The Messenger
The Messenger is a solid throwback that’s more ambitious than it looks but also too ambitious for its own good.
Into the Breach
Into the Breach is nearly the perfect turn-based strategy game.
80 Days
80 Days is a great example of the power of interactive fiction, although it doesn’t execute it consistently.
Telling Lies
Telling Lies makes me wonder if Her Story might have been a once-in-a-lifetime game.
Stardew Valley
I kept coming back to Stardew Valley, but I found myself constantly wondering if it was worth the time investment.
Among the Sleep
While certainly well-intentioned, Among the Sleep doesn’t do enough to stand out from its incredibly crowded genre.
while True: learn()
Everything that while True: learn() tries beyond the first few hours immediately falls flat.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
No matter which version you play, Ninja Gaiden is an occasionally exciting, more-than-occasionally tiresome monument to gaming’s adolescent years.
Metroid Dread
Dread mostly takes existing franchise hallmarks and alters all of them slightly with only minor flaws, so the end product is consistently solid but unexceptional.
Dead Cells
Dead Cells is a perfectly well-made game that’s just not particularly interesting.