Hyper Sports R is designed to pull on your nostalgic strings, but it ends up clinging to them a little too tightly.

Hitman 2 may not be changing its formula, but it doesn’t need to. Running with the momentum that 2016’s Hitman provided, IO Interactive’s return to a world of assassination is pretty much the game you remember…but better. Agent 47’s got a new bag of tricks, and there’s a ton of quality of life improvements present that makes the entire experience feel smoother, more refined and even more confident in its sandbox approach to mucking things up.

Lara Croft's new adventure might not feature a whole lot different with its gameplay formula, but its focus on Lara as a destructive figure are incredibly intriguing.

Skull and Bones ramps up the speed and action to its sea-based combat, which makes it skirmishes on the high seas incredibly engrossing.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 feels like a familair shooter from a time where the franchise wasn't overly complex, despite featuring some big changes to its core speed and gunplay.

Concrete Genie's engrossing mix or classic street art and the living, creating creations of your imagination drive home how Sony is investing well into independant studios.

Assassin's Creed keeps many elements established in Origins, but introduces many of its own new tricks to make it feel distinctly different.

Despite there being so few right now, Microsoft is still putting out some quality exclusives at E3. And if it's an indication of the future, it's one that looks very bright.