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Shift Up's lengthy adventure makes no bones about a provocative approach to sex and violence, but it's the top-notch action that is the real draw.

Tales of Kenzera: Zau conveys its somber themes with nuance and passion. It's just a shame the gameplay doesn't always match those highs.

Hundred Heroes adheres a bit too closely to outdated design conventions, but the strength of its writing and characters makes up for its short-sightedness.

Children of the Sun is a prime example of an experience born from a straightforward premise and then iterated for the right amount of time before it loses its charm.

You don't need a green thumb to enjoy Botany Manor's clever puzzle-solving and serene, whimsical atmosphere.

I was as captivated by the Open Roads' mystery at the start, but this road trip peters out after a few miles.

Pepper Grinder is an innovative indie experience, packed with tense battles, fluid platforming, and eye-catching visual design.

While far from a one-to-one remake, Contra: Operation Galuga effectively captures the spirit of the original game while modernizing just enough to make for an exciting, albeit short, adventure.

While it isn’t a hyper-creative leap forward, MLB The Show 24 finds a new swing by tethering style and strategy to baseball’s fundamentals.

For all the inspirations the game wears on its sleeve, it never rises above them, and thus feels like a title in search of an identity and desperate for a specific kind of player.

Princess Peach: Showtime could be a decent first game for young Peach fans, but longtime Nintendo players looking for the Princess’ equivalent of a quality Kirby platformer will likely be underwhelmed.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 captures the spirit of the original without sanding down the edges of what made it excellent.

Vanillaware's tactical RPG is a rewarding high fantasy epic, and minor frustrations in the late-game battles aren't enough to derail the fun.

2K's yearly WWE offering may not bowl over diehard players in the broad sense, but its incremental updates and continued polish make it the strongest contender since the franchise's comeback.

Evening Star clearly knows how to design a fantastic 3D platformer, but some important issues drag down an otherwise strong game.

Balatro is an engrossing and entertaining deckbuilding roguelike and one of the best games of the year.

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Skull and Bones impresses with the breadth of its world, opportunities for illicit trade, and explosive naval battles, but several features wear thin over time.

Helldivers 2 swaps the top-down perspective for third-person while maintaining the frenetic, ballistic loop of crash-landing on hostile planets, completing difficult missions, and extracting against all odds.

Mario and Donkey Kong have been rivals for over 40 years, and this game admirably carries that legacy forward.