Action/Adventure
SoulCalibur VI

This fighting game offers accessible combat, interesting quests and … enough T-rated content to make parents think twice.

Combat
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

No story mode and a Fortnite-like multiplayer options change the CoD landscape … and not for the better.

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.

Shooter
Strange Brigade

This T-rated shooter seems cinematically charming at first. But its creativity soon gives way to a dark, tedious, grinding game.

Action/Adventure
Life Is Strange 2, “Roads”

This narrative adventure sequel invites gamers into a thoughtful-but-problematic journey along several rocky roads.

Horror/Suspense
Transference

You might want to think twice before locking yourself into this VR escape room.

Action/Adventure
Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Lara Croft’s adventures these days are much better than her tomb-raiding of yore. But in other ways, a whole lot …

Action/Adventure
Marvel’s Spider-Man

The latest Spidey game delivers high-flying fun with just a few sticky content bits for parents to consider.

Shooter
Destiny 2: Forsaken

This expansion for Destiny 2 adds more of what we’ve seen before … but with a much darker storyline.

Puzzle
Donut County

This light casual game is almost like therapy … with holes.

Action/Adventure
We Happy Few

We Happy Few quirkily says some compelling things about our world’s problems. But it has problems of its own, too.

Action/Adventure
Monster Hunter: World

The Monster Hunter franchise may be really, really big. But it can be really, really frustrating, too.

Puzzle
The Spectrum Retreat

This puzzle-filled Portal wannabe doesn’t quite make the full jump.

Sports
The Crew 2

The latest Crew experience strips away its predecessor’s sheet metal and delivers a race-focused game worth a tire kick or …

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.