Year Walk is a minimalist point-and-click chiller that affectingly and disturbingly strains for meta-fiction.
Think of Rare Replay like an entire Criterion Collection for video games in one package.
Only the human character models and their clunky facial animations suffer from a lack of realism compared to the stunningly detailed environments, and this remaster’s lack of ray tracing and HDR are odd for a game that boasts not only strong light effects but also makes both light and dark such an integral part of the gaming experience. Regardless, while Alan Wake Remastered doesn’t substantially alter the twisted tale of the writer and the dark forces that bind him, there’s enough here that connects to the events in Control and it’s Alan Wake-centered AWE DLC episode to makes the return trip to Bright Falls a worthwhile one.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is the perfect antidote to Call of Duty and Battlefield fatigue, replacing the grim, decrepit, gray-and-brown battle zone with vibrantly colorful gardens and crypts, where unlikely nemeses face off in hilarious, and strategic, skirmishes.
Luigi might be luckless, but he's still a force to be reckoned with across this, the most variety-rich Luigi's Mansion game to date.
A successful tech demo that allows one to truly feel like Iron Man, the game is also a strong superhero narrative in its own right.
Some of the best features are frustratingly kept out of the player's hands for hours, by which time many will have lost interest.
At its best, the game sustains an effectively ominous atmosphere as it channels recognizable childhood fears.
Dead Rising 4 is a defanged sequel unlikely to satisfy fans of the series or appeal to new ones.
There's no mystery to Union, which is grounded in exactly the way that the Beacon Mental Hospital was not.