Fresh Look columnist Neal Sayatovich was never a huge fan of the Monster Hunter series before, but he now enjoys Monster Hunter Wilds with his monster hunting partner columnist Vincent Mahoney and even rides to the rescue of fellow hunters in trouble.
Very loosely based on the historic Windscale nuclear disaster event that rocked Northen England, Atomfall gives players a 1960s era post-apocalyptic adventure in its world that’s filled with lots of dark secrets and deadly places to explore.
Urban Strife is a fun to play turn-based strategy and base management title set in rural Georgia following a zombie apocalypse. It’s currently in Early Access on Steam, and it features great tactical gameplay mixed with solid strategy and some surprising humor.
Everyone has probably played the classic Monopoly board game at some point. And now, the new edition of Monopoly for consoles and the PC takes that core gameplay and adds some stellar graphics and extra excitement.
The Kingdom Come series sets itself apart from other similar titles by focusing on extreme realism. Kingdom Come Deliverance II pushes that even further, almost making the experience into a medieval life simulation versus a traditional RPG.
The Monster Hunter series is constantly innovating and expanding, and Monster Hunter Wilds is no exception. With Wilds, players get a huge new land to explore and new mechanics to better tailor their powerful hunting techniques.
Hunter The Reckoning: The Beast of Glenkildove is a new text adventure set in the World of Darkness. But instead of having players become a vampire in the adventure, they are a normal human learning to hunt another kind of nocturnal predator: werewolves.
Cats of Mona Lisa: A Hidden Object Game offers players a chance to sit back and enjoy its hidden objects challenge in famous paintings from eight master artists. Players get to search for the ten painted cats hidden within each of those canvases.
The Civilization series is one of the most renown in all of gaming, especially for strategy titles. The latest iteration, Civilization VII, adds in a lot of new features like brilliant graphics and some AI assistance to make management tasks a bit easier for new players.
Naiad is a calm and colorful title where players get to go on an adventure as a water nymph floating down a lazy river, learning songs, exploring and generally making the world just a little bit brighter for the people and creatures encountered.
