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Belmont’s Curse is a tightly crafted, enjoyable modern Metroidvania, even if its Castlevania branding distract from its strengths.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 boasts the series most well-rounded experience. Excellent outings for campaign, multiplayer, and the outstanding DMZ mode come together to make for a strong Modern Warfare entry, and possibly the best of the reboot series. Infinity Ward has found their magic again – this is how you evolve a long-running franchise.
The fusion of Silver Pines’ many elements is what allows it to stand out among the horde of alternative survival horror games.
Planet Zoo 2 is one of my favorite management games ever. Even with the bugs I encountered, this is one I’ll be playing for years to come. The work that went into making these animals come to life is something that shouldn’t be ignored. This whole game feels like a real labor of love.
Gears of War: E-Day is now XBOX’s flagship franchise. The campaign’s brutal and stunning recount of Kalona’s fall is immaculate storytelling, featuring revived gameplay via reworked movement systems and the visceral combat we know and love. Although Versus is well-made, it’s lacking depth to promote engaging with the high learning curve. Horde Siege is the best iteration of the mode we’ve ever seen, with a gameplay loop you want to play again and again. E-Day might be one of the easiest recommendations we'll make all year, for purchase and awards season.
Echo Weaver is a very compelling concept for a Metroidvania, and presents some truly great gameplay ideas that I don’t think I’ve seen before. It’s a melding of various mechanics and while some of the resulting design choices make the game stumble just short of reaching excellence, the overall experience is one I can still see echoing in my brain for a long time to come.
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival is an excellent entry into the horror genre and an even better entry into the Hellraiser universe.
Mewgenics is a rare long-delayed passion project that arrives justified.
Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen would be a fantastic expansion were it not for the name Dragon’s Dogma and all it implies.
Forever Ago is an example of creative expression that the industry needs more of, and is definitely worth your time.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer exceeded my expectations to the highest degree and provides a dream combination of Star Wars Podracing and Burnout. With an engaging Campaign Mode, an interesting usage of Podracers, plenty of characters to meet and interact with, tons of customization, cross-platform multiplayer, and beautiful visuals and music; this game is everything I could have hoped for and more! Star Wars: Galactic Racer did more than bring racing back to the Galaxy, it made me believe there’s nothing faster or more dangerous than Podracing.
Taking into perspective the complete package of Echoes of Sekigahara and Most Wanted, Sucker Punch have delivered some of its most distilled, compelling, and well-executed content yet.
End of Abyss is a challenging yet rewarding adventure, at once boasting gorgeous graphics and grotesque visuals, and featuring an intricately crafted facility to explore.
Big Walk is an incredible puzzle game, an incredible co-op game, and an incredible exploration game. If you have a group with even a passing interest in one of those things, big run, don't big walk to play this with them.
Remedy’s choice to bet on themselves is another one worth making. CONTROL Resonant is a stellar sequel that risks everything yet succeeds in nearly every area it touches. Certain design choices and a slow start aside, Resonant has the heart of CONTROL inside it with a beautiful story that reaches your soul, vicious combat, and a spectacular world to explore that only they could build. Shaking things up usually works best with Shake 'n Bake, but Remedy cooks with Resonant's shift from the status quo.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is a phenomenal game, but places so much focus on its story that the gameplay can occasionally feel like an afterthought.
Combined with a frustrating, underwhelming story mode, you’re left with a game that has the potential for fun but does little else to make it a must-play game.
Audio, visuals, haptics, and incredible combat comes together with a solid story that hasn’t been done to death, making Marvel’s Wolverine easily Insomniac’s best comic entry to date. While there is some filler side content, the game never overstays its welcome as it tells its dark and brutal story.
Groove might appear to be a tough and demanding cookie on the surface with its emphasis on precision timing, but the way the game teaches and rewards you for playing are boundless, and it’s a breezy pick up and play game with a treasure trove of extras that’ll keep you wanting and craving more of it.
It feels like we’re still just scratching the surface of what co-op only games can be with the likes of A Way Out, Split Fiction, and now Orbitals. Orbitals is full to bursting with incredible ideas, more than it can properly execute on, but it remains an incredible, fun, and charming experience the whole way through.