Daniel Hindes
Such player-driven drama, comedy, and action eclipses anything in the disappointing scripted narrative. The Phantom Pain is one of the worst Metal Gear stories ever told. It functions neither as a standalone narrative nor as worthwhile insight into the series overall. And yet, The Phantom Pain is the best stealth-action game ever made, one where playing flawlessly is just as thrilling as outright failure. And boy – what a thrill.
In this strategy game where you command real-time tactical battles entirely with your voice, the greatest threat is the voice recognition system itself.
The PC port of last year's iPad prequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution could do with a few augmentations.
The PS4 port of the hilariously macabre PC game could do with a few operations of its own.
Upper One Games succeeds at bringing Native Alaskan cultural heritage to the fore, but fails at making a good platformer.
Hack 'n' Slash's puzzles esoteric puzzles are alternately delightful and discouraging.
In the Nazi-dominated alternate history of 1960, it takes more than big guns to topple this new regime.
The most fragile hero of side-scrolling platforming returns in a beautiful reimagining of Abe's Oddysee.
Even if Operation: Tango is more a series of puzzles than a traditional stealth game, both my co-op partner and I absolutely felt like secret agents by the end of it – even if we were less James Bond, and more Johnny English.