The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth isn't a game for everyone, with its crude settings and heavy use of religious iconography. However, it's just about as close to a perfect game as we've seen all year.
Civilization: Beyond Earth is decidedly deserving of carrying the weight of the franchise in a new direction, but it’s simply lacking enough variety for it to become the new standard bearer.
Wasteland 2 is exactly what fans of the franchise were hoping to get: a well polished, old-school RPG. Minor issues aside, this should be considered a must play for fans of the genre, and for newcomers who are trying to see what all of the fuss was about.
Gauntlet scratches the nostalgic itch perfectly and does right by its predecessors, but outside of a long slow grind there’s nothing here to demand that you keep coming back once you've completed your quest.
Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition is a mediocre port of a very good game. Fans of the franchise and newcomers alike should both seriously consider picking it up on the PC, but it might be worth waiting to see if the noted issues can get smoothed out first.
Madden NFL 15 may not be the first Madden game released for the next generation of consoles, but it stands as the series' first truly "next-gen" iteration. That said, a couple of major issues keep it from being as great as it could have been.
Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition brings everything we've loved about the game to current-gen consoles, and the addition of couch co-op makes for a very tempting buy. However, unless you're buying it strictly for some local co-op, you'll probably be better served with the PC version.
DayZ is going to break away from the PC and allow Playstation 4 players to start murdering each other over cans of beans. Designer Dean Hall spoke during the Playstation Gamescom 2014 conference today, confirming that the multiplayer survival game will arrive on the console. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to give us any real information as to when we should expect it. He did mention though that while Bohemia is working on the PS4 version, it’s still going to continue improving upon the experience for PC players.