Game Reviews7.6/10
Freestyle Solos and Freeform Melodies
Rock Band 4 review: Harmonix returns with freestyle solos, freeform melodies, and a 2,000-song library. A confident reset that scores 7.6 of 10.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Eight years on, Detroit: Become Human still can’t decide who counts as alive.
Detroit: Become Human lets Kara, Connor and Markus die without a game over. A review of Quantic Dream's branching 2018 android story and its flowchart.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Batman: The Telltale Series (2016): Troy Baker’s Bruce, Laura Bailey’s Catwoman, and a Great Idea the Plot Never Earns
Batman: The Telltale Series review: the 2016 choice-driven Gotham adventure that split playtime between Bruce Wayne and Batman, and what still holds up.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Telltale’s Walking Dead game swapped its hero and split the fans
Telltale's The Walking Dead: A New Frontier review: Clementine and Javier share the controls, save files carry over, and the New Frontier council disappoints.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Skylanders: Imaginators hands you a blank toy and asks you to fill it in
Skylanders: Imaginators let players build their own toy characters in 2016. It was the series' boldest idea and its final console game.
Game Reviews7.4/10
EA Sports UFC 2 Nails the Fighting but Buries It Under Bloated Modes
EA Sports UFC 2 review: 250+ fighters, Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor on the cover, and a game whose visuals outshine its thin mode design.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Toukiden 2’s open world dilutes the monster-hunting loop
Toukiden 2 review: Omega Force's 2016 hunting action sequel adds the Demon Hand and an open world, but the maintenance loop drags it down.
Game Reviews7.5/10
A Way Out: Split-Screen Co-op That Makes Two Players the Point
A Way Out forces two players onto one screen, and that co-op-only design made it a 13-million seller despite the friction it creates.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Attack on Titan 2 Review: Aerial Combat and Co-op Carry the Sequel
Attack on Titan 2 review: Omega Force's 2018 sequel adds co-op, a character creator, and Daily Life bonding to the series' aerial titan combat.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments — The Deduction Board Is the Reason to Play It
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments review — Frogwares' 2014 detective game with six cases, a deduction board, and a moral choice most detective games avoid.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Batman: Arkham VR Review: A Short, Focused Detective Experiment
Batman: Arkham VR review: Rocksteady drops combat for first-person detective work on PSVR and PC, with Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill returning. 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Six years on, Maneater’s shark still has nothing to do but eat
Maneater review: Tripwire's shark RPG still bites six years on, from Port Clovis to Scaly Pete, Truth Quest, and 14 million sales.