Martin Robinson
Capcom's oddest Resident Evil spin-off yet is also its scrappiest, with uneven execution obscuring an otherwise entertaining online shooter.
A breezy sci-fi adventure emboldened by its use of VR that is undone by its mundane underpinnings.
Metroid's first outing in years strips away the series' isolation and exploration for a serviceable co-op experience.
Codemasters nerds out for its most detailed, most hardcore and most satisfying Formula One game to date.
A throwback to a different age, Recore's enjoyable adventure is ultimately undone by a litany of problems.
Evolution Studio's great game is stripped back for this VR standalone, losing more than it gains in the process.
This stylish sports shooter shows that traditional multiplayer games can work in VR, but it can't quite prove that they should.
VR finds its killer app in a 15-year-old Dreamcast game.
Battlefield remixes the formula for its move to WWI, resulting in a patchy but playable campaign and outstanding multiplayer.
Crytek's VR outing is a sumptuous theme park ride that's sadly too shallow and bland to justify the full-price cost of entry.
An exquisite eye for detail and a nerdish passion for the sport makes this a fine foundation that's slightly undone by a handful of flaws.
Schlocky, supple and slicker than what's gone before, Sniper Elite 4 is a riotously entertaining WW2 stealth adventure.
Guerrilla Games goes open world in this sumptuous, enjoyable yet overly generic new age sci-fi RPG.
Hudson Soft's much-loved series gets a surprise revival where great local multiplayer is balanced out by weak online and a premium price.
Sumo Digital makes its solo debut with an old school platformer that's inventive, charming and a little too frequently infuriating.
Nintendo fixes one of Mario Kart 8's only shortcomings in a generous port of a modern masterpiece.
Scanner Sombre is a fascinating experiment that's beautiful, smart and a little too insubstantial.
NBA Jam is revived in this spiritual successor, though not everything's quite as you remember it...
A revival of a 1992 Famicom game that never made it out of Japan, there's more to Echoes than a mere history lesson.
The dearly departed Studio Liverpool's much-loved series is given a lush makeover in this generous compilation.