Pit People
The material for a deep, strategic experience is all here, but it’s hard to appreciate much of it.
Amnesia: Justine
It’s impressive that this formula is still scary even after it’s been imitated to death, but this is an unbelievably frustrating iteration of it.
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE
This is the “MORE” that players clamoured for, but it’s diluted through hundreds of bite-sized repetitions.
Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell
Battle Out of Hell is a collection of elements dropped from the original game before release, and boy, does it show.
The Walking Dead: 400 Days
The ideas and story threads of 400 Days deserve to be more than an hour and a half of DLC.
DmC Devil May Cry
DmC is better than all of the previous Devil May Cry games I’ve played.
PAYDAY: The Heist
PAYDAY’s heist elements give the game a unique flavour that makes it more enjoyable than a standard imitation, even when the imitation itself is rather flawed.
Jazzpunk: Flavour Nexus
With Flavour Nexus, Necrophone Games have made a graphically primitive, surreal prototype with minimal substance.
Dynamite Headdy
This game is insane even by Treasure’s usual unbridled standards.
Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall
I’ll never say no to more of Dishonored’s stellar gameplay, but some aspects of The Knife of Dunwall are disappointing.