Though I love the idea behind having these established personality types that feel a bit Myers-Briggs-eque, in execution this leaves you with 18 personality types that are fully established and leave no room for varying temperaments. Whereas picking from a pool of individual traits makes for a nearly infinite number of personality types, this method means every single Zoi you bump into has a 1-in-18 chance of being exactly like another Zoi. Similarly, your Zois’ ambitions feel quite fixed, with each personality having two goals they are best suited for but able to select whichever of the dozen or so life paths they want.

Hades is the current gold standard of the action roguelite genre, and it isn’t even close. But perhaps it’s for the best, because if this series’ history is any indication we’ll soon need the space for GTA 6, will be released for consoles in 2025 – fingers crossed, that means 2026 for PC rather than 2027! It will feature a return to Vice City and star the series’ first female playable character in a Bonnie & Clyde-inspired adventure. Since Stardew Valley launched in 2016, it’s become a mainstay in PC gaming and is perhaps single handedly responsible for reinvigorating the farming sim genre altogether. In that time, no other game has successfully managed to replicate its masterful combination of RPG mechanics, a satisfying gameplay, beautifully mellow music, and an ever-growing list of things to do as you while away your time in pastoral paradise.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Aloft’s other major shortcoming is that it performs pretty poorly most of the time. That’s not particularly surprising given its unfinished state, but I’d say this is on the more severe side of the spectrum compared to other early access games I’ve played at launch. The framerate gets extremely rocky on a fairly regular basis and crashing is a common occurrence, especially if you aren’t the host of a multiplayer world. Beyond that, my playgroup saw instances of items mysteriously disappearing from chests and sometimes I found myself staring at the inside of my avatar’s face, unable to rectify the issue until a crash inevitably came a short while later.

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South of Midnight is a gorgeous game with a lot to like, but its combat holds it back from reaching its true potential. Gigabyte’s new Aorus Master line of gaming laptops come packed with plenty of high-end features and a powerful GPU that justify the units’ pricing. Thanks to the magic of multiple save files, after 22 hours, I’d seen five of the possible six (and I’m still trying to work out how to get that final one). That may sound swift for an open world game, but there are some important things to consider.

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Between unsatisfying careers, shallow relationships and socialization mechanics, and my own Zoi being both boring while also harboring urges for entirely random things, I had very little fun actually living out my Zois’ lives. Once I had her settled into her new home–a shockingly luxurious two-bedroom apartment that left little for to work her way up to–I got to work on making the place her own. Though I couldn’t alter the structure of the apartment much, I quickly converted the flat from an expensive greige abode to something more colorful and expressive. I took time searching Pinterest for some cute art to display on her gallery wall, over the moon at not only being able to freely place frames all over my wall but being able to import my own images without having to turn to mods and custom content. And yet, I began to wonder what this functionality–and InZoi’s AI implementation to generate art for players on more high-end PCs–could have on developers.

The mysteries are just as tricky as ever, letting you pore over the evidence until the answer suddenly clicks. While it is clearly a puzzle game, it frequently twists the medium on its head. It encourages you to use a notebook in real life to help track its many secrets and interlocking pieces, which all unfold into a marriage of design and narrative that need to be seen firsthand. The puzzles can be challenging, but they’re consistently satisfying and help drive you forward to the next one. Hades 2 is still in early access, and only available on PC so far.

This concept forms the intriguing core of the game Crime Scene Cleaner, a title that throws players into the often-overlooked aftermath of criminal activity. Instead of solving the mystery, you’re tasked with erasing all traces of it. WWE 2K25 has the largest roster of any game in the series with more than 300 playable superstars. It features current WWE Superstars from Raw, SmackDown, and NXT, along with Legends, Hall of Famers, and even some surprise new recruits. This enormous roster is a giant show of dedication to the sport of wrestling that pleases fans of every age.

I usually don’t even go for that sort of thing⁠—I like RPGs and systemic interactions and other crusty PC gaming things. But The Great Circle had scenes that were so imaginative and surprising, I was just 100% on-board. An early one sees Indy catching a ride on a departing zeppelin by hooking it with his trusty whip, followed by a short sequence of climbing and ledge shimmying on the outside of the dirigible as Rome sprawls below you.

Exploring the mansion and interacting with its different mechanisms is easy to do, but so satisfying when completed. As I alluded to in the introduction, I reached Room 46 in less than a third of what my current playtime is, and I assure you, between writing this review and when it will be published, I’ll have likely put in another 5-10 hours. Reaching Room 46 is only just scratching the surface of this incredible puzzle game. Beginning the story with a treasure hunt primes the player perfectly to go into each room scrutinizing every aspect, tracking down and making note of things that interest you, and testing out as many theories as you can. I had an incredible time noting down the leads that I was currently tailing, and even I was starting to get a bit overwhelmed when that list got into the double digits.

The SteamWorld franchise doesn’t iterate with sequels often, but when it does, you can count on it being worthwhile. SteamWorld Heist 2 takes the foundation built by its turn-based ricochet strategy game predecessor and builds and expands on it in every way. The missions and the world are bigger, and there’s tons more to do. A new class system lets you mix and match powerful abilities into a mind-boggling array of possibilities, and a smart overleveling system helps stave off the pain of grinding. Not only that but you can outfit your characters, upgrade your ship, earn special unique skills for each character, and more.

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