This charming adventure has its pitfalls, but it's still a lot of fun.

A solid port of a one-of-a-kind role-playing game that is endlessly appealing to genre fans who are looking for something different, but it's a bit too dense for everyone else.

Konami has crafted a whimsical take on baseball that's as deep as you want it to be.

Triple Deluxe is an absolute diamond of a game, and cements Kirby's place as nothing less than a bone fide platforming superstar.

Snoopy Flying Ace is a great arcade flight sim that packs in a lot of action at a low price.

The Russian nesting dolls of Stacking are every bit as enchanting on the PC as they were on consoles.

A remarkable action game that tells a compelling story from start to finish.

Mario Party Superstars certainly provides the highs that the series is capable of, but unless you're restricted to playing on the Switch Lite or itching to play with a Pro Controller, there's a better version of this game available for you and your loved ones to play in Super Mario Party.

There's definitely room for improvement down the road, but Rocksmith's debut has one thing going for it above all else: it's the real deal. This ambitious guitar game delivers on its promise of intense rhythm gaming action tied to the act of actual guitar playing. It has something to offer players of all skill levels, whether you're picking up and learning the guitar for the first time or have been playing for ages.

The gorgeous city of Constantinople takes center stage in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, another great historical adventure.

For all of the elements in which Second Son excels, the narrative fails to carry its share of the weight. Still, don't become mired in the negativity as Delsin so often does. Instead, just laugh at the cheesy dialogue and chortle at how extreme the morality system is. Second Son is a great game that knows exactly what it is, and sucks you in with its unfiltered fun.

Guitar Hero Live's reinvented mechanics makes music-driven gameplay fresh and fun again, and while that's a truly massive and meaningful change for the genre as a whole, the campaign's off-putting presentation and GHTV's unpleasant microtransactions all sour the experience built up around that gameplay.

The Division's haunting recreation of midtown Manhattan might be the most impressive urban world outside of a Rockstar game.

The tennis action is fast and fun in Get a Grip, but a meandering story keeps you off the court for too long.

You might just find something you like, something completely different, or something that emotionally affects you in ways you never thought possible from a video game. And that alone makes Proteus a winner.

Armello picks and chooses a variety of elements from board, card, 4X, and role-playing games without demanding either a familiarity with or a fondness for any genre. It also leaves a lot of room to engage as deeply as you want with the game's guts without feeling like you're floundering if you don't. Whether you're bumbling your way to the top or playing all your cards right, Armello makes regicide ridiculously entertaining.

Robin Hood gets its subject matter right, and with plenty of playability, storytelling, and atmosphere.

[An] exceptional rally game--one that has no equal on the PlayStation 2.

The only real problem with Loopy Landscapes is that it doesn't add two much-needed elements to RollerCoaster Tycoon: a free-for-all mode in which you're not constrained by scenario objectives, and a means of controlling the game speed.

The game loses much of the original PC version's polish in translation to the PS2--loading times are bad, and the game's sluggish frame rate and blurry textures aren't flattering, especially if you've seen the far-superior-looking PC and Xbox versions...Otherwise outstanding.

Though it introduces a few new features that don't quite work, it retains and improves upon virtually every element of the original, both in its single-player campaign and in its multiplayer mode.

Given that "Hitman 2" was such a huge improvement on the original, it's inherently somewhat disappointing that the new Hitman: Contracts is really just a rehash. It's more of the same, replete with everything that was good and everything that wasn't so good about the 2002 game.

Although it has fewer features than other baseball video games, Baseball Advance is both fun and impressive.

Blizzard's fast-moving racing game is at its most fun when you're playing it with someone else.

A fun handheld game that should please anyone who's looking for an action game with teeth.

A very smart game with great puzzles, yet there's not enough variety in those puzzles to keep it completely entertaining throughout.

A racing game that puts drivers in the spotlight without sacrificing exciting on-track action.

A surfing game that exhibits a high level of quality in every facet of its execution.