With so many big games launching between September and November, a few will challenge the titles currently leading the race to become 2026’s highest-rated game. We now have our first of those games, as the Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter reviews are in, and they are, perhaps unsurprisingly, incredibly positive.
Get these on your wishlist ASAP - Featuring #3 Valor Mortis, from Lyrical Games and One More Level (Ghostrunner).
“First-person Dark Souls” is a pretty compelling elevator pitch. “First-person Dark Souls set during the Napoleonic Wars” is even more compelling. “First-person Dark Souls set during the Napoleonic Wars and developed by the makers of Ghostrunner, one of the tightest first-person games ever?” Yeah, little surprise here that Valor Mortis absolutely rules. Valor Mortis specifically offers two olive branches to onboard new players. The parry is almost imperceptibly more forgiving than anything spawned out of the halls of FromSoftware. And the checkpoints come a bit more frequently. This compels one to keep trying, trying, and trying again, ultimately capturing the live-die-repeat essence that made Ghostrunner and its sequel such breakout hits. —Ari Notis
The storied multiplayer co-op series makes a triumphant return to VR with an original entry from a veteran VR developer.
