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People of Note is a fun musical adventure that stalls in its latter half once its turn-based fights start becoming way too long to be fun.

Darwin's Paradox is a short but memorable cartoonish platformer starring a lovable, versatile little octopus.

Mario Wonder's Switch 2 upgrade adds neat single-player content, but the real draw is the massive array of multiplayer party games.

An approachable endgame, player housing, and a nostalgic campaign make WoW's 11th expansion worth playing for new and returning players.

Crimson Desert's spectacular open world and thrilling combat are only let down by a few narrative and quality-of-life issues.

Planet of Lana II doesn't do anything novel with its gameplay, but like its predecessor, it delivers an incredible story told with beautiful visuals and music.

Bungie's slick extraction shooter is tough to put down--it's great at creating tense battles and does so with a ton of personality.

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is an excellent turn-based RPG with a compelling hunt-capture-craft gameplay loop that will keep you engaged for dozens of hours.

Finally, 2K is addressing problems we've had for a long time.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered is a fantastic remaster of a flawed but decent game.

Scott Pilgrim EX doesn't reinvent the wheel for the brawler genre, but solid mechanics complemented by excellent art and music carry it for its short playtime.

This "Disco-like" RPG has a colorful world and sense of humor worth checking out.

God of War: Sons of Sparta is a middling metroidvania that offers compelling combat but is too rigid with its movement and exploration.

A cozy life sim makes for an unexpectedly excellent way to ring in 30 years of Pokemon, elegantly capturing what has made the series so enduring.

The Resident Evil series has a long history of struggling to find the right balance of horror and action, sometimes becoming massively successful and influential in either genre, and sometimes completely faceplanting after leaning too far one way. Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth mainline game in the series, sees Capcom dialing in the combination of those elements better than ever, though in a somewhat inelegant way. Rather than try to blend different elements of two different genres into a sing

High On Life 2 improves on its predecessor with a skateboard, biting satire, and boundless creativity, but middling combat and an uneven hit rate hold it back.

This first-person shooter draws from excellent inspirations but doesn't quite stick the landing on its own merits.

Romeo Is a Dead Man is as odd as you'd expect from a Suda51 game, but it doesn't quite come together into a coherent experience.

Reanimal's story is harrowing and dark, and the accompanying visuals make it somewhat of a spectacle. Sadly, it falls short on its lack of challenging puzzle moments.

Mario Tennis Fever is the best Mario sports game in years thanks to the fun and flexible new Fever rackets that imbue the game with wild, game-changing effects.