ASTRONEER (Early Access)

Detroit: Become Human

Detroit: Become Human

http://katiejurek.comProsTons of content! There are so many different branches to this game, and because of that, being able to go back through each scenario and see what happens at each different step is a welcome feat... Read Full Review

Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune

Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune

http://katiejurek.comProsI love collecting swimsuits for these girls that I've now known for a good portion of my life.The volleyball minigame is still fairly therapeutic.Love the beachy feel still.There's a free English... Read Full Review

1701 A.D.

Anno 1701

http://katiejurek.comDecent game, and the Anno games get progressively better as the series goes on, but this game is not yet fun enough to me to keep playing more than about 4.5 scenarios. And for a bug report, in one l... Read Full Review

Anno 1503

Anno 1503

http://katiejurek.comThis game seems like it could've been fun! But I couldn't find out how to view the scenario goals once I was inside the campaign, and there weren't a nice collection of charts to show me how things ... Read Full Review

1602 A.D.

Anno 1602

http://katiejurek.comAnno 1602 seems like it could be pretty fun, but the interface is really bad, and clicking on things (like selecting your ship and clicking on a pirate ship) doesn't do the interaction you want a lot... Read Full Review

Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds

http://katiejurek.comHorizon Zero Dawn is one of the greatest new IP's out there. The story is incredibly immersive, and Aloy is just a masterful creation of a protagonist. Besides her, the plot, lore, and combat are oth... Read Full Review

Hidden Agenda

Hidden Agenda

http://katiejurek.comA fun experience to play in a group. We played with three people, and that was just enough to be successful at most quick-time events the game throws at you while also being able to immerse yourself ... Read Full Review

Horizon Zero Dawn (Collector's Edition)

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward

http://katiejurek.comI wish I could see more to this game. So here's how my short experience with it went:- Log in, make my character, she looks great from the good amount of customization options at the start. Nice.- I ... Read Full Review

Climbey

Climbey

http://katiejurek.comClimbey is a really fun VR game that has you become a faceless, hardhat-wearing climber trying to climb more difficult obstacles as the levels advance.ProsIt's fun!The floating narrator bot is hilar... Read Full Review

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Crypt of the NecroDancer

http://katiejurek.comI won this game as a prize for doing well in a video game, Nezzenista.Pros- Creative idea: fighting enemies to the music is definitely something I haven't seen before.- Great quality for being in alp... Read Full Review

Pixel Piracy

Pixel Piracy

http://katiejurek.com Pros- Simple, cute, fun.- Pretty high replay value.- Nice selection sound in the menu; reminds me of many good retro games.Neutral- Not too difficult to get all 30 achievements in one playthrough. T... Read Full Review

The Sims 4

The Sims 4

http://katiejurek.com Pros- Much less lag than previous Sims games. It also seems to have far fewer memory leaks. Performance has definitely improved.- The click-and-drag tool in Create-a-Sim is nice, and gives you much ... Read Full Review

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition

http://katiejurek.comHere's the rundown:Pros- The graphics are colorful and vibrant. They're absolutely gorgeous.- Plentiful, original content. There's so much to do in this game, really.- The dialogue is pretty funny, a... Read Full Review

Lili: Child of Geos

Lili: Child of Geos

http://katiejurek.com Pros- Cute little game. The characters and art style are adorable and bright.- The amount of models in the game is impressive for an indie game.- Lots of tongue-in-cheek humor, and some off-color in... Read Full Review

Banished

Banished

http://katiejurek.comThis is a really great game! Its colors are a bit dreary, but the content is pretty fun.Pros- Good, thoroughly tested and working content.- Simple UI.- I've barely seen any bugs so far, and the only ... Read Full Review

Hero Siege

Hero Siege

http://katiejurek.comA nifty little indie game I picked up for $1.49.Pros- Very fitting pixel graphics.- Interesting and creative skill tree; it reminds me of Diablo II, for obvious reasons.- Good content for the price I... Read Full Review

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

http://katiejurek.comI feel like this should be called Brothers: A Tale of Two Ninjas. These two boys have extraordinary upper body and arm strength to propel themselves around terrain, obstacles, and each other like tha... Read Full Review

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

http://katiejurek.comPros- Katarina. :3- I am Russian.- Great atmosphere.- Very intuitive controls; I was immediately able to get up and running without looking anything up.- Gameplay happily feels a lot like D2. I love ... Read Full Review

Grim Dawn

Grim Dawn

http://katiejurek.com Pros- Good soundtrack. I really like the mix of ambient, thrilling, and tense music.- Very unique combination of UI, skills, reputation, and other various RPG elements. Each one of these isn't uniqu... Read Full Review

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

http://katiejurek.comPros- There are some pretty cute cutscenes and dialogue.- It's cool that some of your partners can attack from behind you with a longer-ranged move like Quick Attack.- Being able to level up moves i... Read Full Review

Path of Exile

Path of Exile

http://katiejurek.comI started playing Path of Exile during the Open Beta and continued playing it a bit past its official launch. This game wonderfully reminds me of Diablo II, and is a lot like what Diablo III could've... Read Full Review

Torchlight II

Torchlight II

http://katiejurek.comTorchlight II boasts a large portion of the team that worked on the Diablo games, so for starters, it has pretty similar and cool music and sound effects. The controls are very intuitive, much more s... Read Full Review

Continent of the Ninth Seal

Continent of the Ninth Seal

http://katiejurek.comLet's start out with the three negatives I've found, since they're immediately apparent: the text can be really hard to read, so it can be tough to tell what's going on. The story is even more diffic... Read Full Review

Diablo III

Diablo III

http://katiejurek.comA great standalone game, Diablo III is extremely fun and addicting, but not worth the title of the Diablo series in my eyes, for it has abandoned a lot of what made the past two games unique in favor... Read Full Review

Blades of Time

Blades of Time

http://katiejurek.comFirst of all, ha-ha to the developer's company name. :P Also, this game reminds me of Continent of the Ninth Seal, though of course, this came out first, even though I played it afterward.Pros- The g... Read Full Review

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

http://katiejurek.comFirst off, Skyrim is really fun:Pros- NPCs have their own lives and waltz around more like actual humans instead of being unrealistically confined to their stores or homes 24 hours a day.- The world ... Read Full Review

Age of Empires Online

Age of Empires Online

http://katiejurek.comI consider this game to be one of my favorite games that I've happened upon by chance. I've always enjoyed Greek and Roman history, so I stumbled upon AoEO in my search for Greek-related games. I qui... Read Full Review

Realm of the Mad God

Realm of the Mad God

http://katiejurek.comI'm not sure what to think about this game. It does seem pretty well-made, and starting off as only one class - the wizard (you have to unlock all of the others) - isn't so bad, but you have to pay t... Read Full Review

Cities in Motion

Cities in Motion

http://katiejurek.comI'm amazed at how companies focus so much effort on graphics nowadays when all you need is something like this to make a lot of people have fun. Heck, all I was doing in this game was building bus an... Read Full Review

King's Bounty: Crossworlds

King's Bounty: Crossworlds

http://katiejurek.comI quit this game for a while after the first time I played it about 10 hours into the game (level 12) because of my frustration with too much traveling and waiting and not being able to allocate my s... Read Full Review

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

Starcraft II

http://katiejurek.comThis game as a second entry to the Starcraft series is so mindblowingly disappointing. The worst part is that it's not even the gameplay itself that makes it bad, it's the horrendous UI that gets in ... Read Full Review

Secret of the Magic Crystals

Secret of the Magic Crystals

http://katiejurek.comI was given this game as a gag gift, but I figured I'd write an honest review anyway! At the beginning you're just given a horse, and you can't even name it or pick its appearance. You brush and groo... Read Full Review

Torchlight

Torchlight

http://katiejurek.comAn action RPG so incredibly reminiscent of Diablo II that I got addicted to it insanely quickly; nostalgia for D2 can hook me pretty fast. While playing this game, I even wondered aloud about how the... Read Full Review

Divinity II: Developer's Cut

Divinity II

http://katiejurek.comA friend got me this game as a Steam gift, so I figured I'd try it out! Here're my thoughts on Divinity II:Pros- The dialogue is actually pretty humorous, and it doesn't come off as if it's trying to... Read Full Review

Spiral Knights

Spiral Knights

http://katiejurek.comSK is a pretty fun game, especially to play with your friends (many of my friends absolutely adore this game, long after I stopped playing it). I quite enjoyed going through it alone as well. The gra... Read Full Review

Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

Dragon Age: Origins

http://katiejurek.comPros- Mods are super easy to install and get working in-game immediately, and the modding community is pretty strong! :D- This game has crazy amounts of content and nifty, thorough dialogue.- The ro... Read Full Review

Fable II

Fable II

http://katiejurek.comI hate gaming on the Xbox 360 (it's possibly my least favorite console of all time), but I returned to it simply to play Fable II. I wasn't disappointed, but I also wasn't overjoyed, either: the cont... Read Full Review