A decent Fast & Furious tale is undone by a disaster of a game.
A limp arcade action game amidst a sea of mindless references, Travis Strikes Again fatally lacks the style of its predecessors.
Sega's spin-off of its much loved series only serves as a melancholy reminder of other, better games.
And yet for all that there's a nagging sense of overfamiliarity, of running the same races in slightly more bloated cars in what's now a slightly more bloated game. F1 22 is a remarkably broad game too, it should be pointed out - one that can be enjoyed by the growing audience the sport now enjoys. It's a remarkably familiar one too, mind, that through no fault of its own never really feels like the measure of last year's model - a predicament the sport finds itself in now, as it struggles to match the fireworks and fury of the classic that was the 2021 season. In that way, perhaps F1 22 is a little too authentic for its own good.
There are some neat new toys while Portal delivers the series at its best, but 2042 launches as the weakest Battlefield in some time.
A surprisingly generous and deep life sim from the mind of Swery, but a frustratingly creaky one too.
RGG Studio's broadest, most packed open world is matched by mediocre additions and an ill-fitting story.
Enjoyably traditional, if a little tatty in places, this is a shooting game that still stands apart from all others.
Surreal, enigmatic and often sloppily executed, Balan Wonderworld is a 90s throwback that might be too period correct for some.
Fast, slick but with a few too many flaws, Pacer is nevertheless a fine futuristic racer.
Square Enix's line of retro JRPGs continues with an all-new world and tale for Bravely Default, though some of the old problems persist.
A new studio in charge sees Dirt retain some of its old swagger in a fun, frequently beautiful but occasionally hollow arcade racer.
There's real magic at the heart of this brilliantly faithful AR take on Mario Kart, but a fair few caveats abound.
Two of Nintendo's finest, and one of its most interesting, come together in a compilation that isn't worthy of their greatness.
An enjoyable and detailed racer successfully invokes the spirit of the 90s arcade, even if it doesn't quite have a spark of its own.
Kunos brings the full sim experience to console, warts and all, with a few oversights and errors along the way.
Its shortcomings far outweigh its merits, but what merits they are - Disaster Report 4 is silly, humane and utterly charming.
A cult classic gets a fittingly strange remake whose patchiness can't obscure the original's brilliance.
Ghost Games strips back the recent excess to deliver a simple, satisfying take on the Need for Speed formula, even if some problems persist.
The motion controls of the Wii original are stripped out for this remaster, leaving an entertaining if not quite excellent outing.