| # | Name (platform) | stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disco Elysium (PC) | 5 |
| 2 | Resident Evil 2 (XB1X) | 5 |
| 3 | Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order (XB1X) | 5 |
| 4 | Control (XB1X) | 4 |
| 5 | The Outer Worlds (XB1X) | 4 |
| 6 | Outer Wilds (XB1X) | 4 |
| 7 | Age of Wonders: Planetfall (XB1X) | 4 |
| 8 | Metro Exodus (XB1X) | 4 |
| 9 | Observation (PC) | 3 |
| 10 | Remnant from the Ashes (XB1X) | 3 |
A phenomenal game. Absolutely stunning.
Excellent remake 5/5.
Gosh this really was very, very good. I did not care for the timed mode unlockables but that's not a problem for me. The replayability of the core game was very, very high. I played this through seven times before calling it a day. Excellent.
Gosh this is absorbing! Real surprise.
Tomb Raider meets Dark Souls
5/5
This is a very enjoyable game with a well realized X-filesy premise. It falls a little short of being outstanding but it is extremely well made. Especially the visual effects - which are astonishing!
Enjoyable - well made. Needed to go a bit deeper than it did.
4/5
This starts a little slowly but very soon hooks you in with its mysteries, exploration, and ultimately narrative.
4/5
Compelling and well made. I have played several campaign maps to completion and am yet to try the sandbox mode but overall I am really enjoying the Civ meets XCom in a grand Space Opera setting style.
4/5
Half Life 2, the post-apocalypse Russia version - without aliens but with travel buddies. Often very engaging. Some minor jank (including the game crashing bugs which are at least are somewhat offset in their capacity to ruin the experience by the game's regular autosaving) Enjoyable though. Outstanging in many exlements of its visual design. The narrative part of the story overall is a big improvement on the last Metro game. The Caspian level has a mad max vibe that mostly works, whereas, the Taiga level toward the back end of the story is less effective with its ham fisted attempt at a lord of the flies local history that feels more like a Fallout 4 DLC in tone compared to the relentlessly bleak tone of the rest of the game. Perhaps there is some narrative intent in this but for me the ideas in this section just didn't fit in well with the rest of the Metro universe. The game gets back on track by the end area though, where I really think it did very well (better than the previous two games even) 4/5
Atmosphere 10/10.
Story 7/10.
Gameplay 6/10.
Overall 3/5. Memorable for the tension and creepiness of the station and the premise.
Atmospheric. Intriguing. Grindy. Enjoyable. Hard. Soulsy. Very good.
