Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

“It's a sight for saur eyes, but not quite enough to make Exoprimal essential. There's real cleverness to the PvPvE balance, and to how Leviathan modifies that one, core mode as the game unfolds, but after 15 hours, it still feels like an exercise in reshuffling well-worn pieces. I don't think it earns that blockbuster price tag. As a subscription game, though, Exoprimal is dino-mite.”

“A beautifully written and illustrated tale of young people trying to change their world, which comes alive on replay.”

“A smart combat system straining under the weight of a characterful but ponderous pseudo-medieval soap opera, with some of the grandest bosses and dullest sidequests in FF history.”

“Aliens: Dark Descent is an occasionally wayward but on the whole, inspired movie adaptation, and a suspenseful real-time tactics game.”

“A terrific Breath of the Wild follow-up with some brilliant new systems, amazing views and more dungeon-type spaces, plus a slightly deadening emphasis on gathering resources.”

“A copious and often brilliant, if not quite unmissable reworking of a powerfully grim fantasy.”

“A straightforwardly accomplished zombie action-RPG that doesn't quite make the most of its Californian setting.”

“This brief, raw and unsettling reimagining of a celebrated environmentalist's campaign against pesticides presents a sickly vision of nature contaminated by humans”

“Blending fishing with Gothic horror and Lovecraft is a fine hook, but Dredge is too defined by simple loot-and-upgrade rhythms to reel you in.”

“All the confusing yet irresistible energy of early-noughties double-A gaming, marred by awful writing and a core gimmick that doesn't ignite.”

“While a fine piece of craft and a sumptuous reworking of the setting, EA Motive's Dead Space remake sheds a little of the 2008 game's enchantment.”

“Oppressive lo-fi visuals and brutalist architecture somehow create a game of laidback curiosity and exploration”

“A graphical overhaul offers a gentler way of playing this vast, strange strategy game of staggering intricacy”

“An exhaustive reworking of a foundational dark fantasy epic, with some quietly radical new ideas.”

“An aimless-feeling revamp of 2016's best multiplayer game, slightly coarsened by free-to-play grinding.”

“A beautifully structured, rich and thoughtful adventure with gentle but decisive RPG elements.”

“An exhilarating, fluid, incredibly broken mage-'em-up set in tortured procedural worlds.”

“While component tales and battles can be hit-and-miss, this elderly Squaresoft anthology is a wonderful testament to its genre's flexibility and range.”

“An entertaining celebration of sleight of hand from the makers of Reigns”

“A brutal but graceful and comprehensible mix of ideas from Warhammer, XCOM and Gears Tactics.”