Christopher Livingston
With old friends, new enemies, and an exciting story, revisiting City 17 in VR is a thrill in Half-Life: Alyx.
Another strong (yet stressful) management sim from Frontier Developments.
A novel premise wrapped in an awkward and repetitive survival slog.
A few rough edges don't stop Outward from being a gem of an RPG.
It's Far Cry 5 again, on a smaller scale and with a post-apocalyptic paint job.
A beautifully crafted but ultimately repetitive world, and a disappointment when it comes to options on PC.
Fighting bugs on Mars is a repetitive exercise only enlivened by the presence of your chatty pal Hurk.
A dark, engrossing, and challenging narrative card and crafting game.
Frostpunk is a stressful, stylish, and addictive survival management game filled with incredibly difficult choices.
A big, beautiful, chaotic canvas of freeform destruction, Far Cry 5 continues the series' best traditions.
Portal's systems, if not its clever humor, are put to good use in this fun physics-based puzzle game.
A brilliant setting, new systems, and familiar features blend together for a strong prequel to the Assassin's Creed series.
The turn-based combat isn't the best, but it's a delightfully written RPG absolutely packed with humor.
A stylish and creative adventure with a clever time-rewinding hook.
Attacking settlements, especially your own, is good fun, but there’s hours of chores to complete before you can really become a raider.
Relaxing exploration and some lovely scenery coupled with repetitive systems, frustrating menus, and a lack of real discovery.
A charming space sandbox that will keep you busy and entertained for hours.
A tense and spooky strategy roguelike that's as satisfying as it is harrowing.
A great setting, a good story, and more dialogue-based solutions than the base game provides.
Beautiful as you could ask for, especially in VR, but exhaustingly repetitive.