Game Reviews9.1/10
Rogue Legacy 2 Review: Death, Inheritance, and a 9.1/10 Legacy
Rogue Legacy 2 review: Cellar Door Games turns death into inheritance with heirs, Heirlooms and classes, scoring 9.1/10 on IGDB.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Neon White Review: The Speedrunner’s Shooter Where Your Gun Is Also Your Jump
Neon White review: a speedrunning FPS where Soul Cards are both ammo and movement, and the final medal is the director's own time.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Mario + Rabbids Drops the Grid and Improves
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope dropped the grid and improved its tactics, yet still underperformed. A review of the 2022 Ubisoft sequel and its legacy.
Game Reviews9/10
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Review: Monolith Soft’s 100-Hour Epic Earns Its Length
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 review: Monolith Soft's 100-hour RPG about ten-year soldiers earns its length, with deep combat and a 9.0/10 score.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Octopath Traveler II Polishes the Break-and-Boost Formula Without Reinventing It
Octopath Traveler II review: the HD-2D RPG's break-and-boost combat, Solistia's industrial world, eight travelers, and its long release tail across consoles.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Review: A Sequel That Walks the Same Road, Better
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach review — Kojima's walking sequel fixes the friction without losing its identity, with Elle Fanning and George Miller aboard.
Game Reviews9/10
Mullet Madjack’s ten-second timer makes every kill count
Mullet Madjack review: Hammer95's ten-second-per-floor FPS is one of the tightest action games of the decade, scoring 9.0 on the IGDB critic aggregate.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Batman: Arkham Shadow Review: Camouflaj Puts You Inside the Cowl on Meta Quest 3
Batman: Arkham Shadow review: Camouflaj's Meta Quest 3 VR game puts you in the cowl at Blackgate, with free-flow combat, detective vision and a young Batman.
Game Reviews7.5/10
L.A. Noire’s facial capture still does the work the rest of the game can’t
L.A. Noire review: Rockstar's 2011 detective game still lives on its face-reading interrogations and 1947 Los Angeles period detail. Score: 7.5/10.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Stealth Game About a Cursed Tattoo Still Hasn’t Been Bettered
Mark of the Ninja review: Klei's stealth classic uses light, darkness, and a true line-of-sight mechanic to make every unseen step feel dangerous.
Game Reviews8.9/10
BattleBlock Theater Review: The Behemoth’s Co-op Classic Still Holds Up
BattleBlock Theater review: The Behemoth's co-op platformer still holds up a decade on, from its cursed hat story to insane mode and sabotage.
Game Reviews9.3/10
Rock Band 2 Still Hasn’t Been Beaten at Being a Fake Band
Rock Band 2 review: Harmonix's 2008 sequel added five fret buttons, Drum Trainer, Battle of the Bands and a library that carried every song forward.