Mick Fraser's Reviews
Return to Monkey Island feels like a bridge linking some of the absolute best point-and-click adventures of gaming's younger years with the sensibilities of the modern world.
As a straight, old-school stealth experience Serial Cleaners certainly delivers. There's very little fluff or filler, with compact mission areas, clear objectives and little reason to deviate from the plan.
Soulstice is a competent hack and slasher with a solid core concept and an interesting world history that remains somewhat under-explored.
Blackmill Games' dedication to history and realism is certainly commendable, but the result is a game that will only appeal to a very select audience. That said, Isonzo is capable of producing some incredibly tense and atmospheric gameplay.
Sunday Gold may not be pretty, but it's certainly stylish, and a few fresh ideas help make up for its shortcomings.
Next to Greedfall, SteelRising shows just how much Spiders has come on as a developer. There are some kinks for sure, but Aegis' Parisian adventure is easily Spiders' best game to date.
Scathe is a serviceable shooter with a few nice touches, but there's little to set it apart from other Doom-likes.
The Dragoness: Command of the Flame is an enjoyable adventure, but it does feel a little underwhelming compared to other turn-based strategy titles.
Islets is a gorgeous little indie that's definitely worth checking out if you're a Metroidvania aficionado.
You could consider Saints Row a love letter to a time when games worried less over quality and more about fun, but that doesn't excuse its faults.
Addictive gameplay challenges and a smorgasbord of enemies, game mechanics, and locations make Midnight Fight Express a superb indie brawler.
Thymesia is a confident, good-looking Soulslike that arguably ranks among the best of the non-From Software titles in the genre.
From believable characters to the gritty, high-detail art style that seethes with atmosphere and the top-notch sound design, everything feels authentic in Hard West 2.
The Switch doesn't have many racers that offer the same kind of thrills and excitement as Wreckfest at its best.
It's not the most precise or compelling 2D Metroidvania, but what REDSHOT lacks in subtlety it makes up for in likeability.
RimWorld Console Edition is not without its faults and flaws, but there's nothing else out there quite like it.
Pick up Tombstar if you're looking for a time-killer that will challenge you and offer a little catharsis, but don't go in expecting big things.
F.I.S.T remains an excellent action adventure on the Nintendo Switch and an unmissable experience for fans of the genre.
If you're looking for a new Metroidvania, and you like your bosses big and your violence sweary, Loopmancer is an absolute treat.
Bright and colourful, charming and replayable, Arcadegeddon offers a cathartic thrill while promising to scratch that ever-present loot itch.