The List's Reviews
The Warhammer aesthetic is authentically translated, including the various disgusting Nurgle mutations that increasingly plague the land.
While Resident Evil Village doesn't add anything transformative to the genre, it liberally pays homage to some of the very best bits from a series that's – incredibly – endured for more than a quarter of a century.
No matter which Star Wars film is your favourite, all of them have been lovingly recreated with the same care and attention to detail.
Elden Ring is slightly more forgiving than Hidetaka Miyazaki's previous games, such as the Dark Souls series and especially Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice; this one has a generous fast-travel system and stealth is a viable tactic.
Extraction's high difficulty, even on the easiest setting, walks a fine line between alienating casual players and giving hardcore survival fans something to chew on.
Among all the Sturm und Drang, it's ultimately an intimate tale of familial bonding, and a story that will stay with you long after it ends.
It does feel a little sparse at present but much more is promised, and based on the support given to previous entries in the series, its future is in safe hands.
With a solid multiplayer mode on offer, there's enough here to keep fans occupied over Christmas at least.
It's technically audacious, with big storytelling and compelling character design.
Like its esteemed predecessors, there's plenty here to encourage repeat play.
If it's just you and the Working Joes on a squad then Aliens: Fireteam Elite can feel like hard work; it's very much at its best when played with friends, basking in the nostalgia of this resilient series.
It's a tremendously replayable series, with challenges, 'mission stories' and leaderboards all teasing brand new ways to approach each level.
Cold War is a brilliant – if short – campaign, and it boldly ushers Call of Duty into the new age of consoles with typically gorgeous presentation and a fun, twisty tale that joyfully exploits the entrenched paranoia of its novel setting.
Watch Dogs: Legion is a technically ambitious game which manages to capture the essence of its real-world location, including some of its real-life socio-political battles.
Despite its testing difficulty spikes, Modern Warfare 2 is still an exciting, globe-trotting adventure which looks great on modern hardware.
It's a shame that the multiplayer remains underwhelming but the campaign is outstanding.
RDR2 presents players with a huge, realistic and varied environment to explore, brought to life with the kind of weather, lighting, shadow and particle effects that its forebear could only dream about.
This is a brave new take on the genre. Its varied mechanics are quick to learn and hard to master, and it's worthy of attention from anyone tired of the endless cycle of military shooters.
It may lack GTA V’s detail and polish, but its hacking mechanic is likely to inspire many more games to come.
Although notable as the first game to use Unreal Engine 4, the graphics are perfunctory and drab. If only more effort had gone into crafting an interesting environment rather than relying on the game to conjure its own random shocks.