Reviews

This stylish couch-co op beat-em-up actually plays better as a one-player game. The story’s pacing is a bit plodding, but the overall beats of the plot are solid and engaging. The combat feels much the same, in that it has the makings of greatness marred by issues with rhythm and timing. Young Souls shoots for the stars and lands somewhere in the moon’s orbit instead.

This 2D, NES-era-inspired action platformer features rock-solid gameplay and an excellent progression system. While it definitely isn't for everyone, it's not trying to be for everyone, it's trying to be for people who like demon fetuses, platforming, and pixel art -- and it's succeeding.

The third iteration of the Expeditions series, Expeditions: Rome is fairly light on exploration, moving things towards a more traditional RPG experience while still offering plenty of challenging turn-based battles.

A unique experience that doesn't hold your hand, Sands of Salzaar can best be described as Mount & Blade meets Dynasty Warriors. And that alone is reason enough to give it a shot even despite some assorted shortcomings.

Well-polished remakes of games from a different time in the Pokemon franchise and a faithful recreation of the originals that draws out their best aspects, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl offers a satisfying difficulty curve, especially during the Elite 4 fights. However, some bizarre decisions to bring back previously removed features add a touch of tedium into the mix.

Despite a handful of missteps, Chorus is a bold entry in the space combat genre, and introduces mechanics other games would do well to imitate. Polished and fun, Chorus manages to offer a lot without ever overreaching, and tells a compelling story while doing so.

While it's a bit of a jack of all trades, master of none, Len's Island succeeds both as a dungeon-crawler and as a chilled-out house builder. It's an Early Access game for sure, but if it looks like something you'd be interested in, there's plenty here to justify picking it up on release.

Disciples: Liberation is what you get when you take an atmospheric dark fantasy series and for some reason decide to give it The Three Stooges treatment. Combine that with sluggish and repetitive battles, and it becomes really hard to appreciate the good ideas buried underneath it all.