An incredible world of demons, mystery, and vaporwave, Paradise Killer sets new standards for the detective genre.

The storyline is meaty but short by "Baldur's Gate" standards at around 30 hours, and although this iteration of Jade Empire gets the Special Edition moniker, it contains no new story content. [Apr 2007, p.48]

Novel tactical mechanics make this indie a contender for the best strategy RPG this year.

Flawed and overfamiliar, but still as joyously OTT and hilarious as ever.

Ashen's slant on the Soulslike subgenre isn't revolutionary, but is a wonderful example of the familiar formula executed well. It's thoughtful, gorgeous, challenging and a dream to explore.

The worlds are so huge, and the population spread so thin, that many players will find themselves feeling a bit lonely. Forming parties is easy, but it's often difficult to find players to join your cause.

The excellent story, still-superlative career and loot-based F1 World make for a convincing and gigantic F1 experience.

Even a terrible UI and choppy performance didn't spoil several dozen hours of numbers-go-up bliss.

​Stunningly rendered close-ups of nature make Unravel’s somber fable and irritating death traps just worth surviving.

Incredibly tough but perfectly fair, Ghostrunner cuts the cybernetically enhanced mustard.

A well-designed and entertaining street racer - "Midtown Madness" on steroids. [Oct 2003, p.102]

So, an expertly crafted space adventure? Yes. One of the best examples of this genre we've ever seen? Also yes, with the caveat that it's a style of game that's been sadly under-represented in recent years. The lack of heavy simulation elements and emphasis on combat makes this a game that's perfect for a quick blast as well as longer play sessions, but it's also a satisfying and, thanks to all the side missions, really quite long adventure that'll keep you looting and shooting through space for up to 90 hours.

As complete a chess package as you could want, although it's missing a few friendly touches. [Oct 2004, p.88]

Kalimba is a beautiful, cheerful platformer that finds a neat middle ground between reflex-oriented running and taxing puzzle solving.

Another superlative career mode, but the avatar customisation and tacked-on supercars feel like bullet points.

Novel presentation and a masterful complexity curve, but The Pedestrian's very shy about storytelling.

Balanced, innovative, gorgeous. Truly worthy of the series. [Holiday 2005, p.52]

I hope we don't have to wait another 10 years for more. [Mar 2010, p.81]

Fortnite suffocates what could be an incredible tower defense game beneath the some of the most tangential, egregious, impersonal progression systems we’ve seen.

Agreeable hack-'n'-slash fare – the puzzling and platforming is lightweight, but offsets the roaming and robust combat well.

Hunt: Showdown is a clever, hard-nosed FPS that doesn't have enough substance to be truly essential yet.

Periodically veers toward mediocrity, but wrapped in a richly drawn world that transcends the game's flaws--just barely. [Jun 2010, p.70]

Ghostrunner deserved a sequel; specifically, a sequel better than this one.

Trials of Fire's list of features may read like a videogame word salad, but the resulting combination makes for a fine RPG feast.

It was originally conceived for the keyboard only, and though you can reconfigure its commands, the game isn't very mouse friendly. [Mar 2002, p.61]

It clearly remains the best chess game on the market, bar none...With few new features, though, where's the series heading? [Dec 2002, p.104]

Nothing truly groundbreaking, but it's an excellent multiplayer RTS game. [Jan 2004, p.106]

If you can’t find something to love about this game, dump your computer in the garbage right now. Arcanum epitomizes what people like you and me love most about PC gaming.