It's Halloween this week but, alas, the days of dedicated horror games being released to coincide with it are long gone. There's plenty of live service games that will have Halloween promotions, but they're not intended to scare, only fleece you of your money via microtransactions.

Amazing graphics create an impressively interactive world with a secret hidden in every corner and some fantastically inventive boss battles and set pieces; Fun co-op options and multiplayer

Unnecessarily fiddly controls take a while to get used to; Very few puzzles are all that difficult and the whole game is rather easy; Destruction effects are fantastic, but strangely wasted

This ain't no Holiday Inn In 2014, Next Level Games announced it would be working with Nintendo exclusively on its future projects. For fans of its games, the move made sense. Next Level Games has a rich history of creating outstanding products with Nintendo at its side, but on its own or working...

Luigi's Mansion 3 creeps up on you, and not just in an obvious haunted house 'Boo!' kind of a way. Ever since its GameCube debut, the franchise seems to have been cursed with perpetual Nintendo B-list status.

To quickly recap for the uninitiated, Luigi's third spooky outing takes place at the Last Resort, a skyscraper hotel in the middle of nowhere the Mushroom Kingdom regulars consider a definitely safe and normal place to holiday. What could possibly go wrong

Luigi's Mansion 3 is the high point of the series, simply because it polishes the Luigi's Mansion formula to a shine.

It's Luigi's time to shine. Can he handle the spotlight

+ Gorgeous Graphics and Animation; + Puzzles are fun; + Lots of variety between floors of the hotel; + Perfect for younger gamers

- Combat gets tiresome a bit too quickly; - Will be too easy for some; - Currency is wasted

The series was always a bit of an underdog since its debut as a GameCube launch title, but Luigi’s Mansion 3 is the Switch’s surprise blockbuster that deserves the coveted holiday spot that Super Mario Odyssey had graced just two years ago. With some of the most rich and charming presentation yet seen for the Mushroom Kingdom’s residents and a delightful variety of fun ghost-busting and gooey mechanics, it’s every bit as essential as the rest of this year's top-tier Switch exclusives.

The closest thing to playing a Nintendo animated film; Lots of new fun and clever mechanics, especially Gooigi; Brilliantly designed bosses; Decent multiplayer options;

Not always clear what you need to do to reach something;

It hasn't been that long since Cubed3 last got its hands-on Luigi's latest outing with the E3 demo. Despite not being finished, the demo looked great, although only so much could be explored with a 15-minute time limit.

It's remarkable how some games make you think, isn't it For example, before playing Luigi's Mansion 3 I had never considered these questions: have I ever seen the Mushroom Kingdom gang in a bus

A delightful adventure; Anyone can enjoy it; Ingenious boss battles and themes

Very slow paced at times; Some boss designs frustrate

An utterly essential action adventure title that will delight fans of both Luigi's Mansion 1 & 2, as well as anyone pining for a high-quality action adventure title like what we used to get back in the good ‘ol days.

Masterful level and puzzle design that effortlessly marries the design language of the first and second Luigi's Mansion games together; Excellent pacing; with the game constantly throwing new ideas and concepts at you that never outstay their welcome.

The multiplayer Scarescraper mode might actually be too difficult for some players; Not much of the new music is all that memorable