IGN Game Reviews

A genuinely engrossing and increasingly combat-heavy continuation of the Ethan Winters story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This isn't the generational leap forward we might've expected following a new console launch, but it's still the best baseball sim you can play on any platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A photography game with occasionally clunky progression, but which is eager to show off its delightful subjects and let them surprise you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This remaster makes a grand old game feel less old – but it doesn't make it feel new again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NieR Replicant is an action RPG with obvious flaws involving outdated quest design and repetitive combat, but those flaws are easily forgiven in light of its incredible characters, along with its unconventional and emotionally resonant story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MotoGP 21 is a good year for new riders to hop on but it hasn't particularly distanced itself much from MotoGP 20. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An excellent remake with charm, challenge... and loads of bugs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fast and competitive gameplay keeps it fun even if we’re confined to just one maze. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Doom 3: VR Edition pales in comparison to other VR shooters, or even playing Doom 3 on a flat screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A fiddly world map and confusing objectives foil the plans of this stylish, gleeful villain simulator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can’t Drive This is an imaginative and fresh co-op experience and a genuine riot with four players, but thin on modes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace's simple combat and uninspired "detective" work won't sate your Lovecraftian hunger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Narita Boy has the look of a stunner, but it's let down by poor exploration, one-note combat, and one particularly bad level that puts a dark cloud over what would otherwise be a ray of trichroma sunshine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For whom the Hell tolls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paradise Lost fails to take full advantage of its gripping premise and the haunting atmosphere of its setting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It Takes Two is a beautiful, breakneck-paced, co-op adventure that’s bubbling over with creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stronghold Warlords has a refreshing East Asian setting and satisfying castle building, but it looks and plays like an RTS that was asleep for most of the last decade or two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Obsidian has leaned hard into turning The Outer Worlds into a sci-fi detective game with its two DLC expansions – a direction that plays to the strengths of its characters and writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A cleverly stripped-down RPG concept that demands attention for as long as it takes you to work out the clear "best" way to guide each hero class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If some of the technical issues were ironed out, this racer could have given Mario Kart serious competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A short but sometimes thrilling VR climbing simulator with some nicely diverse backdrops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Maquette's recursive puzzles make for a gorgeous, mind-tickling evening well spent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breathedge's concept of survival crafting in space may be good, but it just isn't fun in practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rainbow Studios has been responsible for some top-notch, mudslinging racers over the years, but this isn’t one of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection provides an old-school challenge but isn’t too cruel to compromise if you don’t want to spend too much time in the cemetery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Curse of the Dead Gods is an excellent roguelite that bolsters its fantastic combat with an added level of strategy thanks to the unique curse/corruption mechanic that tempts you to make dangerous deals for powerful loot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This spin-off sequel to Persona 5 is nearly worthy of the ‘2' missing from the end of its title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Even in early access, Valheim is already a paragon of the survival crafting genre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Destruction AllStars can provide fun bursts of frantic car combat action, but never adds up to much more than that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Little Nightmares 2 delivers similar stealth and scares to the original, but leaves less of a lasting impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's awesome combat and loads of replayability in this bone-afide retro rogue-lite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blue Fire's approach to 3D platforming makes parkour a blast both in its enticing challenge rooms and corrupted world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brilliantly paced and palpably tense, The Medium is a psychological horror adventure that’s all thriller and no filler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Olija leaves a strong impression with its unique look and fantastic combat, but its over all too quick and gives little reason to return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Last Campfire is a beautifully told tale whose fantastic blend of smart puzzles and eye-catching art direction help it burn bright. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The switch from replayable roguelike to hand-crafted action RPG seems like a good move for this sequel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nuts is a relaxing puzzle adventure with an intriguing mystery inside its shell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich, rewarding, and highly replayable, Hitman 3 is one of the barcoded butcher's best appearances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's dauntingly complex, but offers almost endlessly enjoyable depth for optimizers and survival fans if you take the time to learn its systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I just couldn’t help myself – I had to kick him off the roof of the skyscraper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the first Internet-connected arcade machinies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Murder and deception on a whimsical cartoony spaceship is so much fun that the only real question is what took it so long to catch on? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A pretty but average-at-best VR shooter that comes with an impressive WW2 tribute in tow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When my wife first saw me playing Monster Train she thought I’d gotten… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apart from a few inconsistencies with the relationships between its main characters, Hivebusters does everything a great Gears game should and then some. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Please don't play Cyberpunk 2077 on a base Xbox One or PS4. It is a shockingly bad way to experience what is a fantastic RPG on better hardware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Through engaging puzzles and a captivating story, Call of the Sea provides an excellent, poignant adventure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With a gorgeous mythological world to fight through and explore, it's a shame Immortals' puzzles are so unremarkable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A charming and unusual sci-fi RPG about love prevailing above all else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twin Mirror is a frustratingly uneven adventure that left me with surprisingly little to reflect on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices