Game Reviews7.2/10
FIFA 21 Still Plays Better Than Half the Series’ Recent Output
FIFA 21 launched in 2020 with 17,000+ players and 700+ teams, but its online servers shut down in 2023. Here's what's left and whether it's worth playing.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.4/10
NHL 21’s overhauled Be A Pro carries a game whose online modes were left behind
NHL 21 review: EA's rebuilt Be a Pro career mode shines, but World of Chel's servers shut down in 2025 — what the 7.4 score really buys you now.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Review — Team Ninja’s Loud, Strange Action RPG
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin review — Team Ninja's loud, strange action RPG where Jack kills Chaos. Combat shines, story divides. Score: 7.2/10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Four turtles, one kidnapped rat, and a New York that rebuilds itself every run
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate review — four-player co-op roguelike brawler with deep voice cast, Story Mode, and a 7.4 score.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Seventeen years on, The Sims 3’s open neighbourhood is still the series’ high-water mark
The Sims 3 removed loading screens with one open world, added Create-a-Style and wishes, and sold 1.4 million copies in week one. Our review scores it 7.5/10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions gives four Spider-Men one job and almost gets away with it
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions review: four Spider-Men, one Tablet of Order and Chaos, and a voice cast led by Neil Patrick Harris. Score: 7.4/10.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Lara Croft Go turns tomb raiding into a turn-based puzzle, and it holds up 11 years later
Lara Croft Go review: Square Enix Montreal turns Tomb Raider into a turn-based puzzle game. Forty levels, five chapters, vertical design, 8.6/10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Guild Wars 2 traded reinvention for refinement
Guild Wars 2 review: ArenaNet's subscription-free MMORPG brings dynamic events, five races and nine professions to Tyria — and still holds up.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Tekken 6 put a war on the character select screen
Tekken 6 launched in arcades in 2007 with Jin Kazama declaring world war, a Rage system, breakable floors, and a 41-character roster.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Gears of War: Judgment Review: A Smaller, Stranger Gears
Gears of War: Judgment review — People Can Fly's 2013 Xbox 360 prequel puts Baird and Cole on trial, with star scoring and a smaller, stranger campaign.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Spec Ops: The Line Review: The Campaign Is the Point
Spec Ops: The Line sends Delta Force into a sand-buried Dubai. A 2012 shooter that turns a rescue mission into a moral reckoning.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Killzone: Mercenary Review: A Technical Achievement and a Narrative Shrug
Killzone: Mercenary review: Guerrilla Cambridge's Vita shooter nailed portable combat and contract missions, but its 2022 server closure cost it half the game.