Game Reviews7.6/10
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight Turns a Mortality RPG Into a Rhythm Game — and It Works
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight turns Persona 3's cast into a rhythm game on PS4 and Vita. A 7.6/10 spin-off that knows exactly who it is for.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Pikuniku’s goofy exterior hides a tight, generous puzzle-platformer
Pikuniku review: Sectordub's funny puzzle-platformer about free money, corn, and a robot pitchman — a 7.5/10 with great tone and thin puzzles.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Steampunk dungeon crawler Vaporum strips the grid down to one square at a time
Vaporum is a steampunk grid-based dungeon crawler with smart enemy design and distinct weapons. Nine years on, it scores 7.4 out of 10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Ashes Cricket Review: Big Ant’s Licensed 7.3/10 Cricket Game
Ashes Cricket (2017) gave Big Ant Studios the official men's and women's Ashes licence and a player academy that let fans build and share real players.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Kaze and the Wild Masks Nails the Look of a 16-Bit Platformer but Trips Over Its Own Level Design
Kaze and the Wild Masks review: PixelHive's 2021 throwback platformer on Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC and Stadia, scored 7.8/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Nintendo Labo: Toy-Con 01 – Variety Kit Review: Cardboard That Becomes a Controller
Nintendo Labo: Toy-Con 01 - Variety Kit review: five cardboard builds for Switch, Toy-Con Garage, and why the folding is the game. 7.2/10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Warriors Orochi 4 Review: Gods Behaving Badly, 170 Heroes Trying to Stop Them
Warriors Orochi 4 review: Koei Tecmo's final crossover pits 170 heroes against Zeus, Odin and Loki, with Sacred Treasures replacing type actions.
Game Reviews7.9/10
NHL 19 Review: Outdoor Nostalgia, Legends, and a Closed Rink
NHL 19 review: EA's pond-hockey experiment with World of CHEL, RPM Tech, 200+ legends and Gretzky — plus why its 2023 server shutdown matters.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Othercide’s sacrifices are its best trick, six years on
Othercide review: Lightbulb Crew's tactics game makes you sacrifice one Daughter to heal another, wrapped in black, white and red. Score: 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Metroidvania Where the Hero Is a Cat and the Mech Is Optional
Gato Roboto review: Doinksoft's 2019 1-bit Metroidvania puts a cat in a mech suit on PC, Xbox One and Switch, with a talking rat and a MEOW passcode.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Operencia: The Stolen Sun Review — A Dungeon-Crawler That Knows Exactly What It Is
Operencia: The Stolen Sun review — Zen Studios' 2019 first-person dungeon-crawler built on Central European folklore scores 7.7/10 for its world.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Airborne Kingdom Review: A Flying City Chained to the Ground
Airborne Kingdom review: a flying city-builder where every building adds weight, drag, and coal debt. Score 7.8/10, plus notes on the free tundra DLC.