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Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Eternal Strands

‘Eternal Strands’ offers a T-rated blend of big-game action adventure without ever feeling too gritty or messy.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Sim
Cuisineer

If you love the idea of blending restaurant service and dungeon-crawling, ‘Cuisineer’ just might be the game for you.

Combat, Role-Playing, Strategy
For the King II

‘For the King II’ offers a fun, turn-based, multiplayer adventure. But there are things that parents of young players should …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Dragon Age: The Veilguard

After a 10-year break, ‘Dragon Age’ is back and ready to push its fantasy adventures in … multi-gendered romantic directions?

dungeons of hinterberg
Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Dungeons of Hinterberg

Monsters, puzzles and casual chats make this water-colored dungeon-crawler a rare beast.

atlas fallen reign of sand
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand

Magical relics, a clash between gods and battles against sandy wraiths are front and center in this desert-bound RPG.

Role-Playing
Cat Quest III

Cat Quest III isn’t purrfect. But there’s a lot of swashbuckling, cat-quippy fun to sink your claws into.

Role-Playing
Deltarune (Chapters 1 & 2)

Deltarune has a cute kid-friendly look, but there are darker things beneath its pixeled sheep’s clothing.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Rise of the Ronin

Rise of the Ronin features samurai, assassins, and the political intrigue of 1850’s Japan. Oh, and a whole lot of …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Stellar Blade

Stellar Blade has some out-of-this-world elements, but others aren’t so stellar.

Role-Playing, Strategy
Unicorn Overlord

There are a few T-rated issues here, but nothing bad enough to knock most families of teens off a unicorn.

Final Fantasy 7 rebirth game
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth

This Final Fantasy is indeed a rebirth of one of the most celebrated RPGs ever. But it comes with issues …

Crystal Story: Dawn of Dusk
Role-Playing
Crystal Story: Dawn of Dusk

Crystal Story: Dawn of Dusk offers gamers a very nice taste of throwback gaming.

The Lamplighters League
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
The Lamplighters League

There’s much more to the stylish Lamplighters League than you might expect: both great and not-so-great.

Lies of P game
Combat, Role-Playing
Lies of P

Is Lies of P a graphically appealing RPG or a nightmarish and difficult slog? Yes.

Sea of Stars game
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Sea of Stars

Sea of Stars packs a comfortable ‘90s RPG feel into a new magical fantasy tale.

Baldurs Gate 3
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Baldur’s Gate 3

Baldur’s Gate 3 has raised the RPG bar. But it has blown out its RPG content worries, too.

Final Fantasy XVI
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Final Fantasy XVI

Final Fantasy XVI is a game of great bombast and visually stunning spectacle. But it’s a bloody and profane spectacle …

Diablo IV game
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Diablo IV

Demons, death, blood sacrifice and more demons. Diablo IV is a game for lovers of battling, loot and a wash …

Wild Hearts video game
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Wild Hearts

Wild Hearts features nearly impossible hunts of massive, fearsome creatures. What’s not to like?

Hogwarts Legacy game
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Hogwarts Legacy

As with every Potteresque venture, there’s dark and deadly peril along with the magical fun.

Fire Emblem Engage game
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Strategy
Fire Emblem Engage

Is Fire Emblem Engage as engaging as its title suggests?

One Piece Odyssey game
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
One Piece Odyssey

There’s bizarre fun to be had if you know the manga landscape.

kids casting a spell
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Dragon Quest Treasures

This new kid-focused entry into a long-running RPG series may just be the gaming treasure you’re seeking.

marvel's midnight suns game
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Strategy
Marvel’s Midnight Suns

There’s fun XCOM-like gameplay to be had. But you gotta be OK with Marvel’s demonic side.

9th gen starter pokemon - Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

This ninth-generation Pokémon game offers a true open-world environment—and it may leave players tickled pink.

Young boy talking to warrior - God of War Ragnarok
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
God of War: Ragnarök

There are thoughtful father/son moments in Ragnarök … amid all that gore, death and rage.

Gotham Knights
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Gotham Knights

It’s a Batman game without Batman. Can it still be worth a Bat-signal?

Digimon Survive game
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Digimon Survive

This new Digimon is more visual novel that battler this go ‘round. But it’s also more horror than digital monster …

Fire Emblem Warriors
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

This latest Fire Emblem Warriors takes a new slash at some old themes.

Demeo
Role-Playing, Strategy, Virtual Reality
Demeo

Demeo is a dungeon crawler that keeps the play, and the dungeon denizens, light.

TIny Tina's Wonderland game
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Tiny Tina’s Wonderland

Wonderland’s T-rated cleanup doesn’t necessarily equate to good, clean, all-ages fun.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Elden Ring

The makers of Dark Souls and the author of Game of Thrones join forces to make an extremely difficult, gory …

Horizon Forbidden West game
Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Horizon Forbidden West

Aloy faces new forbidden horizons. But should she face them in your family room?

Nobody Saves the World game
Role-Playing
Nobody Saves the World

While reliably clever and sometimes funny, Nobody sometimes runs into some dark goop and glop.

Pokemon Legends Arceus game
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Pokémon Legends: Arceus

There’ve been plenty of Pokémon games released, and most of them feel much the same. Until now.

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Role-Playing
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl

Nintendo has freshened up a classic Pokémon game. But it’s still just as comforting and fun as the original.

Voice of Cards the Isle Dragon Roars gameplay
Combat, Role-Playing
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars

More a card game than a video game, The Isle Dragon Roars has just a few drawbacks for younger card-flippers.

forgotten city gameplay
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
The Forgotten City

Can a game mod of Skyrim actually end up being a decent game all its own?

four girls in a school literature club
Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

When a game looks this sweet, can it hold anything bad? Ohhh yes!

Screen shot of mutant human-animal hybrids from the futuristic video game "Biomutant."
Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Biomutant

This new post-apocalyptic entry offers players a mixed bag of mutant adventure.

Screen shot of a creepy village in the video game Resident Evil Village.
Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing, Shooter
Resident Evil Village

Fans of the old Resident Evil titles should think long and hard before wandering into this Village.

Screen shot of a cat with three eyes from the game "Before Your Eyes."
Role-Playing
Before Your Eyes

Life flies by in a blink. Before Your Eyes invites us to ponder that spiritual reality … though it’s got …

Screenshot of a man riding a giant dog in the game Monster Hunter Rise
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Monster Hunter Rise

Could this be the monster-slashing hunt you’ve been looking for?

Screen shot of armored, monstrous-looking soldiers attacking.
Role-Playing, Shooter
Outriders

This looter-shooter title fully earns its M-rating with a cacophony of raging action and profane dialogue.

Screen shot from the video game Harvest Moon: One World.
Role-Playing, Sim
Harvest Moon: One World

More than any of the past Harvest Moon games, One World keeps players engaged in its farming sim fantasy world.

Screen shot of a man carrying a baseball bat.reatening
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Yakuza: Like a Dragon

The latest Yakuza entry offers a fresh, creative revamp of this hit franchise. Unfortunately, it’s still a bloody and profane …

Screenshot from the video game Persona 5 Strikers
Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Persona 5 Strikers

Beneath its Japanese anime charm, Persona 5 Strikers cloaks a whole host of spiritual, sexual and language problems.

Screen shot of a gun about to shoot a sword-wielding enemy in the video game Cyberpunk 2077.
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Cyberpunk 2077

This highly anticipated, cinematically structured RPG pushes the boundaries on explicit M-rated content of every kind.

A superhero's elastic arm pummels a bad guy.
Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Marvel’s Avengers

This T-rated Marvel superhero game feels fun and familiar, though it’s somewhat marred by occasional profanities.

Combat, Role-Playing, Strategy
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

A refurbished classic for the Switch. But are these the battling chronicles you’re looking for?

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Augmented Reality, Role-Playing
SuperMash

SuperMash gives players a chance to mix-‘n’-match video game genres in creative—and sometimes odd—new minigames.

Role-Playing
Florence

Some games are different. And sometimes, that’s exactly what you need. Sometimes you just want something that will be easy …

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Role-Playing
Dreams

Dreams may not be a typical dream game, but your creative visions can make it sparkle.

Role-Playing
Darksiders Genesis

This Bible-based battler is played out from a new perspective. But can you really tell Mom it’s more … biblical?

Role-Playing
Pokémon Sword and Shield

If you’re a Pokémon fan who’s gotta-play-them-all, is there any reason not to?

Role-Playing
Erica

A new generation of full-motion video games is coming. Erica shows us the game genre’s promise … and peril.

Role-Playing
Fire Emblem: Three Houses

The latest Fire Emblem game migrates to Nintendo’s Switch, bringing some big changes to the franchise along the way.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Strategy
AION

The complicated spiritual lore of this Korean-created game world can be a little tough to follow. Its nonstop battle sequences …

Role-Playing, Sim
The Sims 2

Most games are about winning. This one’s about experiencing sim-life.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter
Mass Effect

You may not have heard any sinews twanging or backbones creaking into an upright position, but a kind of evolution …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
The World Ends With You

We all have ideas about what happens to us after we die. We think about how we’ll walk through the …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Fable

What kinds of questions should you be asking yourself before venturing into Albion’s video game wilds?

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter
Mass Effect 2

Commander Shepard just loves to save the universe! When he’s not dead, of course. And when he’s not hitting on …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Fable II

I walk into town, trusty dog at my side, looking to replenish supplies and maybe pick up a better ax. …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Pirates of the Burning Sea

The “van Hoorn” Snow is a serviceable ship. She can hold her own in any waters, especially when her crew …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Final Fantasy XII

My introduction to fantasy role-playing games came in sixth grade. At a bookstore, I noticed a fascinating tome called the …

Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Persona 3

In retrospect, I’d have to say my high school days were pretty typical. I’d worry about tests. I’d worry about …

Role-Playing
Whispers of a Machine

This nicely staged, point-and-click adventure falls victim to its own mystery.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Marvel Ultimate Alliance

The first thing I did when I heard about Marvel Ultimate Alliance was to go to the video game’s official …

Puzzle, Role-Playing
Nancy Drew: Danger by Design

After 75 years, hundreds of books, 14 games, and a handful of movies and TV shows, Nancy Drew is still …

Role-Playing, Sim
The Sims 3

I’ll admit it: I’m one of those grumpy gamers who never really liked The Sims franchise. Tell your sim to …

Combat, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Kingdom Hearts II

Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, The Little Mermaid and a whole host of other Disney darlings dip their toes into the anime …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Dragon Age: Origins

The latest fantasy role-playing adventure from the makers of the Baldur’s Gate games invites players into an intricate, engaging epic …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Fallout 3

There was a time, not all that long ago, when local schools ran bomb drills just in case a heartless …

Role-Playing
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

I was 19 when I stepped off a Port Authority ferry and saw the Big Apple in person for the …

Puzzle, Role-Playing
Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships

The never-aging teen sleuth Nancy Drew is bringing more than just her trusty magnifying glass on this adventure. She’s tossing …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

It may be a new day and a new Odyssey, but it’s, frankly, the same problematic Assassin’s Creed.

Role-Playing
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit

This free downloadable game is compelling in many ways, but it’s not as free from problems as you might expect.

Role-Playing
West of Loathing

This snarky, stick-figure Wild West game packs plenty of clever quips—and a few content burrs—in its saddlebags.

Role-Playing, Sim
Monster Prom

This stylish, monster-themed dating sim has teeth you don’t see ’til it’s too late.

Role-Playing, Strategy
The Escapists 2

This popular jailbreak game has a bit of content contraband that Mom should make note of.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon

These retreads of previous Sun and Moon games split the difference between more of the same and exciting new content.

Role-Playing
South Park: The Fractured But Whole

The language spewed out by these cartoon kiddos would make a longshoreman blanch.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Middle-earth: Shadow of War

This ferocious, M-rated sequel may be set in the milieu of Lord of the Rings. But it’s a lot more …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Ever Oasis

This may seem like a simple building game at first blush. But there’s a whole lot more in the mix …

Role-Playing, Strategy
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

This remake of a game from the ’90s is rich in old strategy and tactics, but it has a few …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Horizon Zero Dawn

This open-world adventure offers up lots of arrow-slinging, robot-riding and post-apocalyptic soul-searching.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Pokémon Sun/Pokémon Moon

Nintendo’s latest handheld Pokémon contests build on the franchise’s familiar trappings but also give gameplay a kinder, gentler makeover.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Batman: Arkham VR

Batman gets an immersive virtual reality treatment that’s darker than you might expect.

Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Role-Playing
The Aetherlight: Chronicles of the Resistance

This game mixes biblical allegory with steampunk RPG thwacking—teaching spiritual truth without letting anyone know they’re in Sunday school.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Dark Souls III

The Dark Souls games are excruciating in their difficulty, and their content is dank and demonic. That’s exactly what the …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter
The Division

Loot is good here. Loot is power. And, of course, like many MMOs that have come before, loot can equal …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Strategy
Fire Emblem Fates

Fire Emblem Fates is a game that’s been expanded and broken up into three different parts … with three separate …

Role-Playing
That Dragon, Cancer

That Dragon, Cancer is more of an experience than a game. An unforgettable one.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter, Sim, Strategy
Fallout 4

Games used to fit into specific categories. Fallout 4 fills something closer to an “all of the above” slot. For …

Role-Playing
UnderTale

This game looks like an old-school ’80s RPG. But there’s more to consider Under this Tale.

Role-Playing, Strategy
Lost Dimension

Lost Dimension gives us a gaggle of young heroes and asks us to play something of an end-of-the-world reality TV …

Arcade/Platform, Combat, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition

This Nintendo game pack takes the Candy Crush-style puzzle concept and plays it out with two totally different stories and …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt

In this trilogy conclusion, the witcher Geralt searches, sexes and slaughters his way through 100-plus hours of horror.

Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Bloodborne

Bloodborne is intended to be a long, grinding and utterly bleak gaming experience. Which means there’s disease lurking in those …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter
The Order: 1886

Imagine, if you will, a 19th-century steampunk London in which the Knights of the Round Table are still dashing about …

Arcade/Platform, Role-Playing, Sports
The Crew

Set in an open-sandbox digital re-creation of the U.S., The Crew is a Massively Multiplayer Online game for gearheads.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Dragon Age: Inquisition

The 2014 installment of Dragon Age is one of the most expansive RPGs ever to crowd out other games on …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

gravity, moon, jack, Lilith, border, land, lands, presequel, prequel, sequel, pre sequel,

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Hyrule Warriors

The legendary Link is back. (Again.) But this new adventure has a fan service twist as Zelda gets mashed up …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition)

The latest bring-your-toy-to-digital-life game goes super and swings the Marvel universe door wide.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Risen 3: Titan Lords

Have you figured out yet that there’s a pirate’s tale at the heart of this salty sequel? But is it …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Sacred 3

This Diablo-like series tries for a novel approach, but tends to fly right past fresh to ferocious … and obnoxious.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Sim
Wildstar

A space cowboy MMO with something for everyone and colorful cartoony appeal too. So why aren’t we so wild about …

Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Drakengard 3

This series prequel sets gamers loose in a JRPG world filled with tense sibling rivalry.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Bound by Flame

RPG sword-slashing and demon possession burn out this fantasy epic from the inside, leaving only a charred shell of a …

Combat, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Child of Light

A young princess is lost in the darkening world on the other side of a magical mirror. The creatures she …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter, Strategy
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid offers up a sampler plate in hopes of whetting appetites for the upcoming main course. But we’ve …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Dark Souls II

The incredibly difficult Dark Souls franchise delivers another 40-plus hour journey into a virtual world that’s all about dying over …

Combat, Role-Playing
South Park: The Stick of Truth

We will indeed stick to the truth in our review of a gross game spawned by one of the vilest …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

A Final Fantasy journey ends and a new world begins. But utopia comes with quite a spiritual price for gamers …

Role-Playing, Strategy
Bravely Default

This classic Japanese role-playing game pairs adventure and exploration with some dark spiritual twists.

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Combat, Puzzle, Role-Playing
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

A handheld Zelda flashes back to the feel of an earlier classic while charging into the future with some brand-new …

Combat, Role-Playing
Pokémon X/Y

The pocket monsters are back for another catch ’em and grow ’em go-round. Already so soon. And again. (Are they …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Beyond: Two Souls

A girl and her ghost grow up to take on the bad guys, all manner of spiritual evil and even …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Disney Infinity

If your family thought the idea of collecting and playing with Skylanders dragons was fun, wait ’til you see what …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Time and Eternity

Body-sharing female spirits and a dirty-minded dragon. Hmmm. Not exactly your typical wedding party.

Role-Playing
Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Turn over a new game with this town-building, resource-managing and friend-making “adventure” that’s animal-filled casual gaming at its most casual.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Pandora’s Tower

If you’re thinking tall tower, trapped girl and long blonde hair, you’ve got the wrong fairy tale. Rapunzel didn’t have …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Puzzle, Role-Playing, Strategy
The Elder Scrolls Online

The Elder Scrolls is offering up a new suit of online armor and an endless Tamriel where you can battle …

Combat, Role-Playing, Strategy
Fire Emblem: Awakening

So are you a force for good, evil, or both? Only many, many battles and 20-plus chapters of twisting story …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Fable: The Journey

Another hero’s tale is about to unfold. But this time there are fewer wicked choices and more … calisthenics?

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter
Borderlands 2

Another dystopian shooter filled with furious aliens, fast one-liners and quick trigger fingers.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Guild Wars 2

Some 250 years after the conclusion of the first game, ancient dragons have awoken and begun doing what dragons do: …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Sleeping Dogs

This crime RPG blends Grand Theft Auto-style street grit with Hong Kong action flick hits.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
The Last Story

Here’s a game that unfolds like a fantasy novel page-turner. But what’s to be found on the way to a …

Combat, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]

What kind of game has the Beagle Boys kidnapping Minnie while RPG critters battle spikey-haired good guys? None other than …

Combat, Role-Playing, Strategy
Pokémon Conquest

The latest Pokémon contest offers a little extra strategy bang for players’ collect-’em-all-and-battle-it-out buck. But what else does it deliver?

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Dragon’s Dogma

So you can’t get enough of dragons and fantasy questing? Well, here’s a game that wants to make sure you …

Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Diablo III

Fallen angels, hell-spawned horrors and a brutal battle between good and evil lurk in this M-rated fantasy role-playing game, which …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

“The offspring of foul sorcery and witchcraft.” That’s what a witcher is. As for this game, well …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter
Mass Effect 3

Intricate, immersive plotline? Check. Selfless heroes? Check. Less-than-heroic content conundrums? Check. The finale in this popular shooter trilogy encompasses all …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

A sword-swinging, magic-blasting RPG about fate and freedom. Is it your destiny to play this top-of-the-charts game?

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Strategy
Star Wars: The Old Republic

Is the Force strong with this one, young Jedi? Meditate on this, we will.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Puzzle, Role-Playing
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

A 25th anniversary bundle of Zelda quests—now with thrust-and-parry swordplay realism.

Role-Playing
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

It’s a land of blood and honey, as they say, full of dragons and darkness, but also heroes and beauty. …

Role-Playing, Shooter
Rage

Mankind is up against ruthless bandits and crazed mutants in a dystopian wasteland. It’s never bunnies and puppies, is it?

Action/Adventure, Combat, Horror/Suspense, Role-Playing
Dark Souls

The slugline on the game box reads, “Prepare to Die!” And, boy, it ain’t kiddin’.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Deus Ex: Human Revolution

You want to be able to jump from tall buildings in a single bound? In Deus Ex there’s an aug …

Arcade/Platform, Horror/Suspense, Puzzle, Role-Playing
Catherine

One of the most buzzed about games of the year, Catherine offers a mind-bending, M-rated mash-up of romance, horror, dark …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Puzzle, Role-Playing
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

A classic Nintendo 64 adventure/puzzle game gets a new coat of paint and some 3-D sparkle.

Combat, Role-Playing, Strategy
Darkspore

The DNA creature-builder Spore franchise is back for a fiercer-looking go-round. Is this the natural evolution of a fun franchise? …

Role-Playing, Sim
The Sims Medieval

For years the sims have been yearning for more than doing daily chores and attending to various bodily functions. So …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Dragon Age II

Choices are what this combative role-playing sequel is all about. So we’re going to try to help you make one …

Combat, Role-Playing
Pokémon Black Version / White Version

After 13 years are you still trying to catch ’em all? Or maybe it’s your kids who care about Pikachu …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing
Two Worlds II

Games these days deliver immersive worlds that can swallow you whole for days, weeks and months at a time. Two …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Shooter
Fable III

The “shape your future” game of heroes and villains is back with a revolutionary shift. It asks, “Will you become …

Puzzle, Role-Playing
Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water’s Edge

Nancy is investigating bumps in the night at a Japanese inn. And to do it she’s tackling all sorts of …

Action/Adventure, Combat, Role-Playing, Shooter
City of Heroes: Going Rogue

Some people want to be doctors or lawyers or presidents when they grow up. The rest of us want to …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Monster Hunter Tri

Japanese heroes face off with dino-like monsters in an exotic frontier the likes of which Wii has never seen before.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Final Fantasy XIII

You can think of Final Fantasy as an experimental rock ‘n’ roll band that has an identifiable backbeat but plays …

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
White Knight Chronicles

First released in Japan, this fantasy role-playing game has now been retooled for the rest of the gaming world. Maybe …