Gareth Brading's Reviews
Lamplight City is an excellently crafted adventure, and well worth experiencing for the opportunity to interact with a unique alternative world.
Mechwarrior 5 is a welcome return to form for the venerable series.
Yakuza 0 is an excellent opening chapter to the mainline Yakuza series.
Overall Warlords of New York is mainly more of the same, and although this isn’t a bad thing, it feels very safe.
You can create some beautiful and fun things in Dreams, but only a dedicated minority will have the energy and drive to actually do so.
Neversong doesn’t do anything incredibly different from games before it, but everything it does do it pulls off excellently.
If you’ve been put off from trying a JRPG fearing they are a complex timesink, Ys: Memories of Celceta is a fantastic place to dispel those aspersions. It gives you an experience that feels meaningful and worthwhile.
Disaster Report 4 might be technically lacking in a lot of areas, but it is stuffed full of heart.
Maid of Sker doesn't break the mold of traditional survival horror, but it executes its formula with proficient aplomb.
The Revenant Prince is an interesting fusion of styles and themes, with a very unique story underpinning the experience.
Crusader Kings III is a truly great sequel; a fascinatingly deep and rewarding game with options to make it easier than ever for newcomers to get acquainted.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker is a solid game, severely hampered by technical and control limitations on consoles.
Windbound is fine for a short pleasure cruise, but you're unlikely to want to complete the full voyage.
Iron Harvest is a decidedly old-school RTS with some modern trappings, with a bombastic main campaign with a surprisingly well written story.
Watch Dogs: Legion is another competent Ubisoft open-world adventure with plenty to do, and while it manages to communicate its message better than anticipated, it can’t manage to fully commit to it.
Kosmokrats has a funny, well-written story and a great soundtrack, but the somewhat frustrating puzzle design and control can occasionally hamper your enjoyment.
Möbius Front ’83 is different from Zachtronics usual outings, but it doesn’t entirely create an experience that feels both strategic and rewarding.
Cyberpunk 2077 is a classic example of feature creep, resulting in an interesting but extremely buggy experience.
If you’ve the patience of a saint to be at the whim of the gods, Gods Will Fall is your kind of game.
Loop Hero is a satisfyingly rich experience, and you don’t have to be a Roguelike masochist to enjoy it.