It stands apart from its contemporaries for relying heavily on audio over visual cues.
Although Rise & Shine may sometimes look like a more cartoonish version of Contra, it doesn’t play like one.
Gravity Rush 2 should be a sleek and swift experience, but it feels like a local train stuck in traffic.
Telltale Games’s take on the Dark Knight is a much-needed step forward in terms of placing gamers in Batman’s boots.
Final Fantasy XV is a game that chooses to leave its mythology disjointed and its emotions real.
Dead Rising 4 is a defanged sequel unlikely to satisfy fans of the series or appeal to new ones.
The best moments in the game are those that require real teamwork between its unlikely allies.
This was the year of the sea change, a crucial moment where the medium found maturity and diversity.
Based on its turn-based combat alone, Dragon Ball Fusions distinguishes itself from other roleplaying games.
On paper, Dishonored 2 is a marked improvement on almost everything the original game brought to the table.
Watch Dogs 2 not only represents a massive upgrade over its predecessor, but over similar open-world titles.
The game’s best moments use the story’s futuristic and space-bound setting to find new dramatic opportunities.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, at its most well-executed, is a grueling slice of a very real nightmare.
The multiplayer doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but the single-player levels are delirious in their verticality and spectacle.
The Batman: Return to Arkham collection is the video-game equivalent of that old “You Had One Job” meme.
The distress that Corpse Party’s teen characters feel is relatable even out of a horror context.
There’s an odd dissonance found in the Twitch-friendly social games that make up Jackbox Party Pack 3.
The player has full control of each character, but not their fate, and so the senselessness of war always sticks out.
The material grants a depth and poignancy to Lara’s zealous chase across the globe to finish her father’s work.
The game is a bloated monolith that, much like the WWE itself, is due for a much-needed shake-up.
Exist Archive is bound to end up as a footnote, perpetually overshadowed by the titles that it so earnestly emulates.