Katana Zero only looks like adrenaline-rushing 2D platforms like Super Meat Boy; in concept, its more like a puzzle that focusing on timing and avoidance.

Dont worry: The list largely remains the same regardless of whether youre playing on an iPad or a Mac.) For another, we saw great stuff from MMORPGs, which have always been kinder to Macs than other genres.

And last (but certainly not least), we saw some excellent entries from indie studios.

Final Fantasy XIV s Shadowbringers expansion, though, flips that concept on its head and casts the light as an oppressive, all-consuming force that threatens to consume the worldin another dimension, anyway.

Its a simple concept, but it provides fertile ground for the best story weve seen from Square Enixs popular MMO to date.

For that matter, its one of the best stories to come out of an MMO, period.) Considering that it also comes with excellently designed dungeons and two fun new classes, its an experience you shouldnt missand its gotten even better with subsequent patches.

For a more detailed look at Shadowbringers, check out my review over at PCWorld.

In Total War: Three Kingdoms, we have a near-perfect strategy game that shows its learned all the right lessons from its predecessors.

If you want to battle through Chinas turbulent second century with Total War s traditional tactics and statecraft, you can.

But if you want a dash of the fantasy youd get from Total War s acclaimed Warhammer titles, pick the Romance campaign.

Generals are unprotected and almost like gods, tactics are deemphasized, and generals can duel each other in order to turn the tide of a battle.

Three Kingdoms takes cues from Crusader Kings II and makes this the most character-driven of the Total Wars, a fitting direction considering its roots in the historical novel The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Its the closest thing weve gotten to a total package in a Total War game to date.

Its own tagline explains the concept nicely: It is a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.

Like a trickster god, you spend the day doing all kinds of awful (yet nonviolent) things to people, whether its stealing someones shoes or forcing a little boy to buy back his own toy.

Thanks to elements like the Debussy soundtrack, delightful animations, and the gooses spine-shuddering honk, its both relaxing and cathartic.

Unlike the goose, it also has the good sense to call it quits before it wears out its welcome.

At the beginningbecause, you see, Flag is Winvictory involves little more than making Baba (who, incidentally, is a ewe ) move over the flag.

But its the following levels that make this one of the most creative and mind-bending puzzle games in years.

Each word of a rule is a tile, and you (or the game) can move these words around in order to change the rules.

So if you change the words to read Rock Is Win, you can win by making Baba run over the rock instead.

Thats but a tiny taste of the many ways this wonderful puzzler challenges your creativity and intellect over the course of around 200 stages.

Youll spend a lot of time lost in thought, but its time well-spent.

Sometimes youll drop to kill your foes after scrambling through hidden passages.

You need to achieve this level of godliness to complete each level, but it takes a bit of work.

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