Having played numerous RPGs over many years, it's tough to think of one that is as spellbinding and so moreish as this. A modern day marvel on the Nintendo Switch, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is simply stunning.
For Honor brings us a surprisingly deep and downright fun co-op / multiplayer fighter held back from greatness by an incoherent, mundane single-player campaign and the use of peer to peer networking for online matches.
Halo Wars 2 offers fans of the franchise a whole new swathe of lore and is a damn fine real time strategy to boot - all playable from the comfort of your sofa.
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition takes an already fantastic game, improving both the visuals and performance in the process all for a modest fee which many publishers should pay attention to.
Watch Dogs 2 is a superior game to its predecessor and a thoroughly entertaining romp in a season light on open world offerings.
Titanfall 2 is the must play first-person shooter of 2016.
A great step for the franchise which finally lets you create your very own Skylander!
Hugely disappointing after such a strong start, Mafia III is too much of a grind to fall in love with.
Gears of War 4 is the real deal - gorgeous to look at, smooth to play and packed full of content.
Embrace the grind!
The setting is decent, the atmosphere can be good in an intimidating way but as it's a first-person shooter with awful combat and an even worse frame rate it's impossible to recommend.
A brave attempt at cross medium entertainment, let down by leaning more one way than the other.
It's not perfect but it's one of the best online titles ever released.
If you are new to this sort of thing, it's a good introduction but be prepared for a tough experience.
A solid entry but it's getting a bit tiresome now.
Ambitious in both scale and scope but sadly is just too much for consoles
Battlefront is a fantastic game for a certain type of person. Its dip in, dip out accessibility, matched with the obvious lashings of love and detail from a development team that clearly respect the franchise and its fans - it is absolutely perfect for fans of the original trilogy who these days have limited game time.
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition takes a difficult but excellent old school RPG and improves it in almost every conceivable way. A treat for all existing owners of the PC original and an absolute must for RPG lovers who only have access to a console. A must buy!
As a package Rise of the Tomb Raider is sublime pure Hollywood blockbuster entertainment with the only real negative that some could level is that the minute to minute gameplay presents very little that would be considered groundbreaking or new and at times it might feel similar to the previous iteration. This is really clutching at straws though. Looking at the package as a whole, as a cinematic adventure experience one of this stuff matters. Lara took it up a notch!
A rough gem that is not only a great game in its own right but also acts as the perfect hype generator for Fallout 4.