A terrific plot, excellent characters, and fantastic worldbuilding elevate the game's unexciting puzzles. [Issue#272, p.44]

Taut, thrilling, and full of twisty new takes on a classic gaming formula, Phantom Doctrine is our new strategic addiction.

An addictive and punishing romp that rewards creative builds and cool heads under immense (and constant) pressure.

A deceptively realistic racing game that doesn't care if you want to ignore the details and just smash every car on the track.

One of Telltale's best seasons, and a Batman tale that finds something new to do with the Joker. [Issue#271, p.50]

The game is really quite brutal, but individual runs quite short. It’s a perfect palate-cleaner game – quick to load, easy to switch to from other applications, and over pretty fast. Unless you’re good at it, which, you know… I’m pretty much not. But it’s also just wonderfully silly fun. Bright, chaotic in the all the best ways, and always surprising.

The Forest frequently flirts with perfection. A fantastic and engrossing survival-horror experience from start to finish.

With enough tweaks to make the game feel fresh, and enough of the same formula to keep the game comfortable, this is a great Total War entry.

Cute and relatable, and very enjoyable in small, perfectly formed chunks. Much like each new Sword of Ditto!

A near-enlightening shooter experience held back by big-disclaimer co-op and dark-grey microtransactions.

An ambitious game that manages to pack in a beautiful open world, complex survival challenges, and lots of teeth. [Issue#270, p.59]

A retro game that delivers more wonderful gameplay than nostalgia. [Issue#270, p.58]

Rise & Fall doesn't reinvent Civ VI but it does expand its repertoire in meaningful ways. [Issue#270, p.56]

First and foremost a game, the anthropology lessons are happy to sit in the background. [Issue#270, p.55]

An excellent fighting game, even if you're not a fan of Dragon Ball. [Issue#270, p.54]

A wonderful, strange, sad trek through the myth of America. [Issue#270, p.52]

A smart, satisfying puzzler wrapped in an equally smart, satisfying narrative layer. [Issue#269, p.64]

Nioh successfully reinvents Souls with deeper combat and skill trees. [Issue#269, p.58]

Like Leicester winning the Premiere League, FM18 Touch knocks over its more fancied rival. [Issue#269, p.56]

The lack of focus can be frustrating, but the world is so interesting that it'll draw you back in. [Issue#269, p.55]

A well designed competitive brawler that separates itself from the crowd. Battlerite is as rewarding as it is addictive. [Issue#269, p.54]

A compelling narrative experience, structured like a classic science fiction short story in which you can drive a sentient vacuum cleaner around.

You'll laugh, you'll die, you'll hurl yourself back into this satanic enterprise again and again. [Issue#268, p.70]

Stealth-action reinvented as easy-to-digest open world RPG-action. [Issue#268, p.68]

A brilliant, detailed racing game that stays true to the series lineage, for better and for worse. [Issue#268, p.64]

Full of funny moments and some great new mechanics but doesn't quite feel like it lives up to its own potential. [Issue#268, p.56]

There is a lot of very satisfying shooting to be found in Destiny 2. [Issue#268, p.54]

There are a few technical problems with Wolfenstein II, and occasionally the story gets a little too grim, but it's still a pure joy to play. [Issue#268, p.51]