Combat, Shooter
Overwatch

Since this is a shooter, it’s only smart to wonder just how messy all of Overwatch’s first-person pull-a-trigger play gets.

Horror/Suspense, Shooter
Doom

The Doom franchise has always been about run-and-gun mayhem. And little has changed except for just how graphically goopy its …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle, Shooter
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

This franchise finale is a bit more weighty than some of its predecessors. But its messy bits still have quite …

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.

Combat, Shooter
Battleborn

Battleborn is one of a new breed of “hero shooters.” But just how heroic is it?

Puzzle, Strategy
Invisible, Inc.

This challenging, sci-fi tactical puzzler majors in mastering the right sneak-and-steal spy strategy … without the typical trigger-tugging turmoil.

Action/Adventure, Arcade/Platform, Puzzle, Shooter
Ratchet & Clank

This being the age of high-def reboots and resurrections, the furry Lombax and his stoic robo-sidekick decided to get in …

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, Shooter
Quantum Break

Even with all the time travel, there’s simply no skipping past the bad stuff to get to the good.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Shooter, Strategy
Hitman

It makes it worse that 47 is just so OK-cool about all the life-leeching lessons he’s teaching.

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
Far Cry Primal

This is still solidly a franchise game, living in its own primal world that’s most likely pretty far away from …

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 …

Combat
Street Fighter V

Beyond the realities of the fighting itself, then, the real punch to a gamer’s solar plexus comes in the form …

Arcade/Platform, Puzzle
Unravel

You can’t help but feel at least a bit connected to little Yarny and his soft, colorful and, happily, family-friendly …