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Fire Emblem Warriors pays tribute to the most recent 3DS titles that helped the series take off in recent years.
While its longevity may be tied into just how willing players are to shoot for the highest score and go after as many achievements as possible, High Hell is a wicked little shooter that you won't soon be forgetting.
ECHO is a puzzle game disguised as a third-person action-adventure game.
Underwhelming visual style notwithstanding, Son of Scoregasm is a well-designed shooter tailored to players who have grown weary of the rut that the genre has worn into the road.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm – Episode 2: Brave New World is an excellent entry in the series.
Gran Turismo Sport boasts the best realistic online racing experience, but those looking for something offline with a career will want to look elsewhere.
While Megaton Rainfall may have bitten off more than it can chew in regards to the stage it takes place on, the alien-fighting action is a fantastic spectacle.
While the physical limitations of its content are clear, it takes little away from the intrigue and challenge Earth Atlantis generates through its fusion of explorative design with the shoot-em-up mechanics that it unquestionably pays homage to.
Featuring an enormous roster of over 200 characters with revamped gameplay, WWE 2K18 is a solid upgrade from last year's game.
Raiden V is a good, solid shooter and it helps that it's got the power of its heritage to draw on.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole could be summarized as The Stick of Truth with better combat featuring superheros instead of swords and sorcery.
The Etrian Odyssey series has the first-person dungeon crawler genre down to a simple art.
Stardew Valley brings a mix of farming and life simulation to the Switch and the platform is absolutely perfect for it.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War aims for the spectacle of the films, but falls short with a directionless, lore-breaking campaign.
While one mode is a bit technically spotty, that becomes immaterial when the entire package is brought into focus. Raw Data is absolutely the game that every VR owner should play. It has humor, scares and a metric crap ton of cool ways to blow things up, all with some major replay power to keep headset on and sweaty. It just feels great to play and looks sharp while doing it. Raw Data can convince people of what virtual reality can do and stands as the best overall title for the platform.
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.