IGN

Terminator 2D: No Fate is totally committed to being an unflinching homage to the 16-bit era.

Unbeatable suffers from an identity crisis, burying its functional but shallow rhythm gameplay beneath disjointed conversations and uneven pacing.

Routine surprised me — a horror veteran — in all the right ways. Its worldbuilding feels real, the environments are rich and interesting, and its systems and controls really do immerse you.

Learning to skate can be hell, and Skate Story proves this by taking us to what’s probably the weirdest vision of the underworld you’ll see without a belly full of Guatemalan Insanity Peppers.

Rhythm Doctor is one of the hardest games I’ve played in a hot second, regardless of genre. But the music, the humor, and the characters are all so strong that it compelled me to stick with it.

Escape From Tarkov is the extraction shooter that started it all, and many of its dense, mercurial systems are fascinating to learn and master at your own pace as it viciously refuses to hold your hand.

Horses is a chilling, nerve-shredding short story that propels you through a series of increasingly heinous farm tasks.

It doesn't take psychic powers to see the ideal vision Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was aiming for: it tries to mix the excellent Prime formula with a character-focused story and a large hub world to explore.

The stages themselves aren’t going to blow you away and I wish there was a more varied rogues’ gallery to smack down, but Marvel Cosmic Invasion’s tag team action has the juice, and it’s a joy to dig into each character’s kit, especially in co-op.

Right now, Project Motor Racing feels like an early access game that hasn’t actually been identified as such. There are certainly glimpses of a competent racing sim here, but it is drastically unfinished.