God of War doesn’t so much suggest its ready-to-rumble predecessors as it does a more forgiving Dark Souls.
With this entry, the Far Cry series has suddenly decided to crib story ideas from real American nightmares.
Attack on Titan 2 gives profound insight to every second of a grueling struggle against humanity’s extinction.
Out of the three games in this collection, Devil May Cry 3 is the only one to stand up to the test of time.
Appropriately, if not intentionally, Platinum Games’s Bayonetta games are about dichotomies.
Monster Hunter World will leave players too dizzy to really stop and think about its somewhat disquieting pitch.
A classic has been reincarnated as one of the most visually magnificent titles of our current generation.
This is a gleaming example of how to craft a fighting game that feels like it has its arms open for everyone to enjoy.
Unless you’re an extremely quick study, the game’s weirdly unintuitive control scheme will very likely get in your way.
Even with a new coat of graphical paint, L.A. Noire remains a game that adds up to less than the sum of its parts.
Throughout, the exhilaration of gameplay takes a backseat to the gaping Sarlacc-like maw of unadulterated greed.
The Xbox One X is an impressive piece of hardware, and it takes care of a big chip on Microsoft’s shoulder.
Everything that made Horizon Zero Dawn the outstanding work that it is undeniably carries over to The Frozen Wilds.
The game is determined to kill what Assassin’s Creed once was in the hopes of the series becoming something greater.
The saving grace is that the game is mechanically one of the best, most accessible RPGs crafted in a long time.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War doubles down on every single aspect of Shadow of Mordor, for better and worse.
Assassin’s Creed: Origins makes Assassin’s Creed feel like a completely new series for the first time in 10 years.
Beneath the game’s wild aesthetic lurks the unforgiving soul of a run-and-gun shoot-’em-up.
The Capcom game’s flippant approach to its pedigree is evident right from the beginning of its Story Mode.
It’s a game that has no doubts as to what it wants to be, largely delivering an experience with the fervor it deserves.