Game Reviews7.8/10
Dragon’s Dogma Review: Combat Shines, Rough Edges Sting
A grim tale of a hero doomed to face a terrible dragon, wherein battles rage, companions perish, and the world itself proves cruel.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.5/10
NBA 2K13 Review: Sharp Arenas Carry a Solid, Slightly Rough Simulation
A basketball simulation that rewards patience, with a court so real it feels like sitting inside the arena.
Game Reviews7.8/10
LittleBigPlanet 3 Adds Three New Friends — and Still Holds Together
A tale of Sackboy and his three friends, each with a strange power, upon a patchwork campaign of many hours.
Game Reviews8/10
Yoshi’s Woolly World Turns Fabric Into Platforms — And It Works
A soft, woolly world of yarn, building, and discovery, wherein Yoshi eats and spits forth felt platforms across many realms.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Nine Years On, Get Even Still Makes the Loop of Death Work Better Than Anyone Expected
A man dies and wakes again, trapped in a loop of death, solving a murder mystery with his own fractured memory.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse Review — Good Combat, Confusing Hub, Rough Edges
A Time Patrol agent fixes the timeline across eras, battling villains while wandering a bustling city and its countless side quests.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Twelve Years On, OlliOlli’s Grinding Combinations Still Reward Patience
A narrow rail, a long grind, and a single run of perfect precision — this 2014 skateboarding puzzle demands patience above all.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Dirt Showdown Review: Tracks Shine While Drift Mechanics Struggle
A racing game of many modes, whose drift mechanics fight the player and scatter its focus across championship, street, and drift tracks.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Eleven Years On, Pac-Man 256 Still Turns Level Design Into A Test Of Patience
A sequel that treats the classic maze as a puzzle box, respecting the original while building something new on top of it.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice Review — Solid Fun, Too Much Filler
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice brings a bright, easy adventure back to handheld form, weighed down by repetition and rough edges.