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Capcom has already crafted something special with Pragmata’s original hybrid puzzle-shooter concept, but adding a lovable companion character into the mix to carry its story through? Pure video game making gold.
A thrilling extraction shooter with solid gunfights and beautiful environments to explore, Marathon is the gift that keeps on giving if you are willing to take the plunge into a game that rewards tenacity and carefully planned engagements.
In crafting a story of hope, restoration, and recovery, Pokémon Pokopia promises time-sinking fun without over-complicating the process. The best Pokémon spin-off to date, it serves as both nostalgic fuel and a love letter to the original Kanto-focused titles.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Instead of relying on Saber Interactive’s ground-breaking Swarm Engine for more magnificent undead horde set pieces, John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando instead trades this in for needlessly open-ended maps with a heavy reliance on bland driving. It’s not bad, it’s boring, and honestly, that’s so much worse.
Third time’s the charm. Building on the best parts of its identity, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is ambition done right, blowing expectations out of the water and showing that, sometimes, fortune favours the bold.
For all its gameplay evolutions and ambitions, Resident Evil Requiem’s disappointingly short run time and so-so narrative mean that this is one zombie-killing chapter that’s sure to leave players wishing for more.
With its meaningful narrative changes and notable gameplay tweaks, even some perplexing pacing decisions can’t stop Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties from being the definitive, albeit uneven way to experience the franchise’s divisive third chapter.
Octopath Traveler 0 doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it represents a commendable effort at retreading and repacking nostalgia into a rewarding and enjoyable journey, despite its faults.
While Pokémon Legends: Z-A doesn’t quite live up to the vast potential established in Arceus, there’s plenty to enjoy about the shiny, bold shift in vision that marks a welcome improvement over the world of Paldea.
Where Winds Meet is a prime example of when developers choose quantity over quality, as even though its monetisation is refreshingly fair with the sheer amount of content on offer, none of it is actually worth experiencing.
Anno 117: Pax Romana breathes new life into the city-building genre through meaningful narrative and gameplay choices, although minor quality-of-life features would have improved the overall experience. Nevertheless, long-time fans and those new to the series will find no shortage of fun pouring hours into building their ideal Roman-Celtic city.
Final Fantasy Tactics rewrote history back in the day, and The Ivalice Chronicles presents the best way to experience its rise to one of the greatest in the tactical RPG pantheon, keeping the conversation for decades to come.
Despite some wasted potential with its implementation of online-only co-op, Little Nightmares III still offers the same horror platforming that fans are pining for. It’s just a shame that the game is painfully short.
Its setting and time period might have changed, but Silent Hill f still provides the same psychological horror experience fans are yearning for, and marks the strongest the franchise has been in a long while.
While Ghost of Yōtei offers an evolution of what many loved about the first game, its unlikable protagonist and generic revenge plot mean the Onryō still has a ways to go before she can truly earn the mantle of the Ghost.
Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree is a bold riff on the roguelite genre that explores some interesting ideas, but falls short of its sleeper-hit potential.
The time has come for DK to shine, and Donkey Kong Bananza goes out of its way to give him the attention he deserves. A love letter to the franchise’s storied legacy, it burrows its way into a special spot in the player’s heart.
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Borderlands 4 revitalises the looter shooter franchise with some of its most diverse guns and gameplay systems to date, and most importantly, provides a story and villain that won’t instantly make players cringe.
For a game with the tagline “Don’t let them merge”, Cronos: The New Dawn is a masterful combination of equal parts Resident Evil, Dead Space, and The Thing, and is well worth the time of any survival horror fan out there.
Shinobi: Age of Vengeance is a love letter to Joe Musashi’s legacy, conveyed through intoxicating action choreography and rewarding manoeuvring, topped off with a snazzy finish.