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The Evil Within 2 is a more coherent and purposeful journey, strengthened by its voyage into non-linear level design, while at the same time reinforcing the foundation with which the original's gameplay often shined through on.
Although Who Needs You provides some of the season's most emotionally charged scenes, the episode's inconsistency with its tone and story progression, and all-too-familiar gameplay and technical issues make for a lackluster penultimate chapter that only looks to harm the upcoming season finale. Telltale may need to find its own Eternity Forge to revive the series' attempt at wrapping up this dysfunctional space family's premiere story.
After Death is a welcome addition to any metroidvania fan's game collection.
Those who devour slice of life high school tales will not likely have qualms about playing this one.
Wonderful Everyday is an absolute enigma.
Axiom Verge was already one of the best Metroid-style games in years and it lands on the Switch like it belongs there.
Typically, a more rigid outline is used in writing up a review to create a flow that is comprehensible, allowing the reader to separate out thoughts and opinions in an intelligible manner.
The Pact provides a highly compelling, Bruce Wayne-focused episode that continues to push the momentum of this season forward at a fast pace. The lack of common Telltale features may be a bit off-putting to some fans, but those eager to see Gotham's diverse cast of characters at their best will find plenty to enjoy with The Pact.
Inmates is a textbook example of untapped potential.
Speaking personally, Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online was a tonic I needed that arrived at just the right time.
And yet, while there will likely be times where it seems like the game has cheated you out of a successful parry or likewise isn't sure what counts as a hit or not, it goes without saying that for a studio that had to remortgage just to finish it, what Studio MDHR have crafted here over the course of three years is a special, once-in-a-generation type of game.
Once again, Turn 10 Studios proves that they're at the top of the heap when it comes to creating impeccable racing mechanics.
Pylon Rogue attempts to combine several good ideas in a way that just doesn't quite succeed on the level they hoped.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 was an entertaining but flawed game when it was released last year and it remains such on Nintendo Switch. If anything, this port feels like the worst version to pick up, with numerous graphical sacrifices and severe frame rate issues in the hub city whilst playing on the handheld mode.
When the single player portion of this piece was posted, someone asked if it's worth playing if they weren't planning on going online.
While not allowing for the subterranean trek through SR388 to fully flourish in its own individual right, Metroid: Samus Returns is nonetheless a highly enjoyable remake of one of the series' more overlooked and forgotten entrants.
With a patch to clean up the technical issues, The Bard's Tale: Remastered and Resnarkled would be an incredible value.
Despite a bit of a hurdle when it comes to difficulty at the beginning, Ruiner is quite the addictive action game, one with a lot of variety in its combat that packs a lot of experimentation into a small package.
While many Total War fans might scoff at playing with elves when they could be conquering Europe or Japan with historically accurate techniques, Total War: Warhammer II is the best place for the typical gaming nerd to start.
Culdcept Revolt tries its best to combine classic board and card games, but the execution is lacking in more complex strategies, making players feel as though they're not building towards a strong end goal.