Beyond its tense atmosphere and wild setpieces stands a horror-action triumph with near bottomless levels of depth, ensnaring its genre archetype into new levels of terror.

From its unique locomotion to its gripping narrative universe, Gravity Rush is imaginative in so many ways, and there's nothing else quite like it.

In a just and sensible world, DKC: Tropical Freeze would have the same recognition as the Metroid Prime trilogy, because it's a kinetic and imaginative platformer that deserves to share that stage with Retro Studios' other masterpieces.

Nostalgia be damned: video games, platformers or not, don't get much more engrossing or much more fun than this.

It's Hideki Kamiya and Capcom firing on all cylinders, with an incredibly challenging, massively replay-able, and damn near perfect action game.

Catherine is ruthlessly experimental and one of the most creative games of its generation.

With expressive spritework, a creative new region to explore, and a story that'll actually grip you, it felt like the end of an era, a refined culmination of everything great about the series before moving onto unknown territory.

It's staggeringly ironic that a game with such a harsh commentary on the very idea of "sequels" would be a near-flawless example of one.

With level design so elegant and atmosphere so rich, it's incredibly easy to see why so many roads lead back to Super Metroid.

Hi-Fi Rush pushes past its flaws with a big, dumb grin on its face, air-guitaring its way on stage and fondly reminding us that there are still plenty of places that the action game genre can go.

Whether you want to call it a "horror game" or not, Luigi's Mansion has a purely unique type of atmosphere that no other horror game has managed to recreate.

With its pleasant graphic design and pretty standard RPG gameplay, OMORI's story does most of the heavy lifting, but the weight it lifts is enormous.

From the story to the characters to the mysteries, everything Rain Code does, Danganronpa did better.

DKC2 is such a giant leap forward from its predecessor, a surprising and challenging platfomer whose brilliant sense of discovery encourages digging deep into its many captivating worlds.

This is one of the best manga/anime games ever made and a frantic, rampantly customizable fighting game in its own right.