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While Death Note: Killer Within is a creative use of the property, the game doesn't use enough elements of the rich source material and has a good chance of leaving fans wanting more.
Goat Simulator: Remastered needs time in the stable.
While its roguelike elements could be a little more exciting, the minute-to-minute gameplay of a run is so fun that I found it easy to overlook this flaw as I leaped back into action to drop more bombs with a well-placed Synchronization. Overall, Metal Slug Tactics is well worth playing.
All in all, TMNT: Splintered Fate stands as one of the better games seen in the franchise, delivering a busy and accessible action roguelite supported by a tone-perfect narrative. All we need now is for Super Evil Megacorp to make good on that roadmap and beef up the content, but any Turtles fans and roguelite aficionados should find enough here already to spur their next grind session.
When it's good, it's really good, but it's hard to recommend wholeheatedly with all that confusion and tedium. Hardcore Siren fans who have been longing for another entry in the defunct franchise will certainly like it. Players with open minds and a lot of patience should certainly check it out. Slitterhead has a lot of great ideas: I just wish it was better at doling them out consistently.
Even with these negatives, however, this is a game that I truly loved playing. The story, fun abilities and skills, the citizens of Concordia, and more all came together to make this a really fun experience. Mario and Luigi are both perfectly portrayed, with Luigi having more of a chance to be a hero than he often gets, and Princess Peach is as much a symbol of charm and heroism as ever. I truly hope that Mario & Luigi: Brothership will serve to usher in many more games in this series in the future.
While the story is forgettable and the gameplay can get repetitive, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a surprisingly nice treat for fans of the franchise. It doesn't reinvent the wheel for horror games when it comes to the hide-and-seek genre, but it does have some nice mechanics.
However, as a whole, Life & Death feels like it has more love and attention to detail than any DLC in recent memory. For those who are fans of occult gameplay, the breadth of afterlife features is spectacular, and even for those who aren’t huge fans of occult DLC, the additions regarding things like funerals and inheritances are very versatile. Arguably one of the very best Expansion Packs the current iteration of the franchise has ever seen, The Sims 4 Life & Death is so good it’s scary.
Although it may only take around twenty hours for a long-time Sonic player to collect and experience everything Sonic X Shadow Generations has to offer, its level designs, gameplay mechanics, and incredible music reach a fantastic balance that makes replaying several stages over and over again a joy. Sonic X Shadow Generations is the best way to play one of the series' most enjoyable games that celebrates its past, and with the new Shadow content being a cut above the rest, it's a hopeful tease of where the franchise will go in the future.
Unpleasant menus aren't likely to hamper the experience entirely, though, so anyone with a passing appreciation for the series is likely to be content with Black Ops 6. Its protracted development cycle clearly paid off, but it also makes me wonder what kind of ambitious project the talent at Treyarch and Raven Software could concoct if it were unshackled from Call of Duty. Another year brings another iteration of gaming's FPS royalty, and perhaps more so than its relatives, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a rather convincing argument for why the series remains on top.
Phasmophobia undoubtedly creates the kind of scary, hysterical enjoyment that games like this one so often do, encouraging you to want to return over and over. No two games are exactly alike, even on the same map with the same type of ghost, making this more than worth its fair price point. Kinetic Games’ decision to open Phasmophobia up to the console community is something that has been a long time coming and is undoubtedly going to more than satisfy those who have been waiting for it.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a beautiful RPG.
Overall, the game is incredibly fun and beautiful, and I found myself enjoying every moment I had in it. For anyone looking for a fairly light platformer with a cheerful atmosphere and puzzles, or who may be a fan of The Smurfs, this is an adventure worthy of embarking on. Just be aware that it is not very long or complex, but The Smurfs: Dreams is absolutely a game that will put a smile on my face every time I think of it.
More than anything, Fear the Spotlight asserts a strong future for Cozy Game Pals, a studio that could accomplish a lot if it keeps iterating. It's also a nice foray into gaming for Blumhouse, and the willingness to invest in something of its nature proves that the company could have value in this space. While Fear the Spotlight isn't a definitive horror title, it's a largely charming experience that's better now than it was before.
Unknown 9: Awakening's best ideas never clear the landing.
A near-perfect game.
Super Mario Party Jamboree has evolved the series.
Just Dance 2025 is exactly what fans will expect.
It must be a challenge to thread inspiration’s needle in a game like this one. Critics and players might point to Neva’s most obvious references as thematic shortcuts, but the game’s personality and careful sense of craft always shined through. I’m tempted to compare Neva to Playdead’s influential duology of Limbo and Inside, even though the tonal qualities remain quite different, primarily for the impeccable quality of its design and richness of its world, dialogue-free as it may be. It's a brief experience overall, but most players should feel compelled to happily join Alba and Neva in starting the seasonal cycle anew, their screenshot key on a hair trigger.
Maybe one day, Starfield will finally become what everyone had hoped, with more emphasis on the mechanics people enjoy. Starfield: Shattered Space isn't the worst DLC in the world, and fans of the base game may enjoy it, but it fails to live up to the reputation that Bethesda has established as a company that makes great expansions.