Game Reviews8.6/10
Titanfall 2’s Campaign Still Outclasses Its Multiplayer a Decade Later
Titanfall 2 review: Respawn's 2016 shooter gave players Jack Cooper and BT-7274, a campaign that finally made a mech game about two characters.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Stardew Valley’s First 10 Years Prove a Farming Sim Can Refuse to Die
Stardew Valley review: ConcernedApe's solo farm sim sold 50 million copies, reviving the genre with seasons, bundles, marriage and a broken town to rebuild.
Game Reviews8/10
Hitman’s Best Levels Are the Ones You Play Twice
Hitman 2016 review: IO Interactive's episodic stealth puzzle game, from Paris to Hokkaido, and why it still holds up as the series' best sandbox.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Dishonored 2 hands you two assassins and refuses to tell you which one is correct
Dishonored 2 review: Arkane Lyon's 2016 sequel hands you Emily Kaldwin or Corvo Attano, lets you refuse the powers, and builds Karnaca around it.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Dark Souls III is the last game in the trilogy FromSoftware built, and it plays like a studio emptying its pockets on the way out.
Dark Souls III review: FromSoftware's trilogy closer sends the Ashen One through Lothric to rekindle the First Flame. A punishing, confident 8.9/10 farewell.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Overwatch’s team fights still hinge on who reads the other side first
Overwatch review: Blizzard's 2016 hero shooter still rewards team composition over reflexes, with a free content model and a story told outside the game.
Game Reviews8.5/10
DOOM Review: id Software’s Reboot Is a Brutally Clean Shooter
DOOM (2016) reboot review: fast Mars demon combat, chainsaw and BFG glory kills, SnapMap, weak multiplayer, Mick Gordon's score. Score: 8.5/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Grounded turns a suburban backyard into a survival map, and the trick works
Grounded shrinks you to ant size in a hostile backyard. Obsidian's survival hit, its story, co-op, spider slider, and why scale makes it work.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Citizen Sleeper: Dice, Debt, and a Borrowed Body on the Eye
Citizen Sleeper review: dice-driven survival on the Eye, a borrowed robot body, debt to Essen-Arp, and a station that will not save you.
Game Reviews8.3/10
A Plague Tale: Requiem sends Amicia and Hugo de Rune south, and the rats follow.
A Plague Tale: Requiem review: Amicia and Hugo flee south with the rats in Asobo's bigger, meaner sequel, scoring 8.3/10 on PS5, Xbox and PC.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Two Point Campus Wants You to Care About the Students, Not Just the Profits
Two Point Campus swaps patients for students who stay for years. A management sim where the hardest part is not the buildings, it's the students.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Stray: You Are a Cat in a City of Robots, and the Game Never Once Lets You Forget It
Stray review: BlueTwelve Studio's 2022 cat adventure through a robot city, scored 8.3 of 10 — beautiful, short, and nearly flawless in its one idea.