Garwoofoo

I don't want to moan about the Switch because obviously it's Mart's baby and I know I'm in a tiny minority, here and elsewhere, but it's genuinely been one of the most disappointing consoles I've ever bought. Switch 2 will have to be spectacular for me to be even passingly interested.

(There, Mart, I've got my moaning and indifference out of the way a day early! I'll now retire from this thread and let you all enjoy New Console Day).

I saw Atomfall described as W.A.N.K.E.R. - Shadow of Cumbria which I thought was perfect.

I like this trend of very British games creeping back in. Games like this and Thank Goodness You're Here must be absolutely impenetrable for Americans. It reminds me of the 8-bit days where you'd routinely get games like Everyone's a Wally or Jack the Nipper and they'd be like they'd stepped off the pages of Viz or the Beano. And now they're almost time capsules for a very specific 1980s sort of humour.

In terms of other recent-ish games, I really liked Everybody's Gone to the Rapture which is set in a fictional (and deserted) English village but it's very evocative and gets the details exactly right. I think Fallout: London was quite well received recently but I haven't played it myself. Isn't Watch Dogs: Legion set in London too?

The Vita game (2048) was great but it was included in the Wipeout Omega Collection on PS4 so don't spend money buying it twice or anything.

Your best bet is to buy it from the Microsoft store, this will seamlessly pick up your existing save and let you carry on where you left off. You should get a discount on the game while it's still on Game Pass, if it hasn't already left. Assuming you're using the Xbox app on your ROG ally, the "buy" links are pretty prominent on the game pages.

MS/Gamepass, and Steam versions, of games are generally completely separate and transferring saves between them is a nightmare. I wouldn't even try.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Another triumph for RGG, whose short side games still manage to be as long as most epics and still somehow come out on an annual schedule. I enjoyed this as much if not more than most of the recent Like a Dragon titles and I thought overall it made better use of the Hawaii setting than Infinite Wealth did. It's a very silly game with a very silly concept but it still hits all of the right notes for a Yakuza game and ends incredibly strongly. Thoroughly recommended.