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The true dark fantasy of The Relic is all of the potential it squanders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A breath of fresh airbending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An incredibly well-designed action RPG with deep customization and challenging battles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An expansion that inches ever closer to the stratospheric heights of Doom Eternal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Back to school for junior year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This remake of Star Fox 64 proves the Arwing isn't out of style quite yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A link to the pasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A remake that pulls this RPG classic into the modern era visually and doesn't touch much else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A rough-around-the-edges life simulator with a striking art style and some promising ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Confident and charismatic, James Bond's long-awaited return to games is the best since GoldenEye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The most charming video game bubble wrap you'll ever pop, and not much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A strong open-world Gotham and trademark slapstick humor powers a fantastic plastic parody of the Caped Crusader's greatest hits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A musical delight from start to finish that sets a new standard for coming-of-age stories in games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This empty shell of an adventure falls short of realizing the awesome potential of being the turtle bros in VR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An extremely satisfying conclusion to Diablo's latest demonic saga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions feels like it needs an evolution of its own if it wants to be the very best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For God's sake, man, what about the gumshoes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meat the third dimension Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A leaky warp pipe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A competent, iterative update to a series that has been making competent, iterative updates for the better part of a decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big fun in an adorable little package. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This isn't a knockout blow for the series, but it's certainly a threat to the champion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can go back in time, but you can't go back in time, you know? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An incredible evolution of an already great spin-off series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An enjoyable, personality-packed builder set in a surprisingly deep world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Requiem for a scream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Like a joke you've heard before, this sequel just doesn't land quite as well as the original. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The creator of Little Nightmares returns with more of the dark puzzle platforming it has honed over the last decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a familiar pattern: chaotic multiplayer fun let down by a bland Adventure mode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Endless Pur-mutations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A mountain climbing game that's both challenging and rewarding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A soulslike sequel that has trouble stepping up and standing out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A futuristic bloodbath that feels as prehistoric as its dinosaurs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One small step for man, one giant leap for the Trails series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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