Christopher Livingston
As a pure enhancement, though, After Dark does the job nicely. The new options for dedicated lanes in roads are great, the new buildings are enjoyable and useful, and the leisure and tourism areas give you some fun new things to focus on.
A complex, challenging, and grimly satisfying simulator.
Rebel Galaxy's combat can be a lot of fun, but there's little depth and a lot of repetition.
New toys and strong characters freshen up the Creed formula, but only for a while.
A big 'ol chunk of game with a lot of things to do, and just as importantly, new ways to do them.
With more pronounced effects than the first expansion, Snowfall adds new challenges and complexity.
Lovely and challenging with enjoyable crafting and survival elements, but poor river controls make it harsher than it should be.
Beautiful as you could ask for, especially in VR, but exhaustingly repetitive.
Beautiful as you could ask for, especially in VR, but exhaustingly repetitive.
A great setting, a good story, and more dialogue-based solutions than the base game provides.
A tense and spooky strategy roguelike that's as satisfying as it is harrowing.
A charming space sandbox that will keep you busy and entertained for hours.
Relaxing exploration and some lovely scenery coupled with repetitive systems, frustrating menus, and a lack of real discovery.
Attacking settlements, especially your own, is good fun, but there’s hours of chores to complete before you can really become a raider.
A stylish and creative adventure with a clever time-rewinding hook.
The turn-based combat isn't the best, but it's a delightfully written RPG absolutely packed with humor.
A brilliant setting, new systems, and familiar features blend together for a strong prequel to the Assassin's Creed series.
Portal's systems, if not its clever humor, are put to good use in this fun physics-based puzzle game.
A big, beautiful, chaotic canvas of freeform destruction, Far Cry 5 continues the series' best traditions.
Frostpunk is a stressful, stylish, and addictive survival management game filled with incredibly difficult choices.