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Stardew Valley

There’s a lot to enjoy in this engaging farm simulation game. Perhaps, too much.

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
The Last Guardian

Here’s a boy-and-his-dog tale with an out-of-this-world pooch and an out-there fantasy twist.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

If you think battling robots in space will be less messy for human combatants, think again.

Combat, Shooter
Battlefield 1

This intense, graphic depiction of World War I features equal measures of visceral combat and anti-war sentiment.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Batman: Arkham VR

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

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Mafia III

Mafia III takes its explicit moral anarchy to such messy new lows it makes you wish they made brain showers.

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
Alone With You

This ’80s-like throwback proves that games don’t need to be messy or pulse-pounding to keep us engaged.

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Deux Ex: Mankind Divided’s engaging gameplay is badly undermined by its bloody, profane and sensual content.

Action/Adventure
Batman: The Telltale Series

The Telltale gamemakers take a swing at portraying Bruce Wayne’s dark side … with dark results.

Action/Adventure, Shooter
The Technomancer

The Technomancer’s sci-fi storyline seems promising at first … but quickly breaks that promise.

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Prison Architect

Amid all of this prison simulation’s would-be moralizing, players still must muddle through a lot of messy, M-rated material.

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Puzzle, Shooter
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens

There’s a certain familiarity to what you do in a LEGO franchise game. And that’s just hunky-dory.

Puzzle
N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure

This imaginative, interactive, story-based game invites players on a journey that meanders through grief toward an abstract ending.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter
Homefront: The Revolution

It’s a toss-up which is worse in this blood-drenched first-person shooter: its content or its quality.

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst walks a T-rated tightrope between acrobatic gameplay and content parents of younger players may wish the game …