City of Brass is a beautiful, highly-polished and mostly successful attempt at turning the genre on its head by making it more accessible to everyone, from rogue-lite veterans to first time players. With a unique and intuitive new combat style and some innovative takes on genre conventions, you'll find plenty to like about City of Brass no matter what your skill level.
I have been writing about video games for almost 20 years now, and in all that time I have never given any game a perfect score. Until now.
Pinball FX 3 is all about the nostalgia of the golden age of arcades, and it nails that perfectly.
Is The Division worth another chance? The answer to that question, on any front, is "absolutely".
In the end, de Blob 2 is mostly a game about creative expression and pleasant visual experiences.
Platform games live and die by their controls, and Epic Dumpster Bear, for all its wacky presentation and goofy fun, just can't make the leap from novelty item to legitimate recommendation.
The story is solid, though, as is the overall presentation. You don't need to be a fan of the franchise to enjoy this game, but I have no doubt that true fans are going to find even more to love than I did.
Dynasty Warriors deserved better than this, and I hope Omega Force gets another shot to do this franchise justice, because this is not how the tales of the Three Kingdoms should end.
If you're hard up for some old school 2D platforming, and willing to put up with some notable shortcomings, Shiny might do the trick
Indie games have shown the value of smaller studios making unique games beholden only to their vision and not the economic constraints of AAA development, and Demimonde's Octahedron now stands shoulder to shoulder with the best of them, thanks to an amazing soundtrack, creative level design and presentation, and singular vision.