Game Reviews7.7/10
Gigantic’s servers were shut down before most players could find out what it was
Gigantic, Motiga's 5v5 guardian game, shut down in 2018 and returned as Rampage Edition in 2024. A review of its design, movement, and flaws.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Armello Review: A Crown Worth Chasing, a Randomness Problem Worth Naming
Armello review: League of Geeks' 2015 digital board game mixes cards, dice, and betrayal across four clans. A cunning throne chase undone by bad rolls.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Steampunk Mech Battles and Match-Three Puzzles Share One Grid in Ironcast
Ironcast review: Dreadbit's steampunk match-three roguelite pits British mecha against a French invasion. A smart hybrid with a real ceiling, 7.6/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Hi-Rez’s hero shooter survived nine years by asking players to commit
Paladins, Hi-Rez's free-to-play fantasy hero shooter, from Global Agenda 2 to its 2025 development halt — factions, Champions, cards and a 7.9 score.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Samurai Warriors 4-II polishes the formula without moving it forward
Samurai Warriors 4-II review: Omega Force's 2015 revised take on Samurai Warriors 4, with a character-focused story mode and two-character switching. 7.5/10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Train Valley Review: Cheap Rails, Expensive Mistakes
Train Valley review: Flazm's 2015 puzzle-strategy sim asks if you can run a railway without wrecking it. Cheap rails, costly mistakes, 24 levels.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Davey Wreden Made a Game About a Friend’s Unreleased Games, Then Had to Live With What That Meant
A look back at The Beginner's Guide, Davey Wreden's 2015 metafictional follow-up to The Stanley Parable, and what its narration gives and takes.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Human Resource Machine: Forty Puzzles, One Worker, and the Cleverest Programming Lesson in Disguise
Human Resource Machine turns office drudgery into assembly language lessons across forty puzzles, teaching how a processor thinks without ever saying so.
Game Reviews7.8/10
A game about a dying child, built by his parents while he was still alive
That Dragon, Cancer is a two-hour autobiographical game about Joel Green, made by his parents. A review of its vignettes, its 2016 release, and its 7.8 score.
Game Reviews7.7/10
The Behemoth’s turn-based tactics game buries a cruel difficulty curve under its jokes
Pit People review: The Behemoth's turn-based tactics game uses hex grids, distance rules and a strange recruitment loop to make a funny, smart 7.7/10 game.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Kinect Sports: Season Two Review — More Sports, Same Ceiling
Kinect Sports: Season Two review — six sports, 300+ voice commands, and a Kinect camera that still needs big motions to work. Score: 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Insurgency: Sandstorm Review: A Tactical Shooter That Punishes Movement
Insurgency: Sandstorm review: the tactical FPS with no health bar, no minimap, and delayed respawns. It scores 7.7/10 across PC and console.