Well Played

• XSX/S
• 8.5 / 10
• Australie

• PS5
• 6.5 / 10
• Australie

• PC
• 7.5 / 10
• Australie

My primary gripe was with the method of delivery, but I think the beauty, and in this case frustration, of a game like this is the space is allows for your mind to settle. While arranging a stack of books or organising calendar stickers, you’re largely left with your own white noise and if the activity in front of you isn’t ready to catch the slack, the relaxing to tedium scale begins to tilt. A Little to the Left looks beautiful, sounds great and is generally a good time that could be great on the right hardware, but I’m still unsure if its inability to grab me was my own white noise being too loud, or something more fundamental about the game itself. The answer will more than likely depend on the person tilting those little digital items to the left in the first place.

• PS5
• 7 / 10
• Australie

• SWITCH
• 8 / 10
• Australie

Like a good book, Trails from Zero is all about welcoming and engrossing attentive players that enjoy solid writing to break up hundreds of turn-based fights against monsters and criminals. While its narrative about redeeming a redundant police corps is unlikely to arouse the curiosity of anybody unfamiliar with The Legend of Heroes, these characters and the city of Crossbell they inhabit are bursting with personality. If you can handle the lacklustre gear progression, nebulous orbment system and some old-school holdovers that contemporary JRPGs have rightly left behind, the likeable saga of Lloyd and his fellow oddball detectives is a must-play for series fans and a delectable entry point for newcomers.

• PC
• 8 / 10
• Australie

Ghost Song is a wonderfully atmospheric adventure filled with loveable characters, fantastic writing, beautiful artwork, and a sensational soundtrack. Old Moon’s debut title is a little short and at times frustratingly vague, but a triumph nonetheless. It should more than satisfy your cravings while you wait patiently for Hollow Knight: Silksong. You’ll have a blast on whatever platform you decide to play it on, but for the frugal among you, it will also be available day one on Xbox Games Pass.

• SWITCH
• 8.5 / 10
• Australie

• PC
• 9 / 10
• Australie

• PC
• 9 / 10
• Australie

• PS5
• 5 / 10
• Australie

Although I really wanted to see Airoheart join the upper echelon of indie ‘Zelda Clone’ experiences, its numerous issues see it fail to reach anywhere near as high. Its overworld is fun to traverse, and its several dungeons can be entertaining if you don’t fall victim to their lack of in-dungeon maps, but the story is generic and predictable and its combat and movement is mediocre at best.

• PC
• 8 / 10
• Australie

With a narrative that offers more hits than misses, New Tales From The Borderlands is a modern, gorgeous glimpse into what the nobodies of the Borderlands universe get up to on their shittiest days.

• PS5
• 5 / 10
• Australie

Gotham Knights sets itself apart from the Arkham series in all the wrong ways, leaving players with a disappointing action-RPG that’s in desperate need of refinement.

• PS5
• 8 / 10
• Australie

• PC
• 9 / 10
• Australie

• PC
• 7.5 / 10
• Australie

• PC
• 9.5 / 10
• Australie

Return to Monkey Island is a nostalgic and fun swashbuckling experience that delivers an adventure that fans of the series and genre have been waiting years for.

• PC
• 9 / 10
• Australie

• XSX/S
• 7 / 10
• Australie