Starbreeze's collaboration with first-time game director Josef Fares is a soaring success, joining wholly unique and effective controls with a vivid visual language.
Dragon's Crown, George Kamitani's latest game made for Vanillaware, is a soup of his very favorite ingredients
Golf Story is confident, smooth, and its lighter than light approach to everything from art to humor to play is perfectly matched with the Switch's play anytime, anywhere form factor. Forget the agony and ecstasy of real golf. This is a really good time.
Saints Row IV is a farce about gangs running government and alien invasions, but its also a smart, ridiculously fun statement on one game developer's journey.
Resident Evil HD not only preserves Shinji Mikami's classic, but introduces a new control scheme that perfectly balances its delicious challenge.
Metro Redux is the physical realization of 4A Games' impressive, admirable ambition.
The action's the same as Smash 3DS, but the Smash Wii U package itself is unexpectedly different in ways both big and small.
Bayonetta 2 is a game whose gargantuan barrage of sex, violence, and surrealism sets the mind on fire in the best possible way.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS isn't perfect, but it comes very close.
Kirby Triple Deluxe is an approachably frivolous game on the outside, but it's hiding an expertly engineered, hilariously weird game within.
Grim Fandango invites you to find meaning in just one life. It just so happens that you're already dead when it starts.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD preserves the best and worst of the 2006 original. Its opening can be tedious, but it's worth enduring so you can experience such a magical world.
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue is essential for the faithful, flummoxing for newcomers, and a promising start to the series' life on PS4 and Xbox One.
In the absence of an epic tale, a torrent of doodads to collect, or some time-devouring crafting system—all the fixtures big business gaming says you need to survive today—Knack 2 just works.
Ultra Street Fighter IV is, for a casual player, the best Street Fighter IV, thanks to a large roster of well-balanced fighters.
Not much new for veterans, but FIFA 15 remains a deep well of quality that continues to improve accessibility to its sweet sport.
Ultimate Evil Edition is an admirably cultivated realization of Diablo III's hidden ecosystem of rules, action, and randomly generated loots.
Rogue Legacy hooks you immediately with speedy action, and keeps you hooked with deep character building and exploration.
Trials Fusion gracefully sidesteps the same-old treatment with new flavors and added complexity that build on RedLynx's well-established foundation.
Double Helix turns in the best playing Strider ever made, but its game lacks the vital visual panache of its predecessors.