Phil Hornshaw's Reviews
Until Dawn struggles with clunky video game elements and rough pacing, but mitigates it with B-movie slasher mainstays and a willingness to embrace player failure.
Halo 5: Guardians is great if you're a big fan of its multiplayer modes, but its campaign is the weakest of the series.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 piles on new ways to play without much concern for quality.
Rise of the Tomb Raider is the best blockbuster game of 2015.
The ambitious scope of Star Wars: Battlefront creates both its most fun and most frustrating moments.
Rainbow Six: Siege blasts through conventions with a fresh take on tactical shooters.
Republique is a relatively simple stealth game with a lot of love dumped into its presentation and its world, but Episode 4's attempt to shake things up in both gameplay and plot is weak.
Firewatch goes for a walk in the woods and gets lost along the way.
Taming bears is a blast, but sometimes playing beast master is still a day job.
The Division puts players on a treadmill without a carrot.
Dark Souls III is tough as nails, and the most rewarding Dark Souls game yet.
Blizzard's Overwatch is an expertly crafted, awesomely fun, deep, and well-polished team shooter.
Forza Horizon 3 gets the fun of driving, and everything from the DJs on the radio to the construction of the world is focused on the tone of having a really enjoyable time in a vehicle.
By bringing the series to World War I, DICE has created a tighter, more intense take on the Battlefield formula.
Titanfall 2 is better than its predecessor in every way – it’s extremely entertaining to play, sporting a solid single-player campaign and great multiplayer, and it offers a kind of gameplay that’s not quite like anything available in 2016.
'Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare' delivers one of the best campaign stories in the series history
The good outweighs the bad, with Watch Dogs 2 providing lots of stellar opportunities for players to hack the planet.
'The Last Guardian' is rooted in the past, with design problems the game's beautiful aesthetic can't disguise.
Resident Evil 7, Capcom is a scary return to form. It brings out the best qualities of the series.
'For Honor's dueling is focused and fun, but the best stuff is overshadowed by many smaller problems.