Jamie Trinca
Second Son rations the good stuff, giving too little too late.
Oh winged death, how we've missed you...
An embarrassment on all fronts.
It's a Worms game.
First Light is Second Son with most of the fat trimmed, making it ideal for newcomers.
The feature list is bare, but the Sims themselves are incredible.
Worth it if you're willing to put up with a lot of rough fallout.
A triumph of emergent gameplay, slightly let down by a heavily scripted ending.
A confident reinvention, despite the obviously low budget.
Pure stealth that you'll gleefully die your way through.
Unity may have the intention of being Assassin's Creed's next-gen reinvention, but it's remarkably faithful to its roots.
Every component of Mad Max is at least satisfactory: at best, fantastic. While it mostly relies on a tried and tired Ubisoft-open-world formula, the exhilarating car combat, the gleeful punk-rock absurdity of its world and the characters that populate it, and its almost flawless presentation make it something more than the sum of its well worn parts.
If Minecraft was around 25 years ago, this would be the Saturday-morning cartoon tie-in. And that's a good thing.
Geralt’s final hours are his absolute best.
A decent adventure game with lots of ropey bits. Just like the last one, and the one before it.
An ocean of stars, a thimble of possibilities.
Scorn is an exercise in environmental storytelling, eschewing cutscenes and exposition in favour of simply letting the player piece things together for themselves. It doesn't provide all the answers, leaving much of its deeper meaning wide open to interpretation: and it's all the more compelling as a result.