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The path traveled is a long one, but worthwhile at journey's end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We got Skynet by the balls now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Star Wars-flavored expansion is cringey and light on content, but what's there works surprisingly well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A visually striking rhythm game that suffers from an identity crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A stylish and surprising sci-fi horror game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hell is a halfpipe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not all of Prime 4's additions work, but this is still an excellent comeback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The pioneer of the extraction shooter is still compelling, but it's also saddled with plenty of issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A super challenging one-button rhythm game with great music and a moving story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This unsettling horror game tells a harrowing story you won't soon forget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Good enough to get your Avengers assembled on a lazy Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Project CARS, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This unexpected sequel makes a significant leap forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let's try that again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest expansion takes some welcome risks, but also lands on uneven footing with lots of bugs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Slicing and shooting as the Merc with a Mouth is nothing short of a blast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not all heroes wear capes... just most of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A gorgeous antique city-builder that is worthy of a standing ovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wreckless abandon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tuning issues aside, this might be the most on-paper impressive historical strategy game of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Neither good enough to get into heaven nor bad enough to be damned to the inferno. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The best the series has been since the PlayStation 2 era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Talladega, nice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A sequel that sharpens Obsidian's RPG formula with smarter writing and better combat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Less a miraculous resurrection and more like exhuming a shambling corpse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When it comes to combat, few games are even in the same ballpark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Double Fine's surreal puzzle platformer is a feast for the senses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A dinosaur sequel that builds on an already satisfying management formula. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This sequel takes another flawed but unique and remarkable bite at the jugular. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A few minor hiccups don't stop this from being one of the best Digimon RPGs to date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reliving the dream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some good quality-of-life improvements and a money-hungry Season Pass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Formula fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Block rockin' feats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Atsu's path of vengeance is paved with bloody samurai action and a more human story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

.This infuriating ordeal of intentionally awkward physics is brutal, unbelievably stupid, and downright awesome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Doom and bloom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A goofy, bloody sequel with a monstrous twist that doesn't do much else to mix things up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sonic's latest kart racer fires on all cylinders with excellent courses and a lengthy list of customization options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An unapologetically challenging sequel packed full of sharp platforming, enticing exploration, and nail-biting combat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The good old (but still old) hockey game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This open-world sequel gives the series the massive kick in the pants it needed, even though it's got more than a few rough borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices