Reviews

Madden NFL 27 can offer up unforgettable moments through gameplay, but when it comes to being the coach/GM of a team or its superstar, it doesn’t fully deliver.

Bowie and pals’ adventure successfully impersonates the Star Fox 64 experience, but it’s an underwhelming impression.

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is a fighter that is as much of an advancement to the genre as it is an homage to the Marvel vs. Capcom era.

Combat is the best part of Beast of Reincarnation, courtesy of a satisfying combat system filled with experimentation and tense fun. If only the rest of Game Freak's venture into the action space matched it.

Big Walk is a lot of walking with your friends. Thankfully, it's a very good walk.

Even stripped of its multiplayer, this return trip to the original Halo nails the fun and chaos that made the series a landmark game.

Unraveling the truth behind the unsolved deaths of a group of people gathering at a mansion one stormy night is engrossing and inventive, with a tale that keeps you guessing until its final moments.

Though Splatoon’s single-player content has always been underappreciated, Splatoon Raiders makes it difficult to ignore, shining a bright light on the series’ oft-slept-on side.

This sequel from developer Le Cartel Studio is a great way to spend a few afternoons with family and friends.

Denshattack is weird as hell, and it leans into its strange premise with earned confidence, constantly building and layering on its ideas throughout at high speed.

With memorable puzzles, eye-catching animations, and a spirited voice cast, I admire the way the story was told just as much as the story itself.

College Football 27’s updates expand on the series’ highlight reel, even if some egregious lowlights threaten to tarnish its legacy.

While not a stem to stern remake, Ubisoft has made an enormous number of additions and tweaks to ensure this pirate fantasy still hits its mark.

Rhythm Heaven Groove is not my favorite in the franchise, but it makes me just as happy, proud, anxious, and angry as all the previous games in the series.

The improved graphics and fighter distinctions are welcome improvements, but when almost everything else feels so familiar or inessential, I can’t help but wonder if EA Sports’ UFC franchise has experienced too much time uncontested at the top.

This Switch 2 remake is a joyful, updated reminder of why the 1997 game is, in fact, very good and fun, but it also casts a spotlight on the fact that we are long overdue for something – frankly, anything – new from Fox McCloud and team.

Despite its fantastic core battle system, poor game direction and an overbearing free-to-play structure keep Pokémon Champions from reaching its full potential.

Despite the successes of The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, I can’t help but feel it’s a game that doesn’t make full use of its time-travel potential, both in its overworld and in its story.

Just like the beloved original, Gothic 1 Remake has a brutal learning curve and is rough around the edges, but it’s also an outstanding example of updating an old classic without diluting what made it great.