Kotaku's Reviews
Functions equally well as an intense horror game and a heartfelt tribute to the first Alien film.
If you've ever played a Borderlands game, this is mostly more of the same. If not, it's a solid albeit unspectacular shooting and loot-hoarding.
The Evil Within winds up feeling like an inconsistent rehash of ideas previously executed elsewhere. Its great boss fights aren't enough to justify the tedium and frustration the game puts players through.
The great Civ V experiment continues, and for the most part, it's a success.
Bayonetta 2 represents a master class in over-the-top set pieces, filled with dozens of giatn bosses and absurd situations to test your reflexes.
Combat feels good at times, but overall the game is alternately bland and frustrating.
An interesting combo of shooting and skateboarding that's sadly buried beneat a grating tone and gross aesthetic.
A brave, stylish take on the Civilization formula.
A high tech upgrade completely refreshes the tired Call of Duty formula.
It's gorgeous but not very fun in solo or co op.
A heartwarming story told without words.
This War of Mine looks at war from a point-of-view rarely explored in video games, that of the civilians who have their lives disrupted by armed conflict.
Epic in scope but carefully crafted down to the smallest character moment. A generous, joyful fantasy.
Less Batman, more Green Lantern. This is good.
A great sequel, if not a true next act, for Far Cry.
One of the best Pokemon games in the franchise, with everything that makes the modern games good.
Chaotic fun, or an intense, technical game, Smash Brows. is a fighting game like no other.
All the same, Iron From Ice succeeds far more often than it falters. It's yet another Telltale game that lives in those difficult moments, when you're glad it's your on-screen character standing there and not you.
Sony's third create-em-up peaks with the most for creators, but least for players.
It's a (mostly) polished, fun single-player game from Nintendo. Not a lot of those in a year of Kart and Smash.