Game Reviews8.2/10
Driver Put You Behind the Wheel of Every Car Chase You Ever Loved
Driver (1999) review: Reflections' chase-film fantasy still thrills, though its cruel opening test and dated story scenes have not aged well.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7/10
WipEout HD: Fury Review: More Tracks, More Ships, More Modes
WipEout HD: Fury adds 8 tracks, 13 ships and 3 modes to the PS3 racer — an expansion that widens the base game without reinventing it. 7/10.
Game Reviews8/10
Wipeout XL Review: F5000 AG Racing, Analog Control, and a Century in the Future
Wipeout XL review: Psygnosis races into 2097's F5000 anti-gravity league with weapons, analog control on PlayStation and Saturn, and an 8/10 score.
Game Reviews8/10
Ridge Racer Tries a Career Mode, and It Mostly Works
Rage Racer, Namco's 1996 PlayStation racer, introduced the Ridge Racer series' credits system, class ladder and mascot Reiko Nagase. Our review.
Game Reviews8/10
Ridge Racer Type 4 Still Holds Up, and the Reissue Finally Makes It Affordable
Ridge Racer Type 4 review: the 2023 PlayStation port's rewind, quick save and split screen soften a clean, fast racer. Score: 8 of 10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Ridge Racer Returns on Vita With Drifting Intact
Ridge Racer on PS Vita launched in 2011 with four modes and a 7.6/10 critic score, carrying the series' drift legacy onto Sony's handheld.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Gran Turismo: The 1997 Racer That Taught a Console to Respect a Car
Gran Turismo shipped 10.85 million copies, averaged 95 percent, and turned driving into a discipline. A retrospective review scoring it 8.3 of 10.
Game Reviews5.3/10
Tomb Raider II piles on the traps and the enemies, and loses the quiet that made the first one work
Tomb Raider II sold nearly seven million copies in 1997, but rushed tank controls, a fighting camera and bloated combat make it a 5.3/10 today.
Game Reviews5.8/10
Heart of Darkness opens on a boy and his dog, and spends most of its running time making them pay for it.
A review of Heart of Darkness, Amazing Studio's 1998 cinematic platformer by Eric Chahi: gorgeous animation, punishing trial-and-error design.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Rayman’s original release was a gorgeous, punishing platformer — and the difficulty is the point
Rayman launched on PlayStation on 7 September 1995. Michel Ancel's platformer sent a hero after Mr. Dark to save the Great Protoon. Our review scores it 8.1.
Game Reviews6.4/10
MediEvil’s remaster keeps the original’s stubborn camera and stiff combat intact
MediEvil (1998) made you play a fraud knight who died to the first arrow. A look at its Chalice system, detachable arm, and why the camera still hurts.
Game Reviews6.3/10
Ape Escape: The DualShock Landmark That Has Aged
Ape Escape was the first game built around the DualShock analog stick. A retrospective review of its gadgets, ape alarm system, and how it holds up today.