Polygon's Reviews
Until Dawn isn't a great game, but it's compelling in spite of its huge flaws
Volume has anger to go with its beauty and wit
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold gets the series back on track and builds on its strengths
'Dark Room' exhibits the best and worst of what Life is Strange has to offer
Feist's smart design ideas are hampered by its difficulty
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture contains astounding humanity beneath its flaws
The occasional technical hiccup aside, Galak-Z is a brilliant take on so many different genres, but it's the game's roguelike innovations that make it soar. Some lesser entries in the genre use permadeath as a blunt tool, wielded to tack some artificial length onto a repetitive slog. Galak-Z is going to kill you back to a season premiere constantly, but not for lack of content — it's part of a laser-focused intent to make Galak-Z as tense and thrilling a game as can possibly be.
Rare Replay is an essential piece of gaming history
'A Knight to Remember' is hampered by some significant issues, but shows promise
Lost Dimension is flawed but fun
'A Nest of Vipers' prioritizes the story over your choices
Tembo the Badass Elephant is a surprising new direction for Game Freak that pays off
Rory McIlroy PGA Tour falls far short of its predecessors
Book 3: Realms is where things finally get moving
Kholat's narrative exploration is ambitious, and the real world base for its plot, the recreation of exploring a bewildering and unforgiving landscape and the audio-visual design were all superb. But for what it gets right, the mounting flaws in its design only become more evident and distracting.
It's been days since I finished the game, but I can't stop thinking about it. Her Story nails the dark, voyeuristic nature of true crime and the curiosity that follows.
Arkham Knight is Batman perfected
It's interesting that this episode came out so close to the last episode of the show, which is one of the best in the series. Game of Thrones as a sort of meta-property is doing very well.
House of Wolves is the first time since Destiny launched eight and a half months ago that I feel a glimmer of hope about the game's future.
Nevertheless, a month past its release, it's safe to say that Splatoon functions well enough, has an active community and continues to grow in the right directions, even if some obvious areas of improvement remain.