Like if an immersive sim got caught in a teleporter accident with Uncharted. Some aspects of The Great Circle are weaker than others, but it joins Batman Arkham and Goldeneye in the god tier of licensed games.
Judero is peak indie game: Funky, weird, rough and wonderful in a way only such a small, ambitious project could be.
Anger Foot is a funny, unique FPS only slightly let down by performance issues.
Phantom Liberty doesn't reinvent Cyberpunk 2077, but it is CD Projekt firing on all cylinders to tell a great RPG story.
Amnesia: The Bunker is an essential horror game and an inspired next step for the series.
Hrot's very final boss was a joke that didn't land for me after an unbroken string of ones that did, but otherwise it's pure boomer shooter excellence.
The Last Worker's free-flying hovercraft gameplay is inventive, but its most exciting implications are left boxed up
Goat Simulator 3 neither excels at gif-able joke physics nor at being a structured singleplayer platformer.
Vampire Survivors has been an early access sensation, and its full release would be well-worth your time even if it wasn't the price of a large latte.
Checkpoint woes and a short runtime couldn't keep this body horror sci-fi game from burrowing into my skull.
Sunday Gold didn't set my mind on fire like those artsy fartsy RPG/adventure game hybrids, but it makes up for it with honest, lunch pail, hardcore resource management.
The Skywalker Saga's competent design is elevated by its infectious, charming sense of humor.