Alex Spencer
Immaculate anime stylings aside, Orbitals doesn't bring an awful lot to the post-It Takes Two co-op renaissance, but switch to Japanese and it's never a bad hang.
It's all very reminiscent of being aboard the Normandy, in Mass Effect.
This brilliant adventure creates a whole world from one character with a unique ability
As a successor to Disco Elysium, ZA/UM's spy-fi RPG is a little too fearful to roll the dice on something new. But if the systems and themes are a little too familiar in Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, that does mean some of the old charm persists – and if you can look past the odd irritation, you'll find an NPC crew worth getting to know in Portofiro.
An inventive Souls-meets-roguelike that frustrates and delights in equal measure.
A multiversal master of none, with a messy but intriguing combat system at its core.
An excellently-crafted shooter, especially with friends.
Floaty combat and repetition mean this cartoon brawler is never more than a pretty face.