Wayne Santos
There is no concept too ridiculous for Volition to exploit and for people with a love of the deranged and silly, Saints Row is one of the funniest games on the market.
Their newest game fixes all the major issues with DAII and gives RPG fans their first classic of the new generation.
Alien: Isolation finally delivers the Alien experience fans have been waiting for.
What we have here is the first, full-on, legitimate mystery game for the current generation.
Treating this game as a single player campaign—while technically feasible—is the weakest aspect of the game.
For $14.99, First Light packs in an impressive amount of entertainment for its asking price.
What's on show here is still a unique—and occasionally maddening—puzzle platforming game with a sense of identity unlike anything else on the market
Ubisoft Montpellier made a decision to not make the player feel powerful, to instead make them afraid of the war.
Watch Dogs is here and it's good but not great.
It's easy to play, but demands real skill at higher levels.
Yes, it's shades of Gundam/Macross, but it's also something so rarely done in a game—let alone done right—that this anime cliché still feels fresh here.
This is just a streamlined version of what fans have encountered in the past, and it's hard to say whether these features will continue in the upcoming Phantom Pain or not.
If you're looking for a solid stealth option—with a truly intimidating set of customizations for difficulty—then Thief is a solid buy during this current drought in the new console generation
Adéwalé is a compelling hero, and one of the few black protagonists in games that isn't simply a gangsta with a heart of gold trying to protect his hood.
Most of the time Shadow Fall is confident about what kind of game it is, and it's when it leaves players to decide how they want to fight it shines.
For fans of Dragon Age, this is a meaty, content-packed piece of DLC that will take a few hours to thoroughly explore, and feels like it naturally slips in with the base game content.
Veterans of both PvZ and Diablo are going to find that Deathtrap handles both genres in a substantial way.
If you're looking for a very different, very open ended, very "freeing" game about jail breaks, The Escapists will appeal to the experimenter and escape artist in you. It's not going to hold your hand when it comes to enacting a brilliant escape from jail, but if you're willing to watch, plan and be patient it's a very rewarding—if demanding—game.
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, is very good portable game that's been snuck onto consoles, and it feels like it.
Apotheon is never a bad game, and occasionally, it's even a great game, but it's never consistently great enough to become a classic in the same way other indie titles like Journey have.