Moonglow Bay is a genuinely moving and surprisingly feel-good tale about coming to terms with grief and embracing change.

Sometimes you just want a bit of fun and a laugh, without needing a revolutionary experience, and Chocobo GP fits that bill nicely.

Even though it does get tough, I would still recommend this to everyone.

Fat Princess is a fun, well made, but ultimately shallow four-player hack and slash with a cutesy aesthetic and amusing writing.

TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 2 is still a good game, but some twitchy handling and framerate issues somewhat compromise the Nintendo Switch experience.

Yars Rising is a decent enough adventure, but it feels like a very odd way to revive Atari’s legendary franchise.

Caught right between a needed update and trying to strictly adhere to the original template, Secret of Mana doesn’t commit itself enough in either direction to justify owning it above any of the other versions.

The Lost Child is a good dungeon crawler but there are so many better ones. Kadokawa’s production values shine with gorgeous character art, great music, and even the voice acting. I wish they had gotten Experience Inc. to do the actual dungeon design.

Maid of Sker has an interesting story based on the House of Sker folklore. The use of binaural sounds is extremely well done but is let down by its reliance on jump scares and repetitive sound effects. The holding your breath mechanic does help and adds an extra layer to the survival aspect.

Dr Fetus' Mean Meat Machine is too hard for its own good, and the addition of deadly obstacles to the puzzle gameplay is just frustrating.

Dust & Neon is an enjoyable twin-stick shooter with a cool cover mechanic set in a colourful world. But it’s held back by a strong sense of deja vu and a lack of fresh ideas.

Even though the hedgehog’s deceleration is a resounding success, that precision in gameplay is hindered by a temperamental homing attack and subsequent cheap deaths. That aside, though, Sonic Lost World is unquestionably a return to form and a reason to care again – thankfully without the rose-tinted specs.

Exile’s End is a true old school Metroidvania experience in both good and bad ways that will ring your nostalgia bells while pulling no punches with the gameplay.

The idea of playing a game from the perspective of both thief and investigator is a fascinating one – especially when the two points of view overlap and interact – but Ancestry of Lies doesn’t manage to pull off this idea with the polish or precision required.

A stunning action game that relies on story and performance over padding and tacked-on game modes, The Order: 1886 will nonetheless divide gamers with its short run time and reliance on cinematic dazzle.

Alone in the Dark is a faithful take on the original, with some smart puzzles and a charming Southern tone despite some frustrating combat.

NASCAR Heat 5 is a step backward for the series, but still delivers some tense and rewarding racing.

Operation Babel is a good dungeon crawler but not even close to Experience Inc’s best work or most of the competition on Vita.

An aesthetically-pleasing but decidedly empty puzzle game, Pneuma scratches an itch but fails to excite.

Save Koch is a complex and surprisingly hardcore simulation game with a noir theme, but there a few too many fail states and it's too repetitive to be truly enjoyable.

The Occupation is an inventive political thriller that does something new, but is let down by poor AI and some frustrating bugs.

A roguelike survival game that sadly squanders its potential with a general lack of variety.

If you're after a fairly enjoyable loot-chaser to work out some of that daily stress, Chaosbane is worth a look.

Defense Technica is a bland, run-of-the-mill affair. It brings almost nothing new to the genre and relies on tried and tested mechanics.

There’s a very good idea in here, but it’s buried under the monotony and the snail’s pace, and while it might be fine for a younger player that really likes dogs, I would hesitate to recommend this. It could have been so much better.

SkateBIRD is a wonderful skateboarding game that plays familiar to THPS, but is as much its own game to separate the two.

A marmite-puzzler that some will adore, and others will despise. Despite that, it's a fun puzzler.

Crush Your Enemies is an RTS that’ll hold your attention for a little while, with toilet humour you’ll either appreciate or hate, but there are plenty of better games in the genre already on the market.