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The shotgun blast of gameplay types and tonal shifts isn’t quite as varied or seamlessly integrated as it is in Nier Automata, but it’s still impressive just how far ahead of the curve the original game actually was.
Judgment isn't quite so ready to put away childish things.
At its best, Outriders is a looter shooter that's surprisingly generous with its loot.
Poison Control rarely goes beyond the cheap laughs to be had from its story.
It Takes Two uses a smorgasbord of gameplay techniques to set us adrift in the field of couples therapy.
Mundaun's greatest achievement is the Swiss Alps setting that's brought to life with tangible vigor.
Loop Hero functions as a statement of persistence in the face of the seemingly insurmountable.
Strikers is still a well-earned vacation for our heroes, an emphatic, energetic punctuation mark to a much larger experience.
Bowser's Fury finds Nintendo again pushing the envelope of Super Mario Bros. in exciting directions.
At its best, the game sustains an effectively ominous atmosphere as it channels recognizable childhood fears.
The gameplay throughout isn't freighted with moral urgency, which is disappointing given the game's eco-terrorist themes.
The Medium is at its best whenever the player gets to lives up to the game's title.
Hitman 3, for better and worse, splits the difference between player freedom and focused storytelling.
To criticize Cyberpunk 2077 for being hypocritical and conservative feels almost beside the point.
The blandness of the gameplay might have been somewhat forgivable if the game's narrative didn't suffer from an identity crisis.
Along with being one of the most gentle and soothing games of the year, Haven is also gaming at its most compassionate.
It's an addictive, delightfully rowdy experience in spite of the creaky, decrypt gameplay and engine.
The game is fairly dedicated to correcting many of the worst creative decisions made across the lifespan of the Assassin's Creed series.
The Pathless ultimately buries anything it might have to say in a stupefying level of cliché.
Tetris Effect is one of the best VR titles on the market, so without the feature Connected feels, well, disconnected.