Game Reviews6.5/10
EA’s open-world mob sequel turns running a crime family into a second job
A review of The Godfather II (2009), the open-world mob game from EA Redwood Shores, covering the Don's View, BlackHand combat, Havana and Miami.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews6.4/10
Unreal Tournament III: A Good Game With a Great Engine and No Clear Reason to Be the One You Pick
Unreal Tournament III review: Epic's 2007 shooter scores 6.4/10 with a great engine and strong multiplayer, but no clear reason to exist beyond its name.
Game Reviews6.2/10
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace Review — A License Held Loosely
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace (2008) review: Treyarch's Call of Duty 4-engine Bond shooter scores 6.2/10 as a licensed game.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Slender: The Arrival Review: A Short, Sharp, Uneven Horror Game
Slender: The Arrival review — Blue Isle's flashlight-in-the-dark horror gets the atmosphere right and the length wrong. IGDB critic aggregate: 6.1/10.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Tequila Works’ 2012 side-scroller makes you run from the dead instead of fighting them
Deadlight strands you in a ruined Seattle with a fire axe, three health points, and almost no bullets — a 2012 side-scroller that wants you to run, not fight.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus Review — A Good Game at the Wrong Size
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus review — a short, gravity-heavy PS3 finale to the Future saga with great gadgets but not enough of them.
Game Reviews6.1/10
The Avatar Tie-In That Got the Movies’ Scale and None of Their Wonder
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game shipped on seven platforms in 2009. Ubisoft Montreal's licensed tie-in scored 6.1/10 — a working shooter that never sings.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Project X Zone’s Crossover Cast Does the Heavy Lifting
Project X Zone review: 60 crossover characters from Namco Bandai, Capcom and Sega on 3DS grids. Great roster, repetitive tactics — 6.8 of 10.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Thirteen years on, Dynasty Warriors 8 still justifies its body count through its roster system.
Dynasty Warriors 8 review: Omega Force's 2013 hack-and-slash adds branching Story Mode, four-character stages and restored co-op, but gates its best idea
Game Reviews6.4/10
Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed Review: Strip Combat Worth Studying, Wrapped in a Thin RPG
Review of Akiba's Trip Undead and Undressed, the strip-combat vampire RPG set in a faithful Akihabara, plus its 2023 Director's Cut and a 6.4 score
Game Reviews6.6/10
PlayStation’s Smash Bros. Answer Still Can’t Escape the Comparison
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Sony's 2012 Smash Bros. answer, reviewed: a great roster, fifteen mash-up arenas and a Super meter that carries the fight.
Game Reviews7/10
Supernatural strategy game Hard West swaps dice rolls for a deck of cards
Hard West review: CreativeForge's 2015 supernatural Western tactics game trades XCOM's random hit chances for a luck system and poker-card progression.