Gareth Brading's Reviews
Highwater has some good writing and atmosphere, but the light exploration and turn-based battles don’t feel particularly engaging.
Alone in the Dark certainly lives up to being the best game in the franchise since The New Nightmare in 2001.
Sixty Four merges an excellent visual style with a solid upgrade path and interesting meta-narrative to provide a satisfyingly addictive time-sink.
Kerbal Space Program 2 is much improved since first released, but still needs further work before it will properly make it into orbit.
A Highland Song is frequently beautiful, elegiac and magical, but one’s tolerance for its somewhat uneven gameplay will impact enjoyment.
SteamWorld Build is still a lovely merger of streamlined city-builder and dungeon delver.
While the hard sci-fi story is consistently interesting, the slow pace of The Invincible may be frustrating for some.
The Talos Principle 2 was more than worth the wait.
Phantom Liberty and update 2.0 absolutely makes Cyberpunk 2077 a lot closer to what its original vision had promised.
Starfield is an enormous and impressive experience, but it struggles to make its myriad parts feel like a cohesive whole.
En Garde! is a game which invokes the spirit of Zorro in the best way.
For those well acquainted with the works of the famous French author, Verne: The Shape of Fantasy is an unequivocal recommendation.
Viewfinder might not be a particularly long experience, but I never stopped loving its unique photographic magic trick.
Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 skews rather too close to simply redoing the original game again but in a futuristic setting.
System Shock is an excellent example of a remake done right.
If you lower your expectations, Redfall is decent, mindless fun. But as a game from Arkane Studios, it’s a disappointment.
Although there’s nothing to find off the beaten path, the set-pieces and environments of Bramble: The Mountain King are definitely worth seeing.
Clash: Artifacts of Chaos has a dazzlingly beautiful art style, but struggles to make the moment to moment gameplay feel fun.
Drop – System Breach is an excellent speed hacker, continually holding you on the edge of chaos as you try to juggle half a dozen different tasks simultaneously.
It doesn’t reinvent the formula, but Like a Dragon: Ishin! successfully spins off from mainline Yakuza in the 19th Century yarn.