Aaero sees players navigating through alien environments in a futuristic flying craft. As the music plays, ribbons of light bend and twist in the air, visualizing aspects of the song. Sometimes it’s vocals. Sometimes it’s strange electronic wails. Using the left analogue stick, players must grind against those ribbons in order to absorb the energy of the music.
Metro Exodus is a first-person shooter video game developed by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver. It is the third installment in the Metro video game series based on Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novels. Exodus follows the events of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light.
Final Fantasy XV is the latest instalment in the long running series. The story sees Prince Noctis and his three friends tasked with retrieving the Royal Arms, magical weapons that will help in their pursuit to retrieve a powerful Crystal and reclaim his throne.
Where the Bees Make Honey is a story about reflecting on different moments from a childhood, which is played and experienced from an adult perspective.
Q.U.B.E. 2 is a puzzle/platformer video game that was developed by Toxic Games & published by Trapped Nerve Games. Releasing in early 2018, the game eventually went on to be a Game With Gold later that year. Much like the original, Q.U.B.E. 2 is a physics based puzzle game in a similar vein to Portal.
Ashen can best be described as ‘Souls-like’. It’s set in a sunless world in which the only light that exists comes from eruptions that cover the land in ash. With your trusty lantern in hand, you play as a wanderer in search of a place to call home.
Continuing the series that begun in 2007 and had its follow-up in 2010, Crackdown 3 fails to move the franchise forward in a meaningful or memorable way. Though that doesn’t mean it isn’t a load of fun to play.
Winning a BAFTA for best game in 2017, What Remains of Edith Finch is centred on the character Edith Finch. It’s revealed that she’s the last in the Finch family line which have a perceived curse. They believe that it causes all but one member of each generation to die in unusual ways.
Each death is played out in a short gameplay sequence to the player. The game is presented as an anthology of these mini-experiences, wrapped in the dramatic retelling of the family’s history and fate through Edith’s narration.