Alice Bell
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I Am Dead
An inescapably charming 3D puzzle game with many hidden surprises, I Am Dead's low-pressure treasure hunt and sense of fun is another good tonic for trying times. Being dead is, it turns out, jolly old time.
Pendragon
Inkle's marriage of Arthurian storytelling and turn-based strategy is elegant and replayable - if, perhaps, a little opaque at times.
Paradise Killer
A tough but super stylish investigate 'em up that'll have you dancing all the way to the murder trial. Probably through some blood from a ritual massacre. But that massacre was a legal one, you can ignore it.
Tell Me Why
The pacing makes this one a very slow burn, but Tell Me Why is a good entry into Dontnod's library of stories about families and sad magic.
No Straight Roads
No Straight roads would be a fun enough music-snob rhythm-action game if it was just the cool bosses, but the wonky platforming sections let it down.
Spiritfarer
Spiritfarer's cosy management is a thousand acts of kindness, beautifully done. It will make you sad, but it even does that in a kind way.
Maid of Sker
Maid Of Sker has a creepy story and great music, but in trying too hard to be scary, it ends up less so.
Saints Row The Third: Remastered is probably the best version of this classic action-adventure about gangs 'n' guns. It just depends what that means to you in 2020.
Signs of the Sojourner
A bittersweet deck-building card game about connections and empathy rather than winning.
Calvary and Four Last Things both wear their Monty Python influences very much on their sleeve, though, and this is appropriate. Because while Monty Python is funny, people tend to forget that the TV show in particular had about as many misses as it did hits, and only the hits...
Sayonara Wild Hearts
That's the heart of it, really. I think Sayonara Wild Hearts reminded me of all the cool things I've liked over the years, because it's not saying anything deeper than "Cool things are fucking great, and being cool is great too." Which is fine. It's all said in this incredibly...
Manifold Garden
But most of all, Manifold Garden makes me break out in a cold sweat. I cannot help but imagine myself, trapped in an endless kaleidoscope. Running through corridor after identical corridor. Walking out of a room and finding myself on a pyramid of steps without end. Just running around the...
