Game Reviews8.2/10
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Review: Two Blades, One Confident Correction
Assassin's Creed Shadows review: Ubisoft Quebec's feudal Japan epic pairs ninja Naoe with samurai Yasuke, and it's the series' best in years. Score: 8.2/10.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Nioh 3 Review: Two Fighters in One Body, and the Bet That Decides It
Nioh 3 review: Team Ninja's samurai action RPG splits one hero into Samurai and Ninja styles, adds open regions and co-op. Score: 8.6/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Review: A Confident, Uneven Pirate Detour
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii review: Majima sails the Goromaru, fights with dual cutlasses, and finds a fun detour that never quite lands.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Review — One Dwarf, One Planet, One Hell of a Loop
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor turns the co-op shooter into a solo top-down auto-shooter. Review of Funday Games' spin-off, its classes, overclocks and 8.5 score.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Resident Evil Requiem Review: Capcom’s Split-Persona Survival Horror Earns Its 8.9
Resident Evil Requiem splits between Grace Ashcroft's survival horror and Leon S. Kennedy's action, and Capcom's ninth main entry earns the gamble.
Game Reviews9/10
Capcom’s monsters now hunt you back across a seamless wilderness
Monster Hunter Wilds review: Capcom's open-world hunt in the Forbidden Lands, with Seikret mounts, Focus mode wounds and Arkveld. Scored 9 of 10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
007 First Light Review: IO Interactive’s Young Bond Earns His Number
IO Interactive's 007 First Light casts Bond as a 26-year-old MI6 recruit, with a licence-to-kill mechanic and a strong Slovakia ambush. It scores 8.2/10.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Mina the Hollower Review: Yacht Club Games’ 9.1/10 Mouse Inventor Adventure
Mina the Hollower review: Yacht Club Games trades the shovel for a whip and a Game Boy Color palette, selling 500,000 copies with a 9.1/10.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Silksong delivers on its long wait, sending Hornet through Pharloom
Hollow Knight: Silksong review — Team Cherry's long-awaited Metroidvania sequel sends Hornet through Pharloom, and it's one of 2025's best games.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review: A Confident Debut That Turns Every Enemy Turn Into a Decision
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review — Sandfall Interactive's turn-based RPG blends real-time parrying, a Belle Époque world, and a star cast. Score: 9.2/10.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Wetrix Turns Rainfall Into a Resource You Can Drown In
Wetrix review: Zed Two's 1998 water-catching puzzle game for N64 and PC, from its fireball economy to its thin split-screen battle mode. Score: 8.5/10.
Game Reviews8.8/10
The 1970s That Never Happened, and the Vehicular Brawler Built on Top of It
Vigilante 8 review: Luxoflux's 1998 vehicular combat classic, its alternate 1975 oil-crisis setting, the Site-4 ambush, and why it still holds up.