IGN's Reviews
Wildgate’s 4-player mayhem makes for a wild ride, but it currently feels like a proof of concept for something really great.
Despite an incredibly promising premise, Tales of the Shire is dreadfully boring and extremely buggy to boot.
Killing Floor 3 is a polished sequel that feels both smartly streamlined and somewhat hollow, coming across more like a solid Early Access launch than a full release.
Super Mario Party Jamboree itself is still fantastic, but the mixed new content of the Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV re-release adds frustrating limitations and strange design decisions to what was otherwise a polished, customizable experience.
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is yet another great soulslike to add to the ever-increasing pile, featuring excellent combat, wonderful level design, an incredible skill tree, and fearsome bosses. Just watch out for some steep difficulty dips and spikes, and a reliance on cheap-feeling "gotcha!" ambushes.
Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate isn’t the worst expansion the looter shooter’s been given, but it’s a major step back from The Final Shape in almost every regard, mixing content that’s simply more of the same with a few experiments here and there that don’t always work out.
From exploration made tedious by annoying checkpointing to the one-note combat, Shadow Labyrinth is a largely dull adaptation of Pac-Man's gritty Secret Level episode.
RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business offers another serving of ultra violence to indulge in but doesn’t do much by way of new spins on the original’s action. It’s a form of mindless fun that’s as familiar as it is ferocious.
Donkey Kong Bananza is a truly groundbreaking 3D platformer, with satisfying movement, powerful abilities, impressive destructible environments, and clever challenges that all come together in complete harmony to create Nintendo’s first Switch 2 masterpiece.
College Football 26 is better than last year, but it's a sophomore season that's more focused on steady improvement rather than breakout success.
Persona5: The Phantom X is a stylish, thoughtfully written reimagining of Persona 5 that struggles to feel sincere under the weight of its gacha systems.
Mecha Break's 15 flavors of mech all feel great to pilot, and its strategic, twitchy gameplay has the juice to last for the long haul if it plays it smart.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 proves yet again the series’ over-the-top skateboarding formula is totally timeless, even if some of the changes to THPS4 miss the mark and the soundtrack has been fumbled.
FBC: Firebreak is a compelling co-op shooter that, despite its good looks, doesn’t have the depth to keep things interesting long-term.
Fast Fusion is a well-made sequel which relies on the same formula that has proven itself across four generations of Nintendo consoles.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a triumphant sequel that emphatically delivers on the promise of its original.
Rainbow Six Siege X is a shooter for the cerebral, and proof that a great strategy game masquerading as a shooter never gets old.
Dune: Awakening is an excellent survival MMO that brilliantly captures life on Arrakis, usually to its benefit.
Splitgate 2 is a decent successor to the original that expands on it, but never really surpasses it.
Tron: Catalyst competently gets the job done as an action game, but it's rarely more than just good.