An underwhelming story but a massive, exciting sandbox of parkour and kinetic combat.

Windjammers 2 is a blast when you get into its zone. But despite that joyful core, it feels like a failure to bring this classic game to a new generation. Just as its style is trapped in the aesthetics of years gone by, so too is its approach to design. There a lot to like about it, and for some the stripped down challenge will be a welcome callback, but I imagine most will be left wondering what the fuss is about.

An uneven epic whose historical richness guides it through some awkward pacing.

A beautiful and engrossing detective game packed with mysteries, puzzles, and intrigue.

Rainbow Six Extraction is a fun and unremarkable co-op shooter with some very good ooze.

If it's a bit flabby and messy, though, Nobody Saves the World is far more often a delight. Guacamelee was a showcase for ingenious level design, but here DrinkBox demonstrates a different knack for layering up complex systems, which combine and play off each other in deviously logical ways. Under the brash exterior lies a wonderfully technical game that offers the freedom to let you discover the quality of its craft in your own time. Grinding through quests is a genuine pleasure and, well, who doesn't want to be a horse with the powers of a slug?

The best game on PS4 is now one of the best games on PC.

Monster Hunter: Rise is arguably the greatest entry in Capcom's flagship series, and a game that simply never stops giving.

A terrific return to form for singleplayer Final Fantasy that makes the series' future exciting, in a barebones (though functional) PC package.

It's impressive that the team is still able to take FF14's trappings and crystalise them into new forms even so many years on, from the way jobs and dungeons feel like the best they've ever been, to their confidence when it comes to experimenting with the relationship between gameplay and storytelling. But while there are some stunning vistas and lighting effects, and the detailing on new armour designs are enchanting, the age of the core game can't help but show, smooth as it is to play. This is a great final chapter to a story that'll stick with me, and I'm excited to see the team tell a new one—but I'm eager for some bigger changes to shake up Eorzea when they do.

There still isn't any game on the market quite like Farming Simulator, but the series is overdue for a gameplay makeover.

A fiddly take on management, survival and city building that you can still lose a weekend to.

Despite its strengths, Solar Ash fails to skate free from the gravity of its influences.

Halo Infinite can't quite deliver on being an open-world throwback, but it's the best shooting the series has seen to date.

An excellent turn-based strategy that shines in spite of some minor annoyances.

Ruined King’s innovative battle system is the highlight of an attractive but unexciting RPG.

The constant threat of chaos adds tension and fun to an otherwise basic management sim.

Battlefield 2042 makes gutsy changes to a series that needed them, and sets a new standard for built-in custom mode support.

An island full of riveting mysteries, stuck with some truly awful and jarring combat.

CoD's multiplayer is as dependable as ever, but Vanguard's campaign and Zombies mode fail to capitalise on what could be interesting ideas.

It's still one of the best dungeon crawlers ever made, but now it's on PC.

Strip away the framing and this is a throwaway JRPG that never finds its bite.

The veteran playmaker is still banging them in and deserves that new contract.

Playground's singular series gets a lush new setting, but otherwise remains committed to tuning an already winning formula. But even a marginal improvement on the best racing series around is worth celebrating.

Extreme sports made accessible to the point of basic. It's got a tin ear but a big heart.

A surprisingly good time when you're not forced to reload your checkpoint after a game-breaking bug.

A worthy new entry in the legendary series that’s equal parts progressive and dated.

New World's engaging crafting and faction rivalries are held back by abysmal PvE and a boring world.