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Rico's third adventure stays the course, but at least this course involves slingshotting cows off of cliffs.
Slick production values, solid controls, and tons of fan service can't make up for mediocre progression and a lack of content.
Fallout 4 may feel overly familiar to some, but there are plenty of places to go, people to see, and mutants to shoot, and most of those things are still exciting to visit, look at, and murder (though not necessarily in that order). The occasionally extreme performance issues found in the console versions of Fallout 4 make those versions more difficult to recommend than their PC counterpart. [OpenCritic note: PC version rated 4/5 stars. XB1 and PS4 versions rated at 3/5 stars.]
A bolder, more capable Lara Croft returns for an adventure that's more varied and fun than Tomb Raider has seen in years.
WWE 2K16 improves on the many things wrong with last year's game, but not nearly enough.
It doesn't offer many surprises, but Syndicate represents a return to form for Assassin's Creed.
You'd think a game with this many modes and features would be more exciting than it is.
The quality feel of the driving and nice-looking environment are buried under heaps of technical issues and bland objectives.
You'll spot some rough edges and notice some omissions, but Halo 5 looks great, plays well, and has enough options to keep you coming back.
Rock Band 4 feels more like a maintenance release than a proper relaunch of this once-popular franchise.
Don't play this game.
The Beginner's Guide offers a personal and sometimes eerie perspective on amateur game development.
Destiny's biggest expansion to date makes the game a whole lot more enjoyable and easier to recommend.
Undertale combines charming characters, smart writing, and a unique combat system to make one of this fall's biggest surprises.
Uneven pacing and a handful of poor design decisions can't bring down Cradle's unique, sci-fi mystery.
Metal Gear Solid V practically redefines the notion of what open-world gameplay can be.
Avalanche's take on George Miller's post-apocalyptic wasteland is replete with striking visuals, basically enjoyable busywork, and not much else.
For the second year in a row, Madden makes smart, interesting changes that genuinely improve the experience.
Super Mario Maker lets you create as many Kuribo's Shoe-focused levels as your heart can take and then some. The pipes work and you can make giant goombas and stack them up as high as the screen. You can press play and get served up an endless array of user-created levels of varying degrees of quality. If any of that sounds even slightly appealing, you'll probably love this thing to death.
The campaign has aged pretty poorly and the graphical updates to the campaign side of Gears of War feel half-baked, so unless you're really excited for the competitive part of Gears of War, there's nothing for you here.