‘Maid of Sker has an audience, but that audience needs to be a forgiving one that prioritizes world design and story over gameplay.’

I cannot overstate the perpetual sense of menace that permeates every moment of Visage. Even when you have a good grasp of the game’s mechanics and know where you’re going next, walking down a hallway can feel suffocating, and the sprint across a dark room to the light switch is as tense on the twentieth rendition as it was on the first.

‘While the story and world may feel hollow, Thymesia’s combat absolutely shines’

‘I’ve played a lot of horror games, and The Beast Inside does a far better job than most in making you feel immersed in the unfolding terror.’

‘Little Nightmares is a game with a lot of blank space, where many of the expected systems, attributes, and mechanics of a title are simply absent. What remains is something pure, a pristine reminder of why people love video games, why the format offers something that can’t be replicated in other media, and like horror itself, why they should be taken seriously’