Jay Castello
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The Verge
PolygonLatest Reviews
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is an improvement on the original in every way, making for a delightful mix chunky combat and inventory puzzling.
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is a deft interactive exploration of being a young adult.
Blue Prince
No two rooms at Mt. Holly are the same — nor do they even stay in the same place
Inzoi
The only thing this does for the game is add a veneer of corporate soullessness to the whole thing. Alongside the terrifyingly flawless faces and bodies of every Zoi, their obsession with being influencers, and the meaningless achievement grinding as a replacement for opportunities to find real stories to tell,...
Wanderstop
Wanderstop is meticulously thought out in both big- and small-picture ways, and that means it isn’t a straightforward game of a girl getting to put her hands in the soil and run a cute little café and be magically fixed. It’s a game that openly admits to not having all...
Avowed
In a vacuum, I like how it wraps up its questions. But these moments are lost in the constant, desperate — and stop me if you’ve heard this one before — scrounging for wood.
Lightyear Frontier
A satisfying daily loop turns into a speedy momentum in this open world farming game, but its early access release raises questions that need answers.
The Waylanders
The Waylanders is an RPG that's endearing as it is janky. It has fun characters and looks stunning, so here's hoping that more patches can get rid of the (potentially game-breaking) bugs.
Necrobarista
Necrobarista is a game that doesn't shy away from talking about death, but it's accompanied by enough warmth and humour to avoid any anxiety.
Beyond: Two Souls
Beyond: Two Souls feels like a Frankenstein creature; a television show with interactivity jammed in for the sake of it. It’s an interminable cutscene that demands your input at every moment, constantly disrupting the flow of the story to do so, but doesn’t reward your actions with any kind of...
Overcooked! 2
Moreover, despite being a largely frantic experience, the game also brings plenty of levity to the table. It’s forgiving enough that falling off a ledge is more slapstick than frustrating, for example. And its cartoony characters show that there’s room in the kitchen for everyone from grannies to racoons who...