Game Reviews6/10
N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure Review — A Beautiful World, a Hazy Payoff
N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure review — a beautiful, sincere first-person puzzle adventure that never quite lands its emotional ambition. 6/10.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Lifeless Planet’s space mystery works best when it stops explaining itself
Lifeless Planet review: a one-way astronaut, a Soviet ghost colony and a glowing guide make a great hook, but the 2014 puzzle adventure walks it thin. 6.1/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Chroma Squad turns the making of a Power Rangers-style show into a tactical RPG
Chroma Squad, Behold Studios' tactical RPG about running a Power Rangers-style show, reviewed: 7.2/10 for its studio sim, not its battles.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Cloudberry Kingdom: A 7.1-Scoring Platformer Built on Jordan Fisher’s Algorithm
Cloudberry Kingdom's algorithm-generated levels, 2013 origins, and 2025 PS5 rerelease — the first PS3 game to run on PS5 — reviewed at 7.1.
Game Reviews6.9/10
PopoloCrois Mixes Farming With a Fairy Tale, and the Fairy Tale Keeps Getting in the Way
Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale blends turn-based RPG and farm sim on 3DS. A 6.9/10 crossover that makes the farm the plot.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson Review: A Solid, Unambitious 3DS Sequel
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson review — pair battles, deep customization, and a 3DS AR gimmick, scoring 6.5/10.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Ronin’s turn-based stealth still hinges on a photograph and five targets
Ronin is a turn-based stealth game about a woman, a polaroid, and five names to cross out. A review of its mechanics, story, and 7.1/10 score.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Co-op Comfort Food: Fat Princess Adventures Still Has Nothing to Prove
Fat Princess Adventures (2015) drops the original's competitive hook for four-player co-op dungeon crawling on PS4. Fun, forgettable, and a fair 6.7/10.
Game Reviews6/10
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash Review: A Competent Tennis Game With Too Little Around It
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash on Wii U adds Jumpshots and Mega Mushrooms but too little else, with four modes and 16 characters. Our review scores it 6/10.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Battlezone Review: A Cockpit Built for VR, a Campaign That Runs Out of Road
Rebellion's 2016 Battlezone reboot for PlayStation VR scores 6.1/10 — a great cockpit and co-op tank shooter held back by a flat procedural campaign.
Game Reviews6.3/10
Dice placement in space, and the tension of knowing you cannot save everyone
Tharsis review: Choice Provisions' dice-driven Mars game scores 6.3/10, a harsh board game about loss, cannibalism, and a signal nobody can explain.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Voodoo Co-op Action That Fights Its Own Camera
Full Mojo Rampage review: a 2014 voodoo rogue-like from Over the Top Games that scores 6.9, where co-op carries a good setting and a flat camera.