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For open world single-player story-rich games, here's what we'd play tonight.

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the Game Pass priority, with a Last Crusade-level story and native 4K Pro on PS5.

  • Updated 601h ago

Dragon’s Dogma 2

If you can forgive the original's quirks, DD2 holds up — patches fixed CPU performance and the microtransaction outrage was overblown (everything's findable in-game).

  • Updated 601h ago

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Despite a bare-minimum PC port, FF7 Rebirth's 100-hour follow-up to Remake holds its own — Queen's Blood alone could eat 20 hours.

  • Updated 601h ago

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Best-in-class single-player DLC if you finished base Elden Ring — Land of Shadow rivals a full game, and patch 1.14 tamed Consort Radahn's combos.

  • Updated 601h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Finally fixed since launch — patches 1.5 through 1.8 restored A-Life and tamed the worst stutters that wrecked the November 2024 reception.

  • Updated 601h ago

Palworld

Holds up in solo or co-op despite the 99% playerbase crash from 2M peak to 25k — Pokémon-with-guns hook earns its $30.

  • Updated 601h ago

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

A grim Arthurian RPG that earned its 'Morrowind-likes' label — Tainted Grail's Avalon is bleak, branching, and rewards players who came for writing over combat.

  • Updated 631h ago

Dying Light: The Beast

Techland brought Kyle Crane back for the right reasons — The Beast is Dying Light at its most focused since the original, with parkour, Crane, and a meaner map.

  • Updated 631h ago

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

Not the Bloodlines 2 you wanted — the one we got. The Chinese Room's atmosphere and writing are great, but it's a smaller, more linear game than the cult original.

  • Updated 631h ago

The Outer Worlds 2

Obsidian writing is back at full peak — Outer Worlds 2 sharpens what the first game whispered, with companions and corporate satire that finally feel essential.

  • Updated 631h ago

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