Guardian's Reviews
Making good use of the comics, this turn-based strategy games gives players satisfyingly fiendish challenges – and room to chillax afterwards
One man and his dog traverse the English countryside after an alien invasion in this haunting, wordless game: a masterclass in foreboding sound design and minimal storytelling
Technical problems and an evident lack of development time take the shine off this ambitious new outing for the world-conquering critters
The open-world adventure is brilliant in terms of input and response at the expense of any discernible logic
An evocative recreation of 16th-century Bavaria examines how the tide of history crashes against the lives of everyday people, all framed by an intriguing crime story
A treasure inspires murder, and your job as detective is to piece together the crime in this addictive 18th-century whodunnit
Your favourite childhood heroes step up to help you conquer territory in this beautifully designed, strategic deck-builder for smartphones
If you love to arrange things, this puzzle game is made for you – and if you don't, it might persuade you how gratifying neatness can be
This imaginative sequel is a blast, as Kratos and his wayward son fight their way through the nine realms trying to avert the war to end all wars
Setting one's unease at delighting in hi-tech warfare aside, this is a precisely tooled, intensely immersive combat simulator
Where many western games yearn to be seen as the height of sophistication, craving the critical kudos of an HBO drama, Bayonetta 3 stands defiant in its absurdity. Like its predecessors, this is destined to go down as a cult classic – a dizzying dance of demon-dicing delight. Its crude, whiplash-inducing narrative means it certainly won’t be for everyone, but the best things in life rarely are.
The latest DC adaptation struggles to craft something spectacular from its ensemble cast and role-playing action
Asobo's medieval adventure sequel is bigger, bleaker and more battle-scarred, but suffers from uneven storytelling
Nintendo's deft touch is missing from this crossover game from Ubisoft that fails as a Mario outing but succeeds as a turn-based battler
Running a struggling potion shop, sourcing ingredients, haggling with customers and fending off the bank is all charming and stressful work in equal measure
An evocative work of art but the things the game evokes are so unpleasant players might need to ration the lengths of their sessions
This award-winning single-person adventure, set in a run-down refinery town, is full of compelling mysteries
It's not really a sequel, but Overwatch's enthusiastic rejection of self-serious military shooters still draws you in.
Whether it ineffectively subverts or simply misunderstands Hitchcock's body of work, this video game adaptation does the director a disservice
Now it feels like the physics, AI and animation have come together in a way that makes even these ridiculous moments feel naturalistic and pleasurable.