Game Reviews6.8/10
Matterfall’s arcade shooting is tight, but the game around it runs out of ideas
Matterfall review: Housemarque's 2017 PS4 side-scroller mixes arcade shooting with platforming and Smart Matter powers, landing at a mixed 6.8/10.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews6.9/10
A decade on, Grow Up’s robot sequel expands the toolbox without finding a reason to climb
Grow Up review: B.U.D. returns to rebuild M.O.M. across a planet and moon. Charming floraform scanning, but a sequel that adds without deepening.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Knack II Made the Punching Better and the Story Worse
Knack II review: Japan Studio's 2017 PS4 sequel adds offline co-op, a skill tree, and relic energy, fixing the first game without outgrowing it.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Supermassive’s Ghost Ship Horror Leans on Group Decisions, Not Scares
Man of Medan review: Supermassive's ghost ship horror trades Until Dawn's sprawl for sharper branching choices, but its scares never match its systems.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Killzone: Shadow Fall’s single-player premise deserved better than its multiplayer
Killzone: Shadow Fall review — the PS4 launch shooter, its OWL drone, 10-map multiplayer, and the campaign that wasted the series' best setting.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Murdered: Soul Suspect Review: A Good Mystery Wrapped in a Thin Game
Murdered: Soul Suspect lets you solve your own murder in Salem. A strong mystery, thin combat and short length. Our review scores it 6.1 of 10.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Kinect Sports Rivals is a tech showcase with nothing to play
Kinect Sports Rivals was Rare's final Kinect Sports game, a 2014 Xbox One launch title whose motion controls never quite worked.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Mario Party 10 Review: Bowser Party Is the Reason to Play
Mario Party 10 review: Nintendo's Wii U party game adds Bowser Party and Amiibo modes, but the shared vehicle drags it down to a 6.6/10.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Styx: Shards of Darkness Review: A Goblin, a Grappling Hook, and a Knife as a Zip-Wire
Styx: Shards of Darkness review: a goblin stealth game with grappling hooks, clones and a knife zip-wire. It scores 7.1/10 and knows exactly what it is.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk Review: A Great Sword, a Hollow Story
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk review: Omega Force's Warriors mash-up scores 6.7/10. Great sword, wrong engine — and two key manga arcs missing.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Beyond: Two Souls Review: A Ghost on a Leash, a Story Half-Landed
Beyond: Two Souls review: Quantic Dream's 15-year story with Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe scores 6.6/10 — striking, ambitious, and often maddening.
Game Reviews6.2/10
Ubisoft’s Ambitious Open-World Racer Is Now Impossible to Play
The Crew's servers shut down in 2024, making the 2014 open-world racer unplayable. A review of what shipped, what worked, and what was lost.