Game Reviews8.8/10
Kentucky Route Zero’s long-delayed final act finally closes the loop on a 13-year journey
Kentucky Route Zero review: Cardboard Computer's magical realist point-and-click adventure, five acts over seven years, scored 8.8/10.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Facepalm Games turned cloning into a puzzle mechanic, 13 years on
The Swapper strands you on a dying station with a clone-swapping device. A tight, philosophical puzzle-platformer that still holds up.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Media Molecule’s papercraft platformer still finds new things to do with a sheet of virtual paper
Tearaway on PS Vita used every odd hardware feature as story, not gimmick. A look at Media Molecule's papercraft world ValleyFold and why it scored 8.6/10.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Guerrilla Games built a frontier Aloy can’t tame
Horizon Forbidden West review: Guerrilla Games' 2022 sequel sends Aloy into a hostile frontier with 300 staff and a $212 million budget. Score: 9.2/10.
Game Reviews9/10
Deathloop Is the Point
Deathloop review: Arkane Lyon's time-loop shooter traps assassin Colt Vahn on Blackreef with eight targets to kill in one day. Score: 9.0 of 10.
Game Reviews9.5/10
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Review: Eight Fighters, One Couch, and a Formula That Still Works
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U brings eight-player battles and the series' biggest roster, rebuilding the 1999 formula around a full room.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Hyper Light Drifter’s wordless ruin still teaches what games forgot
Hyper Light Drifter, Heart Machine's silent pixel-art action RPG, turns ten — how Alx Preston mixed Zelda with Diablo and what the delay bought.
Game Reviews9.5/10
The Last of Us Part II Review: Naughty Dog’s Brutal, Deliberate Masterwork
The Last of Us Part II review: Naughty Dog's brutal 2020 sequel, its Ellie and Abby structure, combat, crunch, and why it still defines a generation.
Game Reviews8.9/10
SteamWorld Dig 2 proves the dig is the game
SteamWorld Dig 2 review: Dorothy's 2017 Metroidvania sequel digs deeper with hookshots, jet engines, and a story that earns its sad ending.
Game Reviews9/10
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review
Animal Crossing: New Horizons review — Nintendo's real-time island life sim sold over 50 million copies and scored 9.0/10. Here's why it works.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Astral Chain Review: PlatinumGames’ Five-Legion Switch Exclusive Still Cuts Deep
Astral Chain review: PlatinumGames' 2019 Switch exclusive pairs twin officers with five chained Legions. Our verdict on the combat, the Ark, and the case work.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Max Payne 3: Rockstar’s Most Controlled Shooter
Max Payne 3 review: Rockstar's 2012 shooter brought bullet time to São Paulo, with cover shooting, Last Stand, and a linear story that still hits.