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It's electrifying in how it goes out of its way to ensure that you're constantly in the middle of nail-biting action.
Rather than going for size in the character roster, Dontnod might have done better to shoot for complexity.
The various forms of Street Fighter II are indisputably the main historical attraction of this collection.
It bares itself emotionally but shines a harsh, unflattering light on David Cage's deficiencies as a storyteller.
In the end, State of Decay 2 doesn't flip the script on the themes we've come to associate with the zombie apocalypses of our popular entertainments. Worse, the game doesn't even bother to make it seem like its characters even want to be alive in the world.
Although its absurdist comedy would certainly allow for it, the game never actually throws a kitchen sink at players.
The game takes so much more than it gives, forgetting that a journey isn't simply about the means of travel.
More than just a faithful recreation of an old subgenre, its greatest strength lies in its impeccable writing.
This game would still be hard to fall in love with if it didn't absolutely assault the laws of human physics.
It pushes back hard against the sort of easy dominance over people so common to city-building games.
God of War doesn't so much suggest its ready-to-rumble predecessors as it does a more forgiving Dark Souls.
Extinction compensates for a lack of variety by treating every minor detail as a momentous occasion.
Kirby's powers are diluted when spread out across four players, yielding a more carefree experience.
Whether intentionally or not, the game gives glory to a brand of grassroots militia fetishism that, just days before the its release, millions of Americans marched in the streets to oppose. Far Cry 5 posits that people would need to be brainwashed to follow men like Joseph Seed, blind to how deep Christian fanaticism already runs, and how many would follow such a man if he only said the word "please."
Following the lead of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, the game builds toward an incredibly sobering conclusion.
U.K.-based developer Rare has crafted an experience that's as wide as an ocean but only as deep as a puddle.
Attack on Titan 2 gives profound insight to every second of a grueling struggle against humanity's extinction.
Because the game puts no emphasis on leveling up your kingdom, the majority of the side missions feel aimless.
Out of the three games in this collection, Devil May Cry 3 is the only one to stand up to the test of time.
Because Yakuza 6 spends so much time tying the story into knots, a strong villain never emerges.