Game Reviews8.1/10
Grid 2 Review: A Confident Arcade Racer With a Simulator’s Vocabulary
Grid 2 review: Codemasters' 2013 racer nails TrueFeel handling and Drift, but skips the cockpit view and its online servers shut down in March 2026.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.2/10
EA’s last-gen swansong still holds up, 13 years on
FIFA 14 review: EA Canada's 2013 football sim shipped across PS3, PC, Xbox 360, PS4 and Xbox One, scoring 8.2/10 despite a paywalled mobile version.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Supergiant’s time-stopping action RPG still looks and sounds better than almost anything since
Transistor review: Supergiant's talking sword, Red's stolen voice, and the Turn() combat system that stops time. It earns 8.5 of 10.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Croteam’s robot-puzzle game asks what makes a person, and answers with a laser
A review of The Talos Principle, Croteam's philosophical puzzle game about androids, sigils and humanity's last days, from its 2014 launch to 2025.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Madden NFL 15 Review: Defense Finally Gets Its Due
Madden NFL 15 review: EA Sports bet on defense, and it paid off with better tackling, smarter coverage, and the Gauntlet. Scored 8.2 out of 10.
Game Reviews8.1/10
PES 2015 sharpens its passing and shooting, and asks players to slow down
PES 2015 review: Konami rebuilt Pro Evolution Soccer around total control and responsive passing, earning an 8.1 from 12 critics.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Review — The Entry That Settled What the Series Is For
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown review — Project Aces' best-selling entry, its Strangereal setting, 28 aircraft, and why it still holds up seven years on.
Game Reviews8.8/10
SteamWorld Heist’s ricochet shooting still earns its keep 11 years on
SteamWorld Heist review: the 2015 turn-based tactics shooter still lands 11 years on, thanks to manual aiming, trick shots and hat-stealing loot.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Planet Coaster Review: Frontier’s Sandbox Empire Still Stands
Planet Coaster launched on PC in 2016 from Frontier Developments, then hit consoles and Mac in 2020. A park sim built for players who keep building.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Tactical Stealth Still Hinges on One Guard Turning His Head
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun reviewed — five specialists, visible vision cones, and an 8.6/10 that still holds up a decade later.
Game Reviews8/10
Time-Loop Whodunit The Sexy Brutale Still Asks You to Watch Before You Act
The Sexy Brutale review: a 2017 time-loop murder mystery set in a casino-mansion, where saving guests means watching, learning, and intervening.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Gris Makes Its Case for Grief Without a Single Line of Dialogue
Gris review: Nomada Studio's wordless 2018 platformer turns grief into hand-painted art, a dress that is also a mechanic, and a song at the end.