It all feels mightily uneven. For every thrilling gunfight or anecdote-worthy encounter in the wilderness are other stories of frustration or key non-player characters wandering away from the objective and getting stuck on a rock
As the third entry in the fearsomely oppressive survival-shooter series, Metro Exodus appears to set its stool out early.
If there is one thing that Respawn's potential Fortnite killer Apex Legends appreciates, it is the delights of a properly executed slide.
Labelling this new version of Capcom's survival-horror classic a 'remake' somehow feels like an curious understatement.
At times it can feel that Capcom's samurai adventure Onimusha is one of the PS2's forgotten classics.
Sega has released Catherine Classic, Atlus's surreal cult puzzle-platformer, as an upgraded PC port on Steam today.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate, for all its accessibility and riotous multiplayer fun, may be one of the few mainstream Nintendo games that isn’t necessarily for everyone. But that’s okay. Because in pursuing its more technical elements and providing its most substantial solo adventure yet, it's hard to see Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as anything other than a series’ best.
Battlefield 5 is without doubt one of the most perplexing video game releases of recent years.
Hot off the rip-roaring success of Pokémon Go, the mobile app that had kids of all ages prowling the streets in search of the cutesy pocket monsters, here is the Switch console's Pokémon Let's Go.
Football Manager 2019 is the most compelling and involving upgrade of the game since, for my money, the superb FM14. While some old niggles remain --press interaction still needs its proper overhaul, for instance-- its commitment to openness and accessibility has not come at the cost of its extraordinary depth. Quite the opposite. We go again.
As you move around the country and the gang's predicament shifts, the complexion of both game and narrative can change to a startling degree. It is nothing if not carefully considered.
As a card-carrying member of the single-player society, it was with some trepidation I dived into Call of Duty:
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the finest the series has ever been, building on the role-playing roots laid down by Origins. An occasionally scruffy triumph of historical world-building, play and, perhaps most importantly, Grecian character.
Is there a more quintessentially British driving experience than guiding a Land Rover across a roundabout in the Cotswolds, a light drizzle pattering across the windshield as Classic FM lilts from the radio?
Yes, the swinging is sensational.
That the combat is so satisfying is the game's real boon, as without it the structure could lend itself to repetition.
For better or worse, French developer Quantic Dream has forged quite the reputation for its lavish interactive dramas.
One of the most gorgeous, spectacular and impactful blockbusters of the generation
Far Cry 5 may not be the biting allegory on the rise of the "alt-right" in Trump's United States that some envisaged, but it still cuts close to the bone of the culture of God-fearing, gun-toting rural America.
Any issues melt away as you leap whooping from your seat, punching the air after you slay a giant beast while on your last sliver of health. In Monster Hunter: World, those heart-pounding epiphanies happen with thrilling regularity.