For all the deserved anger and frustration directed at 2020, it was, at least, a year full of great videogames—delivering both some welcome distractions from the real world, and some thoughtful reflections on it. From Final Fantasy VII Remake turning a masterpiece out of a concept that seemed doomed to …
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PS4, PSV) The majority of coverage of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana focused on its sub-standard localisation effort. Though that criticism was deserved, it overshadowed everything else that made Ys VIII such an enjoyable game. True to its franchise, Ys VIII is an action RPG …
I can’t remember the last time we had a year as good as 2017, in terms of the sheer number of excellent games. I played literally hundreds of games over the course of the year, with plenty of bonafide masterpieces among them. That all makes picking my favourite games of …
