There’s a great game hidden somewhere in ELEX, but there are just too many technical missteps and niggling bugs to give a wholehearted blanket recommendation to all RPG fans out there. Nevertheless, if you don’t mind your games having a few rough edges, and aren’t desperate for every aspect of your RPG experience to be the best-of-the-best, then ELEX may just be the diamond in the post-apocalyptic rough that you’ve been waiting for.
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony's twisted helter-skelter ride of bloody murder and dastardly bears is a thrilling concoction of whodunit high jinks imbued with some surprisingly deep social satire, and to top it all off, it’s terrifically written and marvelously presented, too.
Though it doesn’t feel quite as “high stakes” as its predecessor, Life is Strange: Before The Storm - Episode 1: Awake is a very promising start to Deck Nine’s new prequel miniseries.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is an absorbing and addictive experience that combines unpredictable, tactically deep turn-based strategy gameplay, and dexterously imbues it with the humor and heart of a traditional Mario adventure.
If the contemporary pop culture zeitgeist has taught us anything, we can all agree that - sometimes - it’s good to be bad. From Breaking Bad to Bates Motel, from Dexter to Despicable Me, from Maleficent to Megamind; there’s been a prevailing obsession with villains recently that has taken audience mindshare by storm. To say that the Star Wars franchise respects, honours and helps fuel our reverence for the good ol’ baddies, well frankly, that would be a huge understatement.
Pyre is an audiovisual delight, with a mesmerizing, painterly art-style which is further complemented by some excellent, tactical gameplay, too. Simply put, it's a magical symphony of the senses.