Reviews

EA Sports WRC reviewed by Luke Reilly on Xbox Series X. Also available on PlayStation 5 and PC. “EA Sports WRC takes the class-leading feel of 2019’s Dirt Rally 2.0 and stuffs it into an officially licensed World Rally Championship experience, like a steel rod in Timo Rautiainen’s backside. Loose surface handling remains supreme, stages

Stray Souls reviewed on PlayStation 5. Also available on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox. Narrated by Akeem Lawanson. Despite a genuinely unsettling introductory chapter, Stray Souls is an ambitious but unsatisfying horror game that never quite gets going. Its characters are shallow and uninteresting, and while the sights and sounds of its world can be

Cities: Skylines 2 reviewed by Leana Hafer on PC. Cities: Skylines 2 is not the best game in the lineage of Will Wright’s original 1989 classic. The champion is still the original Cities: Skylines, at least for now. If Skylines 2 gets the same incredible post-launch support and additional paid and free content as its

Wizard with a Gun reviewed by Carli Velocci on PC, also available on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. Wizard with a Gun does what it says on the tin, but not much more. There are tons of cool guns and spells to craft, elemental enemies to defeat, and neat areas to explore. But poor

Star Trek Infinite reviewed by Will Borger on PC. Clearly inspired by Paradox’s Stellaris, Infinite does a great job of capturing the look and feel of Star Trek, but those enticing bones splinter under the weight of its bugs and glitches. Each Major Power feels distinct, Mission Trees add choices and story elements to encourage

Cricket 24 reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on PlayStation 5. Also available on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox. “Cricket 24 is a bit like English opener Rory Burns. That is, capable of quality play for decent periods – and getting the job done despite looking a little peculiar at times – but a bit too inconsistent

Forza Motorsport reviewed by Luke Reilly on Xbox Series X. Also available on Xbox Series S and PC. “After six long years, Forza Motorsport is off the lift and back in our lives. It looks great, feels great, sounds great, and it’s brought with it the most impressive multiplayer we’ve seen in the series so

High On Life: High On Knife reviewed on Xbox Series X by Travis Northup. Also available on PC and PlayStation 5. High on Knife is a decent add-on for those searching for an excuse to jump back into Squanch Games’ gross world of naughty words and cartoon violence, but it doesn’t offer a whole lot

EA Sports FC 24 reviewed on PlayStation 4 by Andrew McMahon. Narrated by Ryan McCaffrey. Also available on Xbox Series X/S and PC. If you were hoping for a dramatic reinvention of EA’s soccer sim to go along with ditching the FIFA name, EA Sports FC 24 is not that. If you’ve played FIFA, you

Party Animals reviewed on PC by Charlie Wacholz. Also available on Xbox Series X/S. With smooth online multiplayer, a handful of mostly distinct maps, and downright adorable characters, Party Animals delivers a fun party game that brings cuddly, chaotic fun where it counts the most. The intentionally wobbly controls take a moment to get used

Starfield reviewed on PC and Xbox Series X by Dan Stapleton. It’s never a great sign when someone recommends a game on the grounds that it gets good after more than a dozen hours, but that’s very much the kind of game Starfield is, and I do recommend it. There are a lot of forces

Sea of Stars reviewed on PlayStation 5 by Gabriel Moss. Also available on PlayStation 4, Xbox, PC, and Switch. “Sea of Stars is an excellent tribute RPG that channels the best parts of its ‘90s-era forebears like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, and even Star Ocean: The Second Story. Because of that, it’s fair to

Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy reviewed by Travis Northup on PlayStation 5. Also available on Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Nintendo Switch. Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy is an awesome sequel that keeps the good times rolling for one of the best co-op puzzle-platformer series out there. This set of puzzles are some of the

Sea of Stars reviewed on PlayStation 5 by Gabriel Moss. Also available on PlayStation 4, Xbox, PC, and Switch. Sea of Stars is an excellent tribute RPG that channels the best parts of its ‘90s-era forebears like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, and even Star Ocean: The Second Story. Because of that, it’s fair to