Stephen Palmer
The Final Station deserves credit for an original concept and some fleeting graphical flourishes.
It's a shame that more of an effort wasn't put in to enliven Alone With You's gameplay.
140's minimalistic style will either be an appeal or a repellent, depending on your taste.
Four Sided Fantasy is pretty to look at and listen to and many of its puzzles are cleverly put together and tough to solve.
Although Lifeless Planet has its fair share of faults, it's not a bad game.
FlatOut 4 could have been a much better experience if its car physics were improved and it had a more varied career mode.
Seasons After Fall is a beautiful game to look at and listen to but it can often be tedious to play due to its insistence on repeated backtracking and general lack of guidance.
Inversus's core gameplay is hectic and it can be fun in short bursts.
Aside from its new Battleground modes and Warden class, the bulk of Morrowind is essentially just more Elder Scrolls Online with little new added to the formula.
Claire does a good job of creating an unsettling world and telling a story that touches on some dark themes.
Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator is an entertaining and original offering that's worth trying out for its novelty value alone.
Butcher is a fun, addictive riff on a classic genre with an uncompromising approach that makes it feel both rewarding and frustrating.
Jotun's undoubtedly a beautiful game but it contains a fair bit of dead time between the action.
The fact that it's still fun to play over two decades after its initial release is a testament to Windjammers' quality base mechanics.
Observer crafts an intriguing and richly detailed futuristic world but it's let down by awful performance issues as well as some drawn-out and tedious segments.
What Remains of Edith Finch is an immersive and memorable experience that succeeds at pulling you into its richly detailed and dreamlike world.
Chambara easily succeeds in its goal to be a fun couch multiplayer game.
With only four chapters, Perception is a short game that doesn't justify its launch price.
Although Moon Hunters can be beaten very quickly, you'll have to complete it many times - and in many different ways - to find all of its secrets.
How to Survive 2 expands on the ideas of its predecessor with mixed results.