Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers has some fantastic moments, but it more often succumbs to mundanity.
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition introduces gameplay tweaks and 4K visuals to a 20-year old classic, but not everything holds up to modern standards.
Expeditions: Viking is a rough-hewn game with an abundance of charm. Deep role playing and nuanced, tactical combat save this technical mess.
Urban Empire is a dense city-building simulation with a twist. It focuses not just on zoning and taxes, but also on building your own political dynasty.
Speedball 2 definitely has the speed down, but the barebones multiplayer limits the fun.
Van Helsing III is fun, but its reliance on old assets and disappointing brevity make this action role-playing game less than incredible.
Across the Obelisk is an exciting deck-building RPG that combines a magical fantasy setting with a charming art style and occasionally frustrating combat systems.
Doom VFR has some of the most satisfying and gratuitous action you can get in VR.
Need For Speed Payback feels like stepping into the latest Fast and Furious, and it's a great ride.
Nidhogg is a strange, unholy pastiche of lo-fi aesthetics and surprisingly deep, albeit minimal play; taking cues from decades of arcade-style 1v1 fighting games and modern indie darlings.
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is the epitome of a good game that can be hard to recommend.
Strange Brigade is a delightful cooperative shooter with some technical issues and an idea that isn't given enough room to breathe.
Moonlighter is a delightful adventure into the depths of ancient dungeons and the trials of running an equipment shop.
Attack of the Earthlings is a humorous, inverted take on the familiar alien invasion story, packaged within a decent turn-based strategy game.
Brigador is a destructive romp filled with explosions and death, brought to you by some of the coolest robots around.
Tropico 5 is a clever, tongue-in-cheek riff on tiny, dictatorial countries, and its console port is an excellent counterpart to the modern PC classic.
It's rough, it's incomplete, it's awful in places. But it's also raw and decadent. Soaked to the core in that quintessentially nineties cocktail of cynicism and an exultant love of violence, playing Act of Aggression feels like going back in time and returning to a home that only exists in your oldest memories. And that's special, even if it means dealing with some obtuse design issues.
Stellaris gives you the stars as your playground, proving that Paradox capably translates some of their strategy game prowess into space.
The Surge is an entertaining twist on the Dark Souls formula that strikes a tenuous balance between iteration and invention.
Warlock 2 is a strong sequel that deftly builds on the solid foundation of its predecessor. Unfortunately, not all of its ideas are fully realized.