Christopher Livingston
This modern remake of the classic puzzle game doesn't stop it from feeling out of date.
It's Far Cry 5 again, on a smaller scale and with a post-apocalyptic paint job.
Lovely and challenging with enjoyable crafting and survival elements, but poor river controls make it harsher than it should be.
Rebel Galaxy's combat can be a lot of fun, but there's little depth and a lot of repetition.
Adorable, amusing, colorful and well-animated, but the combat is too simplistic and repetitive to remain interesting throughout the game.
Despite a clunky story and technical performance, there's a lot of fun to be found in dashing and dodging through a zombie-filled city.
Starfield shares plenty of DNA with Skyrim and Fallout 4, but ultimately falls short of both.
Another strong (yet stressful) management sim from Frontier Developments.
Attacking settlements, especially your own, is good fun, but there’s hours of chores to complete before you can really become a raider.
The city builder sequel is packed with big improvements but a fair share of disappointments.
Satisfying car combat and a beautiful wasteland mostly make up for repetitive melee combat and lackluster story.
Portal's systems, if not its clever humor, are put to good use in this fun physics-based puzzle game.
Visually drab and a bit too taken with its own story, but otherwise a clever and fun exercise in creative problem-solving.
A choppy start leads to a compelling survival experience in Raft.
Playing as anyone works great in Legion—once you've finally found the right group of anyones.
In a genre overstuffed with guns and grenades, this cute and cuddly battle royale stands out.
A big, beautiful, chaotic canvas of freeform destruction, Far Cry 5 continues the series' best traditions.
A great setting, a good story, and more dialogue-based solutions than the base game provides.
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 big 'ol chunk of game with a lot of things to do, and just as importantly, new ways to do them.