At the end of the day, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate doesn't reinvent the wheel. It has more content, more polish, and more of the same gameplay that people love. It isn't going to convert anyone who disliked the formula, but it might bring newcomers into the fold.

Evolve has some of the best ingredients to make a good multiplayer experience, but it's up to the community to make this a game that's constantly in rotation.

Criminal Girls: Invitation Only is a title with a very, very, very specific audience. RPG fans will find the combat tedious and the plot generic, and those looking for a dose of scantily clad anime girls will probably be turned off by the whipping and electrocution.

There's a lot of interesting setup in the first episode of Life is Strange, and this is a great start.

Game of Thrones: Episode 2 - The Lost Lords is like the first episode in that it feels like a prologue to something bigger.

For all of its polish in some areas, it has obviously unrefined aspects in others. For all the aspects that let you tell a story about the game, there's little to allow you to create in a story within it.

Dying Light is easy to write off as a Dead Island knockoff, but it is anything but. It has a completely different feel, with intense mobility and speed mixing with far more deadly enemies. It's also more tightly designed and more fun to play and is an overall improvement over Dead Island in almost every way.

With just the right technical proficiency behind it, Roche Fusion is a very good traditional shooting game.

Kalimba is a solid puzzle platformer that is trickier than expected.

Swords & Soldiers remains a great real-time strategy game for the Wii U.

The Talos Principle can easily be called the next big puzzle game in the same vein as Portal.

Pinball FX2: Venom isn't exactly the most accessible table due to the design and heavy focus on missions.

Funk of Titans is a game that sounds fine on paper but falls apart in the execution.

It's got some serious RPG chops, too, so if you're a fan of lighthearted RPGs, you'll enjoy Citizens of Earth.

Atelier Ayesha Plus is one of the best Atelier games available.

Though imperfect, Resident Evil HD Remaster is a good update to a now-classic remake.

Aside from the short play time, it's rather engaging, and while it is way too early to say whether The Detail ends up being a great adventure, the first episode will certainly whet the appetites of those who love a good police procedural.

Fantasy Hero: Unsigned Legacy is a decent action RPG but nothing more.

Fat Chicken is definitely a game worth checking out, even if you're a casual fan of the genre.

If you're looking to satisfy that RPG itch on your brand-new, current-gen console, you can certainly to do so with Inquisition.

In the end, OlliOlli is quite good. It's familiar enough for genre fans to be able to pick up quickly, yet it's different enough that it feels fresh.

There is absolutely no reason to grab this one, especially at its rather high price point.

For rhythm fans and those who enjoy the Senran Kagura series thus far, Bon Appetit is worth checking out.

The result is a decent platformer that doesn't quite hit the mark of the first game, leaving behind a title that can be fun for platforming fans but is better as a rental than something to consider owning at a cheaper price.

It's a conscious decision on Larian's part to resurrect tried-and-true threads that run deep into the bones of the CRPG genre. It's a culmination of those efforts and an unapologetic celebration of battle-tested concepts backed by solid co-op. Most of all, it comes together as a grand adventure that hearkens back to sleepless nights buoyed by the roll of a die and a pad of grid paper shared between fellow dungeon crawlers.

If you're a Tales fan, it's worth your time even if it is weaker than its console counterparts.

Even die-hard Digimon fans will find very little to relish in this western-only release. For everyone else, many other fighting games can provide a more satisfying experience.

Passive AI and lackluster online support from the community isn't enough to make Civilization: Beyond Earth a total wash. If you've enjoyed the series over the years, you'll likely spend many hours with this entry as well.