Game Reviews8.4/10
Age of Empires IV Earns 8.4 With Eight Distinct Playable Groups and a History-Lesson Campaign
A tale of ancient realms, wherein eight kindreds contend upon fields of siege and stone, each fashioned by history itself.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Every Move Tells a Secret in Unpacking, Where a Life Unfolds Through Household Objects
A silent tale told in boxes and rooms, wherein each object placed reveals a whole life, quietly and without a single word spoken.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Five Years On, Eastward’s Pixel-Art Odyssey Still Rewards Players Who Take Their Time
John and Sam journey through a broken underground realm—a tale of light, silence, and dungeons wrought in pixel splendor.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Chivalry 2 Review: Big, Loud and Gleefully Violent
Fifty warriors storm and defend with sword and hammer amid the tumult of Chivalry 2's grand battlefield chaos.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Trapped in Rome’s Golden Rule: Why The Forgotten City’s Time Loop Still Earns Every Repeat, 5 Years On
A city of gold, a loop of time, a mystery whose lies find, at length, no more hiding places.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Six Years On, Cloudpunk’s Rain-Slicked Delivery Runs Still Make Errands Feel Like Storytelling
A courier's rain-lit night above a towering city, hauling packages to strangers with tales worth the telling.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Bugsnax Review: Clever Trap Puzzles and a Warm Cast Carry an Uneven Middle — 7.5/10
Upon a strange isle, one seeks Bugsnax—creatures caught in odd traps, fed to islanders whose forms alter in curious mirth.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Mortal Shell Turns Fighters to Stone and Earns a 7.6
A grim study of stone and bone, wherein four dead bodies do battle severe and slow, judged against the shadow of their progenitors.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Carrion Review: Playing the Monster Pays Off
A shapeless monstrous mass escapes a facility, devouring men and growing stronger amid dark, wet chambers of dread.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Black Ops Cold War Review: Strong Campaign, Safe Multiplayer — 7.7/10
A phantom foe, a chosen agent, a war of old haunts this new campaign, though its multiplayer ground grows familiar and worn.