Game Reviews6/10
A 2017 arena shooter hides its best ideas behind a teenager’s doodles
Drawn to Death turned a teen notebook into a PS4 arena shooter. Servers closed in 2019, making it the studio's only game. A 6/10 review.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Fallout Shelter Turns Management Into a Waiting Game
A review of Fallout Shelter, Bethesda's 2015 free-to-play Vault management sim, scored 6.8/10 for its loop, microtransactions and lack of an ending.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Gal*Gun: Double Peace review: a 6.8/10 shooter where the crowd is the threat
Gal*Gun: Double Peace review: a cupid's misfired arrow doses a student 32 times over, turning his school into pursuers in Inti Creates' 2015 shooter.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Nights of Azure Buries a Good Idea Under Repetition
Nights of Azure review: Gust's 2015 action RPG with a strong blood-polluted premise, shallow combat and a 6.6/10 critic score.
Game Reviews6/10
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India Review: A Good Hook, No Follow-Through
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India puts Arbaaz Mir in 1841, but flat side-scrolling turns a rich Sikh Empire setting into wallpaper. A 6.0.
Game Reviews7/10
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine: Stories as Currency, and the Long Walk to Hear Them
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine review: a Depression-era story-collecting adventure that's slow by design, scoring 7/10 for its folklore-as-currency system.
Game Reviews6.5/10
One Piece: Burning Blood Review: A Competent Licensed Fighter and a Historic Xbox Footnote
One Piece: Burning Blood review — the first One Piece game on Xbox, a 6.5/10 licensed fighter built on the Paramount War and cel-shaded style.
Game Reviews7/10
Aragami: A Shadow-Stealth Game That Lives and Dies by One Idea
Aragami review: Lince Works' 2016 stealth game runs on one shadow-teleport idea across thirteen chapters, with a story that reaches past its grasp.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Valley: A First-Person Game About Running Fast Through a Forest, and It Is Better Than That Sounds
Valley review: Blue Isle Studios' first-person runner makes movement feel like flight, and its life-draining suit makes the valley yours. Score: 9.1/10.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Dead by Daylight Turned One Idea Into a Decade of Horror, and the Idea Still Holds
Dead by Daylight review: the asymmetric horror game's one good idea has carried it since 2016, through crossovers and a decade of refinements. Score: 6.7/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition Review: A Confident Co-op Heist That Knows Its Crew
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition brings the four-mask crew to PS4 and Xbox One with bonus content, crafting, and CRIMENET contracts. Our review scores it 7.2.
Game Reviews6.9/10
State of Mind’s amnesia plot can’t survive its own script
State of Mind review: Daedalic's 2048 Berlin cyberpunk thriller has a brilliant split-self idea, Doug Cockle's voice, and a puzzle loop that drags it down.