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This highly anticipated sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles is one of the most overindulgent games of the year.
Even with a new coat of graphical paint, L.A. Noire remains a game that adds up to less than the sum of its parts.
Black Mirror often alludes to the Gothic classics that inspired it, to stories full of disturbing, evil forces that threaten to overtake their characters, but the only unsettling thing about it is a glut of technical issues.
The game sacrifices specificity of environment, story, and characterization so as to ensure that the car is king.
Battlefront II is actually a rather fitting sequel to its immediate predecessor, which was itself a fun, visually phenomenal but woefully shallow and convoluted experience. Everything that was right with the original game is exactly as it was before. Everything that wasn't, however, has mutated into something more craven and significantly uglier.
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.