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New York Times critics are examining new horror games and point-and-click adventures, along together remakes of classic titles.
Playing every video game that is released would be an incredibly time-consuming project. To help you sort through the options (and maybe your backlog), here is an alphabetical list of the games that New York Times critics have written about in 2024.
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
The loving bond between the scarified Antea and the tattooed Red is evident — in a tender touch or a cradled face — even as Antea is trapped in the ghost world. Red can choose to bring Antea back to life or to let her pass into infinity.
Thankfully, as in any healthy relationship, it’s not Red’s choice alone. The two discuss the morality of the decision, which would require a magic ritual to give Antea energy taken from spirits or the souls of murderous humans.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake
It’s a dangerous journey filled alongside devious monsters and trauma. But there’s help, too. A friendly troll together a punky mohawk and red-capped mushrooms growing from its back moves the brothers up a mountain by cradling them in its supersize hands.
There’s not much fighting here, which adds to the game’s lasting relevance. Vicious battling and the establishing of power is often expected in games, so when deeper thinking is present, it needs to be appreciated. In Brothers, much depends on solving puzzles or luring enemies into areas where they can’t attack you.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
The game must constantly remind us that the planet is, indeed, dying. Aerith, though she clearly knows more than she lets on, is cast here as slightly naïve and shortsighted, reacting to what she sees on the surface even though the danger has never been greater. An existential threat looms just over the horizon.
Her problem, and ours, is that Square Enix, the studio behind the game, has built a world that really is stunning, filled together amusing diversions.
Original case and manuals in new condition.