Turning the tide

Warhammer: Vermintide II doesn’t ease you in gently. I’ve played three missions, and failed each of them— destroyed by the combined might of rat ogres, Chaos Sorcerers, and Stormvermin. You’ll fail a lot early on. It can be deflating, but as Steven makes clear in his review, it’s hard to deny how good it feels to slice through a rat army. We’ve packed a lot in, because quiet periods no longer exist on the PC release calendar. There’s a little of everything: From the joyous arcade fun of Puyo Puyo Tetris, to the tightrope act of continued existence in Surviving Mars, to the delicious tactical puzzling of Into the Breach.