Game Reviews7.8/10
Strider’s 2014 Reboot Turns a Ninja Into a Slashing, Wall-Climbing Acrobat
Capcom's 2014 Strider reboot sends Hiryu solo into Kazakh City with a plasma Cypher, side-view climbing, and a retold feud with Grandmaster Meio.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8/10
Until Dawn: A Slasher Movie You Play, and Every Death Is Your Fault
Until Dawn review: Supermassive's 2015 teen slasher game where all eight friends can live or die, plus the 2024 remake and 2025 film. Score: 8.0 of 10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Battleborn at 10: A 7.3 Hero Shooter Buried by Overwatch and Its Own Learning Curve
Battleborn, Gearbox's 2016 hero shooter, reviewed a decade on: the Helix Tree's depth, a brutal learning curve, and Overwatch's timing that buried it.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Tacoma’s space station disaster is reconstructed from recorded crew movements
Tacoma strands you on a 2088 space station to reconstruct a disaster from crew recordings. Fullbright's slow sci-fi mystery, reviewed at 7.8/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
A decade on, Oxenfree’s ghost story still gets under the skin
Oxenfree review: Night School Studio's 2016 ghost story uses a walk-and-talk dialogue system, radio puzzles, and a time-loop plot. Score: 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Paper Mario: Color Splash Review: A Gimmick Welded to the Wii U GamePad
Paper Mario: Color Splash review: the Wii U paint gimmick, card battles and craft-paper art, scored 7.5 of 10 — a handsome, uneven adventure.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Hue’s colour-switching puzzle platformer turns a grey world vivid, a decade on
Hue review: a puzzle platformer where a boy with a colour-changing ring erases the world to find his missing mother. Verdict: 7.8/10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Days Gone: A Post-Apocalyptic Ride Worth Taking
Days Gone review: Bend Studio's open-world biker survival game on PS4, with hordes, Freakers, and Deacon St. John's ride through Oregon. Score: 7.5/10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
PUBG: Battlegrounds Review — The Shrinking Blue Wall Still Does the Work
PUBG: Battlegrounds review — how a rough 2017 early access shooter built the battle royale genre and why its shrinking blue wall still works in 2026.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Payday 2’s stealth holds up better than its shooting, 13 years on
Payday 2 review: Overkill's four-player heist shooter, its stealth rules, seven difficulty levels, Crimewave Edition, and why it earns 7.5 of 10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Survival horror that punishes patience: why The Evil Within still divides players 12 years on
The Evil Within review: Shinji Mikami's 2014 survival horror game delivers dread, scarce ammo and The Keeper, but its story buckles. Score: 7.5 of 10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
River Keeps Rising and the Dog Keeps Dying in This Survival Game
The Flame in the Flood review: Scout, her dog, and a rising river. A survival roguelike with a great premise, scored 7.7 out of 10.