Despite fumbles with its new melee combat and difficulty balancing, Control Resonant's storytelling, world, and bizarre quests kept me eager to explore its distorted New York.
Simon Ordell’s journey through the Scottish town of St. Amelia in 1996 is not without its shortcomings, but the experience is an affecting one buoyed by the first-person perspective.
Building on the already-great remake of the first game, Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter masterfully updates the gameplay and timeless story, adding up to what is now the Trails series’ defining entry, and one of the best RPGs of the year.
Megamix is the best in the series so far thanks to improvements in the
rhythm gameplay and a greatest-hits attitude toward its collection of
minigames.
This Kirby is not a radical new direction for the hero, but it’s a
well-designed platformer with some new mechanics – and a particularly
compelling final few hours.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book emphasizes the series’ best parts (like the alchemy system) and shores up the weaker aspects of the formula.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book emphasizes the series’ best parts (like the alchemy system) and shores up the weaker aspects of the formula.
