id Software and Avalanche Studios’ latest feels at odds with itself: it’s an excellent action game that loses a lot of its momentum thanks to the back and forth of its tedious open-world structure.
It’s always fantastic when a game surpasses my expectations, and I can safely say that’s the case with A Plague Tale: Innocence. Even if its run time felt a tad too long by the end, it was still one hell of a ride.
In every From Software game there’s a moment where things click. In Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne, those moments were vague: a series of successes and failures that steadily taught me how to play. In Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, I still recall the exact moment everything clicked. His name was Genichiro. Genichiro is the…
Mortal Kombat 11 is probably the most approachable the series has ever been, and at the same time it’s also the most annoying.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season marks the end of a journey in many aspects. For its characters, it manages to feel uplifting, although clichéd, and for the studio that brought it up, it bookends its rocky existence with a high mark.
The Division 2 really surprised me. After an initial five or so hours of simply being okay with how it turned out, the later portion of my leveling experience turned out to be a blast.
Devil May Cry V makes a great case for just how well a game can be adapted to be played by a wide range of people, providing a fun experience regardless of skill level.
Trials Rising brings the franchise back to vogue, thanks to a stronger focus on what Trials does best.
If Bioware can work in adding more variety to Anthem, it has the potential to be a blast in the long run. As it currently stands, it’s repetitive and extremely buggy.
Jump Force’s potential is squandered by its boring, practically nonexistent mission design and terrible use of the fan-favorite franchises it includes.
