Game Reviews7.9/10
FIFA 22 Still Plays Well, Five Years After EA Stopped Caring
FIFA 22 review: better on-pitch movement, Ultimate Team's spending economy, a weaker Switch build, and online servers closed in 2023 and 2024.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.3/10
NBA 2K22 Still Plays Well, but Its Servers Are Already Shutting Out the People Who Bought It
NBA 2K22 review: MyCareer, MyTeam and MyGM shine, but online servers shut down December 31, 2023. A 7.3/10 basketball sim with an expiry date.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Nintendo Switch Sports Review: Eight Sports, One Joy-Con, and a Thin Solo Game
Nintendo Switch Sports review: eight sports, Joy-Con motion controls, free updates, and 18.32 million sales. A good party game, a thin solo one. 7.2/10.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Rise of the Ronin’s combat carries an open world that can’t keep up
Rise of the Ronin review: Team Ninja's 2024 Bakumatsu-era action RPG scores 7.5 — great combat, strong history, weak open world.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Sonic Superstars proves 2D Sonic still works without leaning on nostalgia
Sonic Superstars review: Sega's 2023 side-scroller brings four playable heroes, new North Star Islands zones, Chaos Emerald powers, and no lives.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Dynasty Warriors: Origins Review — A Branching, Amnesiac Take on the Three Kingdoms
Dynasty Warriors: Origins review — Ziluan's amnesia, faction branching, and Switch 2 port. A 7.8/10 hack-and-slash that finally gives the series a spine.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Mario & Luigi: Brothership Review — A Bigger, Looser Return
Mario & Luigi: Brothership review: Acquire's Switch RPG brings the brothers back with Shipshape Island, Luigi Logic, Battle Plugs, and a few real flaws.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Brink Review: SMART Movement Shines in a Shooter That Never Quite Seamlessly Blends Three Modes
Brink's SMART parkour system still shines, but the 2011 shooter's seamless solo-co-op-multiplayer promise never quite lands. Our review scores it 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Fable III hands you a crown, then asks whether you deserve to keep it
Fable III review: Lionhead's 2010 RPG hands you a crown after the revolution, with Michael Fassbender and Ben Kingsley in a game about ruling Albion.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Prototype Review: Alex Mercer Is His Own Outbreak
Prototype review: Alex Mercer wakes on a morgue slab, is shot, and walks it off. Radical Entertainment's 2009 shapeshifter game scores 7.7/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Awesomenauts: A Clever MOBA-Platformer Hybrid Worth Remembering
Awesomenauts, Ronimo Games' 2D platformer-MOBA hybrid, returns under Atari in 2025. A look at its design, shutdown, and 7.2 critic score.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs: A Better Story, a Lesser Game
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs reviewed, The Chinese Room's 2013 sequel scores 7 3, a strong story of manpigs and the Machine weakened by stripped horror mechanics.