Robert Purchese
A dazzlingly different debut with a haunting sense of place and adventure.
If you can ignore the story, It Takes Two has some of the best co-op gameplay in years.
Trials of Fire is a complex but seductive deck-building strategy game about sculpting the perfect RPG team.
An interactive movie that tells a memorable story of human choices.
An unforgettable story of desperation and hope in beautiful, gruesome, plague-ridden 14th Century France.
A focus on history makes this an RPG like no other, but its pleasures can leave a sour taste.
A brave VR murder mystery experiment inspired by immersive theatre, but the asking price is too high.
The follow-up to New Star Soccer is better on Switch, but it's '15 more expensive.
A promising conspiracy that's over before it's begun.
It's a game which feels almost there.
There's witty and satisfying puzzling here but it takes patience to get through it.
Love is a warm but brief puzzle game about playing with time and fate and people's lives.
The Dark Alliance revival lacks finesse, and local co-op, but give it time and it's not without its own charms.
It's a great concept, and it's perfectly enjoyable, but it lacks the excitement and flourishes it needs to really come alive.
King Arthur: Knight's Tale is not without its charms, then, but it's not the once and future king you might have been waiting for. Maybe watch Fast and Furious instead.
Dome Keeper merges digging and base defence but struggles to make either a success in their own right.
There's a confidence to Manor Lords that belies its one-person development, and what's there can be spellbinding, but it's a pastoral idyll that still needs significant development.
Soulslike thrills combine with sky-high production values to make Path of Exile 2 a hugely impressive package, even in early access.