Anyone looking for adventure should sail no further than Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. This latest Assassin’s Creed game takes everything good about the series and wraps it up in an exciting and beautiful Norse-flavored package that is packed with brutal Viking combat.
Looking for a beautiful gaming distraction to close out your year? Our open world game reviewer has looked at them all in 2020, and is solidly declaring Ghost of Tsushima as the best. Sink into this wonderful game, which looks great even running on a PS4.
The only game set 100 years prior to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity takes many core elements from that game, but presents a more lighthearted, and in some ways deeper, story within this fascinating franchise.
Set in prohibition-era Chicago, Empire of Sin combines the turn-based strategy of XCOM with the empire building of Civilization. It’s a fun title, but waters down the fun gangster combat part of the game with a pretty complex and completely unnecessary business management simulation.
Cyberpunk 2077 is clearly a masterpiece, but also a heavily flawed one. We reviewed it on a high-end PC, which let the game put its best foot forward. But your mileage will vary. It’s almost unplayable on the PlayStation 4, but starts to shine when given enough hardware to drive Night City’s massive world.
Wallachia: Reign of Dracula is a modern game designed like an old-school platformer, with all the difficulty that entails. Inspired by Castlevania, Wallachia dives into the legend of Dracula before he became a supernatural villain.
Cloudpunk offers an exploration and role-playing experience that is compelling without the protagonist having to shoot anyone, or ever being in any real danger. It’s still an adult experience, set in a dark cyberpunk-type world.
Those who love tennis know that the last great tennis simulation was Top Spin 4, which released way back in 2011. Unfortunately, Tennis World Tour 2 doesn’t change this sad fact, though it does add a few interesting elements to the genre.
Peril on Gorgon is the first of two planned DLCs for last year’s Game of The Year winner, The Outer Worlds. The stupendous sci-fi RPG shooter is back with new missions, a darker story, more exploration and about eight to 10 hours of extended and exciting gameplay.
Picklock is a pixel-based, strategic thief simulator that will have you stealing everything that’s not nailed down from the till of cash registers to the toilet paper in your target’s bathroom. It offers pretty good gameplay for not much money.
