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The Legend of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie is a fascinating culmination of most main characters' stories while paving the way for the future.
A unique story in a fun setting and with a really addictive gameplay loop, Master Detective Archives: Rain Code feels really original while retaining a familiar formula.
Smushi Come Home is a cute little game with a big heart, but while it nails the cozy vibe, it may be a little too short for some.
A fresh breath of life for an old classic, Ghost Trick remains a quirky and strong narrative with lots of creative puzzles.
Despite its lovely aesthetic and heavy worldbuilding, the messy plot and inability to show nuance or interesting developments make this an ultimately dull experience.
Final Fantasy XVI is technically impressive and an amazing action game, though the Game of Throne elements do hinder it a bit. However when the team does get to be original, the story can be absolutely engrossing.
I’ve got to tell you, Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life feels like a game that arrived right when I needed it most. This is a game about redefining what matters to you. First, it’s about settling into a new community and forming bonds with your new neighbors. One of them being romantic. Then it’s about supporting your growing family both emotionally and via working hard on the farm. As time passes, you get to see how that influences things. It’s like you are building a life while farming, rather than working a farm and taking “you” time to be social when you can.
Amnesia: The Bunker mostly sticks to the horror game basics, but it uses those basics to the fullest, creating a massively terrifying game.
The System Shock remake gives a new aesthetic to one of the most influential games ever and proves it remains important with minimal changes.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 continues to make its lovable child cast endure its (satisfyingly) challenging combat and the harrowing emotional challenges of war.
There's a lot of heart in this adorable game, but it's the execution that holds it back. With clunky controls and hard-to-read text, it can often be more frustrating than relaxing.
An ill-conceived parkour game with aged graphics and gameplay, but with an undeniable thread of lost potential underneath that makes me wish the development team had spent more time in the planning stage. PC version reviewed.
Convergence is an excellent blend of 2D parkour platforming and brawling with appeal even beyond fans of League of Legends
Loop8 feels like a game that wants to be more poignant and meaningful than it really is, due in part to problematic pacing issues.
Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection preserves everything special about Etrian Odyssey I, II, and III and ensures the games feel perfectly at home on the Switch.
Street Fighter 6 offers fantastic new characters and systems to create exciting matches for long-time fighting game fans while also opening the game up for newcomers to play and have a blast in their own way.
Diablo IV features a compelling antagonist in Lilith, and while it tries to present more interesting ideas into the series by the way of story, it ends up retreading old ground in more ways than one.
It is a very aesthetically pleasing game with a very simple story on paper. But its execution is interesting enough that the various twists and ending remain satisfying.
Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord is a well-rounded tactical RPG that stands on its own offering a thoroughly fun experience with many anime tropes for better or for worse.
Star Trek Resurgence's story is rather solid, but the rest of the game is riddled with bugs and QTEs that take you out of the moment.