Fun combat and great looks make DC Universe Online entertaining for a while, though various limitations keep it from being a long-term destination.
Resident Evil: Raccoon City is a substandard port of a poor co-op shooter.
BioShock Infinite's mechanics don't play nicely with the underwater city of Rapture in Burial at Sea - Episode 1.
Flower remains a ravishing display of nature's grace.
Killzone: Shadow Fall's multiplayer plays to the series' key strengths. It's too bad the campaign forgot to turn on the heat.
Its situations and story are riotous, but LocoCycle can't translate its fun humor into fun gameplay.
X Rebirth's endless deficiencies make it an inferior husk of the X games that came before it.
More often than not, the gorgeous and intriguing Banner Saga successfully balances the conflicting ideas of strategic control and arbitrary consequence.
At its best, Thief makes you feel like a devious outlaw. Sadly, such moments are too few.
South Park: The Stick of Truth is as simplistic as role-playing games come, but it captures the spirit of the animated show's riotous raunch.
The excellent Burial at Sea - Episode 2 marks a welcome return to form for BioShock Infinite.
The Elder Scrolls Online immerses you in its intricate quests and fantasy landscapes, only to undercut its strengths at every turn.
Don't be afraid of the dark in the shallow and cliched horror adventure Daylight.
Bound by Flame is a rickety role-playing game that bites off far more than it can chew.
Watch Dogs' attempts to say something serious are overshadowed by how enormously fun it is to create chaos in its impressive open world.
Comforting colors, excellent sound design, and simple gameplay make Entwined a lovely and fleeting experience.
WildStar is a colorful and traditional online role-playing game that evokes the compulsive need to fight everything you can fight, and click everything you can click.
Cry Wolf brings The Wolf Among Us to an uneven conclusion, but still packs the occasional emotional punch.
The excellent Divinity: Original Sin isn't a look into the history of role-playing games, but instead a look into their future.
Like it's predecessors, Risen 3 provides a rollicking adventure that doesn't quite deliver on the details.