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Silent Hill: Townfall is a terrifying and incredibly immersive experience, putting heavy emphasis on hide-and-seek horror. The first-person perspective is a new take on the series, but it tackles familiar, psychological themes, making it worthy of the Silent Hill name.
Control Resonant delivers on Remedy's signature weirdness, with psychedelic views, wonderfully woo-woo writing, and intriguing mysteries around every corner. Unfortunately, the combat that connects every great moment feels mundane, repetitive, and limited, and it doesn't get truly fun until nearly the eleventh hour.
Marvel's Wolverine seems to get in its own way by crafting a fun but overly stuffed storyline and a lack of variety in combat (partially Logan's fault). The full experience invokes classic action hack-and-slash titles but doesn't do much to elevate.
Sprawl zero might take inspiration from a few of the 2000s best shooters, with a huge amount of guns that somehow all work and feel distinct. Its story is a bit obtuse, but it's easy to ignore that when you're slinging crates at baddies and blocking tons of bullets with a force field... or even pulverizing them with your fists.
The long-anticipated arrival of Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault from developer Digital Sun is definitely worth the wait, even after spending months in Early Access. The sequel is a well-polished release that strengthens the best aspects of the game, from its overall story, roguelike mechanics, and combat, engaging shopkeeping features, and worldbuilding, despite minor technical issues being a slight nuisance.
Orbitals is a great bite-sized adventure that lures you in with nostalgic anime and then captures you with a wide variety of puzzle-solving gameplay.
Star Wars Zero Company is an excellent tactics game, with strong core mechanics and plenty of customization on offer. Set near the end of the Clone Wars, its story is exciting, and the cast of characters feels complex and real.
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is a mystery from step one, filled with entertaining but not particularly difficult puzzles. It's a story worth experiencing.
Blood Dungeon marries the gameplay of Spelunky and Vampire Survivors, resulting in a chaotic concoction. It's wacky and a bit outrageous, but if you're able to relish in the chaos, you'll be rewarded with an addicting experience with plenty of new things to constantly throw your way.
Wild Blue Skies falls way short of the mark, making every attempt capture Star Fox 64's spirit without taking any risk to be original in its own right.
Agent 64 manages to capture some of the charm from GoldenEye 007, including gunplay that feels right at home on mouse and keyboard. Still, there are some rough edges that detract from the experience, including boring story objectives and poor multiplayer map design.
Runt is a heart pounding whodunit visual novel that keeps you on the edge of your seat through multiple playthroughs.
Alright combat and the occasional pretty maps aren't enough to make up for wooden characters and a lack of variety.
Halo: Campaign Evolved looks great and runs well taking the story we've loved for 25 years and giving it some modern gameplay upgrades. Bonus Missions are a fun expansion, but the lack of multiplayer is a bit strange...
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is not just a good, well, fighting game, it's the best Avatar game to be released. With options for newcomers to acclimate themselves and plenty of depth for experienced players, the only significant downside is the underwhelming story mode.
The Incident At Galley House is a fantastic murder mystery wrapped up in a unique storytelling style. Uncover the puzzle through context clues and deduction, just make sure you're entering the right information for a scene you want to see!
Moss: The Forgotten Relic is a fantastic fantasy adventure, with some truly beautiful visuals and endearing characters. The first half of the release might drag it down a bit, but with things picking up after a couple of hours, this is a tale well-worth your time.
The Alters: Last Variable builds on the base game with new mechanics, a new story, and more, but it doesn't always make the most of its innovations on the original.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok eschews story for brutally hard bosses. It's more of a gauntlet of tough challenges for veteran players rather than the casual crowd, though its new characters and less tedious grind are welcome inclusions.
College Football 27 adds a whole lot of customization for the new year. From Road to Glory, to Dynasty mode, and even regular Play Now matches, there's something new for everyone despite a few technical hitches here and there.