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Never Alone carries the sensibilities of its inspirations, and it feels and looks just as it should.
Beneath the warm familiarity of 3D World lies one of the strangest Mario games in years - and that's wonderful news.
Video game players are familiar with the law of diminishing returns. Even as new entries in a series tirelessly improve upon their predecessors, our interest nevertheless wanes; with games, improved is somehow less exciting than new. Mario Kart 8 is a rare thing, then: the best entry in a series and the most exciting yet.
In fact, Hearthstone is unlike a lot of games. It's a card strategy game that is bright and accessible. It's a free-to-play game with generosity of spirit. Heck, it may not have all the features its fans are demanding just yet, but it's even a Blizzard game where "coming soon" actually means coming soon. It's overflowing with character and imagination, feeds off and fuels a vibrant community of players and performers, and it only stands to improve as Blizzard introduces new features, an iPad version and expansions. And now it's finally finished! I can't wait to see where it goes next. Job's done.
'The sacred river ran, through caverns measureless to man, down to a sunless sea,' reads Coleridge's poem, Kubla Khan, from which the game takes its name and setting. It already knows that you will take up the challenge and bravely attempt to measure these caverns. The better question, and the one that Sunless Sea asks in countless ways is: how?
The defining game of the last ten years is also one of the most surprising. Minecraft is unmissable.
Spelunky is a perfect game - a creation of rare crystal clarity that sparkles from every angle.
The Pikmin series blossoms anew, in a bouquet of fresh gameplay and the best of its roots.
Absurd, unrelenting and endlessly creative, Turbo Overkill is a masterfully composed symphony of violence.
Wholesome, harmonious and completely unwilling to settle, this is one of the most generous games in years.
FromSoftware delivers a superlative action game that builds on its Soulslike pedigree while staying lean and laser-focused.
Micro-developer Lunar Division melds scientific rigour and faithful devotion into one, creating an entirely singular game about the depths of space, the limits of your own mind, and the divine beauty of mathematics.
Part visual novel, part rhythm game, part interactive animated movie, Goodbye Volcano High taps into the sacred relationship between music and coming-of-age in ways that would be impossible in any other media format.
Lorenzo Redaelli follows up 2020's uncompromising The Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star with a pulverising, shape-shifting visual novel of friendship, post-COVID trauma, and horror in the blistering Italian sun that's as artistically dazzling as it is emotionally raw.
Worlds sit within worlds in this properly magical puzzle adventure.
A crew searches a watery world for a missing friend in this evocative game of exploration and conversation.
An endless cascade of ideas in a game that takes Mario to some wonderfully strange places.
The third of LCB's weird narrative experiences is a reminder of what makes this series so special.
Tight, inventive gameplay, cascading card synergies, and gentle, witty character-writing ensure that, while Cobalt Core might not slay Slay the Spire, it does indeed slay.
Never the same game twice, Against the Storm is a rare gem of a city builder that thrives on chaos but exists in perfect balance, evolving with you as you learn and adapt.