Pathologic 3’s great achievement is its reexamination of the series from a new perspective.
While the machine has us enthralled, art can’t stop being art.
Lunar Software’s game is notable for how it builds tension on the margins.
To play the game is to feel control being wrested from you.
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking the game is easy just because it features Kirby.
This game’s strangeness scarcely counts as a unique spin on a familiar gameplay loop.
The combat is beyond reproach, but the game mistakes violence for drama.
The game’s aesthetic choices are tailor made to send the player’s soul into the stratosphere.
The game brings its mechanics to bear on mood with impressive seamlessness.
Obsidian takes a second interstellar jaunt and comes back lesser for the experience.
The game’s gruesome, lightning-fast trials preserve and build upon the core of its ancestors.
The game is about as satisfying as an action film that’s all special effects and stunt work.
Double Fine delivers a gentle puzzler elevated by beautifully trippy visuals.
Sucker Punch’s new Ghost makes a beautiful, bloody, lasting impression.
As a horror game, Bye Sweet Carole is a fundamental miscalculation.
The Ivalice Chronicles brushes a foundational work’s sharp teeth.
Hades II’s use of the roguelite form compellingly evokes the oral tradition of Greek myth.