While Pepper Grinder is a fairly short affair, It plays extremely well and the skull coins make for good reason to dive back into some levels to fully complete, especially with wanting to purchase all the outfits and see each of the locked levels.

Alone in the Dark once again has us heading back the Derceto, the iconic location from the original game, complete with a reimagined cast of familiar faces. While the atmosphere and exploration are all top notch, some basic gunplay and bland puzzles unfortunately hold this back from greatness.

Outcast: A New Beginning may sound like a reboot given it lacks a II in the title, but this is very much a continuation of the previous game’s story and world. While its gunplay and mobility shine, the story, mission design, and generic open world certainly don’t.

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game can often be fantastic in allowing you to traverse its rocky and swampy terrain. By equipping the right truck and bringing along the right tools, this driving game can often sing to its puzzle-like elements. However, its mission structure is sadly lacking and it disappoints on a technical level. For as good as Expeditions can be, it simply made me want to play SnowRunner instead.

Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League was set to be dead on arrival. A live-service romp in the Arkhamverse that once stood tall. This live-service co-op shooter is boring, bland, and is more focused on racing to the endgame than letting its fun character moments shine.

Skull and Bones shows its development troubles across every system both big and small. Its combat and customization are solid, but the world, people, and core fundamentals around are lacking, flat, and uninspired. Skull and Bones’s biggest sin is that you never once feel like a pirate and instead a glorified delivery driver on the open seas.

While its use of the license is what it is, the gameplay itself is solid for a little distraction here and there. I played huge chunks of this game portably via a few lunch breaks and found a decent amount of enjoyment from it.

Overall, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is marvelous, a wonderfully crafted love story by a team that has elevated their game to new heights. Its central cast is remarkable with lives that felt truly lived, their pasts that really define them as people.

Alisa: Developer’s Cut takes aim at emulating the origins of survival horror. From its fixed camera angles, tank controls, and visuals, it’s a faithful love-letter to the genre, warts and all.

Dreamcutter is an overly simple action platformer that certainly has its issues, but a surprisingly well-written story and some of its art result in a very adult and largely enjoyable experience.

Warhammer 40: Rogue Trader can often be a great experience, complete with an approach to the CRPG genre that benefits the licence. However, a slew of technical issues and poorly implemented systems hold it back from being the game it truly should have been.

Turnip Boy is back! Where his previous outing was a fun take on the Zelda-like, the young turnip has returned with his own take on the Rogue-lite. Break in, steal some cash, and then invest in making each additional run faster, smoother, and deadly.

While Lords of the Fallen suffers from some severe technical issues, the game itself is one of the best Soulslikes out there. From being a great showcase for Unreal Engine 5, the real star of Lords of the Fallen is its stellar co-op system that is both easy to use and offers a wealth of freedom in its use.

While The Lost Crown is vastly enjoyable, often incredible at times, the execution of its story and characters rarely impress, making for a somewhat inconsistent adventure by the time the credits have rolled. 

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora takes the high-end visual fidelity of the James Cameron films and translates it beautifully into a massive open world rich with vibrant detail and life. As a Na’vi who has escaped captivity of the invading RDA forces, you must unite the clans to save Pandora.

With the inclusion of a dog to join you on your journey, Arizona Sunshine 2 has a pretty compelling story that keeps your interest. While manual reloading can certainly make firefights intense, several technical and control issues start to sour the experience in some disappointing ways.