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Delivering the most content-packed and feature complete entry the series has ever seen, Switch Sports Resort is a new watermark for Nintendo's beloved motion-controlled sports franchise.
The recent PS5 upgrade delivers a noticeable visual boost, shorter loading times and a smoother overall experience. However, dated level design and sparse checkpoint placement keep it from feeling truly modern, while occasional technical instability adds further frustration.
The Wolf Among Us Remastered gives Telltale's classic a beautiful overhaul while preserving its story and atmosphere.
S-Game had everything to prove with Phantom Blade Zero and it delivers in incredible fashion. The excellent presentation is matched by phenomenal combat, memorable bosses, and a world that begs to be explored. Even with some technical and polish issues, it's a remarkable hack-and-slash action RPG.
Final Fantasy Resonance is an addictive, mechanically deep, and gorgeous role playing game.
Even if it didn't have to clear a very high bar, this year's Call of Duty campaign features endearing characters, a compelling plot, and crisp gameplay sans much of the nonsense of previous years.
Planet Zoo 2 has the elements in place to eventually become a worthy follow-up to its beloved predecessor, but as things stand, the experience is held back by technical issues, messy UI and controls, and some of its new ideas feeling too underbaked.
An excellent follow-up and a solid boomer shooter in its own right, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 is strongly recommended for fans.
Though not without its flaws, Toy Story 3 Complete Edition is a charming, delightful platformer that is well worth your time.
A generous nostalgia trip with some lasting highlights, held back by weaker games, dated visuals and poor audio quality.
Enshrouded has benefited immensely from two years in Early Access, emerging as one of the best survival crafting games in the business.
Mafia 3: Definitive Edition for PS5 is an improved way to experience an adventure that remains among the franchise's grittiest entries, and an interesting take on organized crime that's unique even today. With improved visuals, gameplay, and a general layer of polish, this PS5 update brings the game to its best state, but it continues to suffer from the original game's repetitive mission structure and uneven pacing.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is a worthy revival of the franchise and whose foundation could easily sustain the next big entry. However, it's own fundamentals need some serious work.
Valor Mortis stands out in a saturated genre thanks to its fun combat, excellent level design, and gorgeous visuals.
Forever Ago handles heavy topics with decent poise while presenting a gorgeous-looking, if low-key, road trip adventure. If only the actual gameplay could measure up instead of simply being there.
Silver Pines follows in the lineage of Silent Hill and Twin Peaks, but as a 2D survival horror game that incorporates elements from Metroidvanias and old school adventure games, it feels like a unique concoction that stands out all its own.
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen is an excellent expansion that builds on the base game's strongest elements while ironing out enough of the friction its weaker parts caused upon release. It advances the foundations of its exploration and combat loop, making it feel like the definitive version of those systems and something worth diving into right away.
Even if it isn't as strikingly cutting as previous efforts, Order of the Sinking Star is another great puzzle title from Thekla and Jonathan Blow that's worth getting lost in.
Kingdom Hearts Collection [I-III] is enormous, charming, and mechanically fascinating, but it remains an awkward proposition for newcomers and isn't compelling enough for veterans.
MXGP 26 is at its best when you're wrestling with the bike, adapting to surfaces, and maintaining momentum, but unpredictability can undermine the experience when it's at its most extreme.