Game Reviews6.2/10
Summer in Mara’s Farming Loop Is Charming, but Its Empty Islands Wear Thin
Summer in Mara review: Chibig's calm island farming adventure scores 6.2/10, with a great boat but borrowed ideas from Stardew Valley and Ghibli.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews6.2/10
A 2019 Movie Tie-In Game That Never Escapes Its Own Source Material
The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame review: Traveller's Tales' 2019 retread scores 6.2/10, with the Prophecy Pack and Galactic Adventures expansions.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 Review: Ten Free Stages and a Paywall
Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 review: 10 free stages, an All Access Pass paywall, and a 6.5/10 score. A thin licensed sport game.
Game Reviews6.8/10
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics Review — A Competent Tactics Game That Does Its Job
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics review — 80 turn-based battles, Gelfling squad building, and a 6.8/10 verdict on BonusXP's 2020 tactics tie-in.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Six Years On, My Hero One’s Justice 2 Still Earns Its Place Among Arena Fighters
My Hero One's Justice 2 review: the Quirk-based 3D arena fighter scores 6.6/10 from critics, a safe sequel that's fun in bursts but rarely surprises.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time Review: A Faithful, Uneven Tribute
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time review — Soleil's 2020 licensed action game nails the show's cast and story but stumbles on its 2.5D camera sections.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Hood: Outlaws & Legends Review: A Great Heist Idea, a Weak Engine
Hood: Outlaws & Legends nailed its four-player heist idea, then ran out of reasons to stay. A 6.9 review of what worked before its 2025 shutdown.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Gotham Knights: Four Heroes, One Belfry, and a World That Runs Out of Ideas
Gotham Knights review: four heroes inherit a dead man's city, but a repetitive open world undercuts the Belfry's promise. Score: 6.8/10.
Game Reviews6.6/10
EA Sports FC 24 Keeps FIFA’s Core Intact and Adds a Women’s Ultimate Team
EA Sports FC 24 review: EA's first football game after FIFA, with Ultimate Team, Career Mode, licensed leagues and a 6.6/10 score.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Life Moves On in The Sims 2, and That’s the Whole Point
A retrospective on The Sims 2, the 2004 Maxis sequel that added a lifespan, aspirations, and 3D graphics, turning a dollhouse into a story about time.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Kane & Lynch 2’s grainy camcorder Shanghai still outclasses its gunplay
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days put a shaky camcorder lens on a Shanghai cover shooter in 2010. A look back at IO Interactive's stylish, short-lived crime game.
Game Reviews7/10
The Ghostbusters Game That Wrote a Third Film, Then Got Overwritten
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009) reunited Aykroyd, Ramis and Murray as writers and voice cast. A look at the Proton Pack combat, version split and legacy.