monsters involves trekking through the tedious campaign over and over again, grinding for experience.
Prototype 2 certainly offers a stronger experience than Prototype, but it's still thoroughly outclassed on current gen consoles by Saints Row IV and Infamous: Second Son. At its best, a remaster can be a great reminder of why we loved a game to begin with. Had the Prototype Biohazard Bundle actually been a full upgrade, it would at least show us how far we've come. But given even Prototype 2's mind-boggling technical limitations, this troubled bundle is more of a reminder that mediocrity is still not obsolete.
The ninja returns, better than ever.
A better version of a great game, but not as definitive as it could be.
It asks us to buy Max as a wasteland messiah whose life consists of spending his most sane years playing fetch.
Players who have already taken this trip with Shadowrun Returns and its expansion may find themselves wanting a bit with the gameplay, and newbies will have quite the learning curve to surmount, but if you see the gameplay as an adequate means to experience the more satisfying narrative end, Shadowrun: Hong Kong more than earns your attention.
It's an experiment that acts as a deconstruction and overjoyed celebration of everything Super Mario Bros.
This is the best kind of remaster: a lovingly crafted technical update that's also a master class on how a developer can evolve ideas.
Tonally schizophrenic, yet still one of the more fascinating game experiences ever made.
Jaw dropping beauty and a hefty challenge await you in in the hallowed realm of Jotun.
It isn't quite the game to finally thrust Assassin's Creed forward into new territory, but it's the one to point the series at true north for the first time in years.
This spectacle is impressive on its own merits, but it spins the story's wheels for way too long.
The aesthetic of the game is immaculate, stark yet beautiful, suggesting what a Fast and the Furious might look like as helmed by Michael Mann.
In Rise of the Tomb Raider, the action set pieces come first and the narratively satisfying reasons to do them second.
The story crafted by Tales isn't just a fine Borderlands sequel, but one of the most enjoyable sci-fi adventure stories in recent memory.
Imagine a roller coaster that stops for maintenance every 30 feet and doesn't allow you to exit, even after you've already been around the track a few dozen times.
David Cage's best "interactive drama" experiment to date comes to PS4 in better shape than ever.
The game's images convey less the abstract terror of an unknown world than they do a sub-American McGee warping of childhood innocence.