20 Best Video Games Of 2018 (So Far)

By Scott Tailford /

15. Iconoclasts

Joakim Sandberg

Iconoclasts is one of the most loveable retro-modern games you'll ever play. Done.

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Its world is gorgeously rendered and detailed, characters are memorable and identifiable, and villains arrive on a soundtrack that has that Shinra swagger from Final Fantasy VII:

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In short, it's a side-scrolling platformer with auto-targeting gunplay so you can stay on the move while taking out enemies and swinging around with your handy wrench.

Outside of that? A more lighthearted 1984-meets-environmentalist comment on the state of our world, touching upon everything from conformity to reliance on technology, morality to superpowers.

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Play it.