Nathan Anstadt

After the last several Dragon Quest games have either been on 3DS or became an MMO (as was the case in Dragon Quest X), Dragon Quest XI is a return to the large single-player formula the series is known for. This is the first console entry since 2004’s Dragon

The Yakuza series for me has always been one that quietly existed in the background. They kept making more games for the base of players that understood it, and everyone else just glanced over it. If playing Yakuza Kiwami 2 has taught me anything, it’s that I completely understand

It was a long road to get here. A road lined with danger, twists, and turns, but The Banner Saga 3 reached its end. It doesn’t reshape the entire series, but it builds on the framework of the first two games to deliver a rich and compelling Norse-themed narrative

Sometimes a game will introduce a fun hook or twist on existing concepts that can carry that experience a long way. Bionic Commando removed the jump and relied on the swinging mechanic, and Mario games have endlessly messed around with the way Mario interacts with the environment with Sunshine’s

For years I thought the dream of a good new Sonic game had long passed. I started to wonder if Sonic was ever even good, and if we had just been delusional for some part of the early 90s, but as Sonic Mania proved when it launched last year—and

It is amazing that Red Faction: Guerrilla is getting remastered at all. The series was buried after Guerrilla’s follow-up, Red Faction: Armageddon, completely missed the mark. This failure lost the publisher, THQ, millions of dollars just a couple years before the they famously went belly up in 2013. Red

Figment, from Back to Bed developers Bedtime Digital Games, is immediately arresting from all angles. The visuals look like someone painted over a handcrafted diorama. The story is intriguing and explores meaningful themes with as much grace as could be expected. Most importantly, the music in Figment is not only

When the first Unravel was announced, it stood out from its competition immediately. More importantly, the character of Yarny captured hearts with its charm and warmth. That warmth permeated the whole game as you moved through a life of memories as a yarn doll constantly…unraveling. In the sequel, the