If DICE is telling the truth and Battlefield V develops into a long-term, always evolving online game, fans are in for a treat. The bones of BFV are robust. It looks outstanding, plays great, and the stories of World War 2 are a constant draw for history fans. There are rough patches for the time being, but if those get smoothed out and the content pipeline remains full, Battlefield V stands to have a very, very long shelf life with shooter fans.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey, for better or worse, feels like a palette swap of Origins.
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If tight, challenging combat, and infinite replayability in a charmingly depressing setting is your cup of tea, Dead Cells is the game for you.
If you love a great story told with devastating style, you need to play through Nier Automata several times.
Although there's a very competent core loop and entertaining resource management sim somewhere within State of Decay 2, it's really, really, broken. Unacceptably so. It frustrated me mightily to see a flash of a game I wanted to play, only to be immediately reminded that it's not ready for release.
At about 5 hours long The Thin Silence isn't a huge time investment, but a big chunk of that time is the mechanical segments that only distracted from the more interesting and important story.
The characters and story really make Far Cry 5 a brave product.
________________________ “Every action needs to be carefully considered in Surviving Mars
It may not consume your whole year like FTL did, but Into The Breach is a tighter and more concentrated experience that's well worth the money.
_____________________ “I expected some microtransactions, but it's an exceptionally greasy implementation.
hanging onto the arm hair of a huge ape as it tries to shake you off probably shouldn't be trivial
_____________________________ “The game doesn't manage to create anything resembling tension as you play
_______________________ “It's breathtaking, it's whimsical, it's monumental.
Speaking of annoying, the movement and combat in The Evil Within 2 are largely a source of frustration.
It misses the thrill of slamming a quarter down on a cabinet in some dimly lit arcade and throttling some jerk who thinks they're a pretty radical Windjammer.
The Lion's Song is a game that leans hard on its storytelling and pulls it off in fine fashion.
________________________ “I didn't feel much motivation to try new things when old solutions were still perfectly serviceable.
Don't like grey areas? Just become the Borg via the hive mind belief system
The fantastic combat and strong story points far outweigh the technical missteps and more cringeworthy moments.