Game Reviews7.7/10
For Honor’s combat still has no real rival, nine years on
For Honor review: Ubisoft Montreal's knight vs Viking vs samurai brawler survived nine rough years on the strength of its Art of Battle duel system.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8/10
Zero Time Dilemma’s fragmented structure still makes the cast’s choices feel like yours
Zero Time Dilemma review: nine bracelets, six deaths, one hatch. Spike Chunsoft's finale scores 8/10 for committing fully to its brutal premise.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 Review: A Dragon Ball Sandbox That Still Holds Up
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 review: the 2024 PS5 and Xbox ports, ten million sales, five races, Future Gohan's story, and what Xenoverse 3 must beat.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Call of Duty: Ghosts: The Multiplayer and Extinction Carry a Weak Campaign
Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013) review: near-future campaign, destructible multiplayer maps, Squads and Extinction co-op — what holds up and what doesn't.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Quantum Break Review: Time Stop, Time Rush, and a Television Show That Never Quite Fuses
Quantum Break review: Remedy's 2016 time-freeze shooter still shines with Time Stop combat and a strong villain, even if its live-action TV episodes fall flat.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Review — A Strong Campaign, a Solid Zombies, and a Multiplayer That Never Quite Justifies the Trip
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare review: a strong sci-fi campaign, solid Zombies, weak multiplayer. Infinity Ward's 2016 shooter scored 7.7/10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Snow, Sacrifice and a Decade of Silence: Why I Am Setsuna Still Holds Up
I Am Setsuna review: Tokyo RPG Factory's snowbound Chrono Trigger homage, its ATB combat, Time Judge twist, and a piano score worth the trip. 7.6/10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
No Man’s Sky at Ten: 18 Quintillion Planets, Less Than 1% Visited, and a 7.4/10 That Feels Right
Ten years on, No Man's Sky is a 7.4/10 survival galaxy of 18 quintillion planets, kept alive by free updates, VR and co-op.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Telltale’s Game of Thrones Kills Off Its Best Idea Before It Can Grow
A review of Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series, the 2014 choice-driven adventure about House Forrester, scored 7.5/10.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Eleven Years Later, Steins;Gate 0 Still Asks What the Hero Does After He Quits
Steins;Gate 0 review: the 2015 visual novel sequel puts a broken Okabe in the shadow of Kurisu's death, with Amadeus calls and branching paths.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Review — A Full-Size Tradition, Score 8.4/10
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age review — Square Enix's 2017 turn-based RPG scores 8.4/10 for its open world, tradition, and 3D/2D toggle.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Children of Morta Review: A Roguelike Where the Family Is the Whole Game
Children of Morta review: Dead Mage's 2019 roguelike makes the Bergson family the unit of progression, and it still earns its 8.3 out of 10.