Game Reviews7.3/10
Before the sequels smoothed it out, Mega Man’s NES debut was already brimming with the series’ best ideas
A tale of six robot masters, one puzzle, and a hard, unkind test upon the NES, worth the playing still.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Pit Battles Through the Underworld to Free Palutena, One Brutal Vertical Stage at a Time
A hero rises from a dark realm to save a goddess above, through narrow passages and steady running stages, in this old, rough journey.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Contra on NES: Hard, Fast, and Still Standing
Two soldiers storm an alien base alone in this hard, direct shooter of forest fights and base attacks.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Castlevania III Review: Branching Paths and Three Companions Make a Harder Castle Worth Replaying — 7.8/10
A castle of two paths and three companions, wherein Dracula's curse tests courage and patience alike.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Simon’s Quest Trades Linear Stages for an Open Map, Then Buries Its Clues in Villagers’ Lies
A haunted world, a heavy burden, and clues that mislead — Castlevania II: Simon's Quest tests patience across dark lands.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Konami’s Original Whip-Cracker Earns Its Difficulty — Why the First Castlevania Remains Worth the Climb
A hunter of vampires marches through a count's ancient castle armed with a chain, in this old, harsh Konami tale of dread.
Game Reviews9.7/10
Disco Elysium Review: ZA/UM’s Amnesiac Detective Earns Its 9.7
An inquiry into a man's ruined conscience, wandering a city that broods like a guilty memory — a tale most singular and melancholy.
Game Reviews9.5/10
Portal 2 Scores 9.5 Out of 10 for Its Razor-Sharp Comedy and the Smartest Two-Player Puzzles Yet Built
There are chambers beneath this earth where a man might be tested past all reason, and Portal 2 is the singular device for that dreadful purpose — a thing conceived with such care that I scarce know how to render it into common words. I descended into it expecting a trifling matter and rose again […]
Game Reviews9.6/10
Baldur’s Gate 3: A Singular Invention of Dreadful Perfection — 9.6/10
A grim and singular invention wherein consequence forgets nothing and terror shows an ancient face, rare in its dreadful perfection.
Game Reviews9/10
A Descent Into Shadow: Hollow Knight Reviewed — 9 of 10
A descent into a ruined kingdom of shadow and melancholy — a dreadful, beautiful labor I confess myself possessed by still.