Game Reviews7.8/10
Shadow Warrior 2 Review: Four-Player Chaos and a 70-Weapon Arsenal
Shadow Warrior 2 review: Lo Wang returns with 4-player co-op, 70+ weapons, and randomized levels. Flying Wild Hog's shooter scores 7.8/10.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Layers of Fear’s shifting mansion still gets under the skin a decade on
Layers of Fear review: Bloober Team's shifting Victorian mansion horror, its 2023 remake, and why the 2016 original still earns a 7.6.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Nidhogg 2’s New Weapons Make the Duel Louder, Not Deeper
Nidhogg 2 review: Messhof's sword-fighting tug-of-war sequel adds daggers, bows and ten arenas, but keeps the duel that made the original sing. 7.7/10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
The Medium Review: Bloober Team’s Dual-Reality Horror Splits the Screen and the Story
Bloober Team's The Medium splits the screen between the real and spirit worlds. A psychological horror review of its two-world trick, the Maw, and its writing.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Firewatch: Two Voices Across a Valley, and the Ending That Divides
Firewatch review: Campo Santo's 2016 walking simulator about Henry, Delilah, and a Wyoming summer. Great dialogue, divisive ending. Score: 7.9/10.
Game Reviews8/10
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare: A Budget Shooter That Got the Fundamentals Right
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare turned PopCap's tower defense hit into a 24-player class shooter. Here's how its modes, classes, and sticker packs work.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Just Cause 3’s grappling-hook traversal still carries a game whose story never rises to meet it
Just Cause 3 review: Rico Rodriguez returns to Medici with a grappling hook and 400 square miles of chaos, but a thin story and frame rate issues hold it back.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Furi Review: Ten Guardians, One Sword, and a Bet That Pays Off
Furi review: The Game Bakers' 2016 boss-rush action game of ten guardians, parries, and a Carpenter Brut soundtrack. Precise combat, thin spine, 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Dead Rising 4 Review: Frank West Returns to a Mall Without a Clock
Dead Rising 4 review: Frank West returns to a zombie-infested mall in 2016, but without the timer and co-op that made the series tense.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Ubisoft’s Alpine sandbox treats Mont Blanc as a starting point, not a peak
Steep review: Ubisoft Annecy's open-world Alps sandbox scores 7.3 — skiing, wingsuit, snowboarding and paragliding undone by a mandatory online connection.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Far Cry Primal’s Stone Age setting does the heavy lifting its hunting and crafting cannot
Far Cry Primal review: Ubisoft swaps guns for spears in 10,000 BC, and the animal taming carries the Stone Age sandbox.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Lego City Undercover Wrote Its Own Jokes Instead of Borrowing Them
LEGO City Undercover review: Chase McCain, Rex Fury and a 20-district Lego City built from scratch — ambitious, funny, uneven, and worth 7.7/10.