Christian Donlan
Arkane's vampire thriller is muddled and deeply compromised, but has moments of real charm.
An indie prequel with a disarming number of ideas to share.
An escape from alien invasion, with beautiful art direction.
This is a slight muddle of a game, but it has its pleasures.
Knockabout sugary fun for four players.
Abe's Exoddus gets a generous upgrade in this slightly patchy adventure.
This Greek myth has a few borrowings too many.
A fast-paced arcade game with the soul of a puzzler.
The classic formula gets an energising remix in this standalone charmer.
Rogue Corps is elevated at times by the fact that it's hard to truly screw up a twin-stick shooter.
A homage to the genre-blending classic ActRaiser that never quite gets off the ground.
A brisk free-roaming action game with a clicker-ish heart.
Beneath the bland mascot lurks a decent arcade game.
Care, generosity and love have gone into this attempt to recreate some legendary tactics games, but is it enough?
Ubisoft's late-stage toys-to-life entry is pretty, derivative and slightly lacking in charm.
Kite the good fight.
Bubsy's return is more than a little underwhelming.
Improvements abound, but Knack's adventures still suffer from a lack of charm.
This ruminative travel game is beautiful, poised, and a little predictable.
There are showier VR games out there, for sure, but this is a nice thing to return to once you've had your fill of gimmicks.