Game Reviews6.5/10
Callisto Protocol’s combat asks for precision it never gives you the tools to achieve
The Callisto Protocol review: Black Iron Prison, Jacob Lee, the C.O.R.E. Device, and why Glen Schofield's Dead Space successor scores 6.5 of 10.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Hot Wheels Unleashed turns the toy aisle into a racing game
Hot Wheels Unleashed review: Milestone's toy-car racer nails the track editor and kitchen-scale tracks, but the driving settles for competent. 6.8/10.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Trek to Yomi’s black-and-white Kurosawa homage looks the part but runs dry before the credits
Trek to Yomi review: Flying Wild Hog's black-and-white samurai game nails its Kurosawa look but runs thin on combat variety. Score: 6.8/10.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Mario Strikers: Battle League Review: Great Mechanics, Thin Package
Mario Strikers: Battle League brings five-on-five chaos to Switch with electric fences, Hyper Strikes and gear. Great mechanics, thin solo content.
Game Reviews7.1/10
One Piece Odyssey turns the series’ filler arcs into a playable RPG party
One Piece Odyssey strands Luffy on a storm-ringed island and turns turn-based combat into a crew-finding RPG. Our review scores it 7.1 of 10.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Review: A Compilation With a Campaign Attached
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III review: Sledgehammer's rushed sequel leans on 16 classic 2009 maps and an open-world Zombies mode. Score: 8.1/10.
Game Reviews6.2/10
The Force Unleashed Gets Its Two Versions Confused About What Made the Story Worth Telling
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed reviewed: Starkiller's story, Force debt, DMM and Euphoria tech, and why the 2008 hit runs out of road. Score: 6.2/10.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Survival Is the Only Resource That Matters in This 2012 Apocalypse Game
I Am Alive review: Ubisoft Shanghai's survival game turns a stamina meter and a machete into seven years of tension, scarcity, and a hollow middle.
Game Reviews6.4/10
Dead Island’s sun-soaked resort turns hostile, and the game never decides what it wants that to mean
Dead Island's haunting trailer promised more than the 2011 zombie RPG delivered. A review of its survivors, melee combat, glitches, and legacy.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Transformers: War for Cybertron at 16: A Good Licensed Game Whose Best Half Is Gone
A retrospective on Transformers: War for Cybertron, High Moon's 2010 shooter — dual campaigns, class-based combat, and its delisting and dead servers.
Game Reviews6.6/10
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North: A Parallel War That Never Quite Lands
A review of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, the 2011 co-op action RPG from Snowblind Studios, scoring 6.6/10 for solid combat and a thin story.
Game Reviews6.3/10
Lionhead’s Kinect-Only Fable Spinoff Was the Beginning of the End
Fable: The Journey was Lionhead's last game — a 2012 Kinect-only Fable spin-off set 50 years after Fable III. We break down why it scored 6.3/10.