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It aims to tell a story of the brotherhood of soldiers, but it's ill-served by undeveloped characterizations.
Everything that made Horizon Zero Dawn the outstanding work that it is undeniably carries over to The Frozen Wilds.
More so than any pop game this year, Super Mario Odyssey sees virtual space as a land of elating possibilities.
The game is determined to kill what Assassin's Creed once was in the hopes of the series becoming something greater.
In single-player or multiplayer, Hidden Agenda is a game in which winning almost always feels like losing.
The saving grace is that the game is mechanically one of the best, most accessible RPGs crafted in a long time.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War doubles down on every single aspect of Shadow of Mordor, for better and worse.
There's no mystery to Union, which is grounded in exactly the way that the Beacon Mental Hospital was not.
Even in its remastered form, this expansion stands tall as a relatively focused and uncomplicated action experience.
Beneath Cuphead's staggeringly wild aesthetic lurks the steel-hard, unforgiving soul of a run-n-gun shooter.
The Capcom game's flippant approach to its pedigree is evident right from the beginning of its Story Mode.
Knack 2 falters when it stops reinventing elements from other games and starts cannibalizing itself.
It's a game that has no doubts as to what it wants to be, largely delivering an experience with the fervor it deserves.
Yakuza Kiwami is a stripped-down, basic version of a winning formula, but there's no denying it still wins.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is one of the most creative turn-based tactical games in years.
When the game settles into straightforward action, it comes across as a retread of past Uncharted entries.
The game's propensity for indulging counterintuitive elements feels like a willful act of self-sabotage.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice‘s strongest sequences mirror specific physical symptoms or psychological fears.
It's bewildering how so much of Volition's Agents of Mayhem feels like a show of conformity.
At its best, Sonic Mania makes classic zones from past Sonic the Hedgehog games feel unpredictable again.