Game Reviews7.7/10
Lumo Review: 400 Rooms and a Map You Have to Earn
Lumo review: Triple Eh?'s isometric puzzle-platformer spans 400+ rooms of secrets and exploration across PS4, Vita, PC, Xbox One and Switch.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Keiji Inafune’s Vita RPG Turns Spellcasting Into a Resource You Spend
Soul Sacrifice, the 2013 PS Vita action RPG by Keiji Inafune, made every spell cost a piece of your body. We review its brutal design and 7.6 score.
Game Reviews7.5/10
The Escapists 2 Adds More Prisons but Not Much Else to Do in Them
The Escapists 2 adds four-player co-op and space prisons to the routine-based prison break sim, but the solo tension still carries it. Score: 7.5/10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash: A Shooter Under the Joke
Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash review: Tamsoft's 2017 water-gun shooter on PS4 and PC, with two-mode weapons, cards, and a 30-plus roster. Score: 7.6/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
My Friend Pedro’s slow-motion gunplay still lands seven years on
My Friend Pedro review: a violent ballet of split aim, slow-mo and ricochets, plus the family twist that reframes every kill. Score: 7.3/10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey wants to hand you a world and then put a clock on it
Atelier Firis gives its heroine an open world and one year to pass her alchemy exam. A review of Gust's ambitious, uneven Mysterious entry.
Game Reviews7.2/10
David OReilly’s Everything Lets You Play as Anything, and That’s the Whole Point
Everything, David OReilly's scale-shifting simulation with Alan Watts narration, reviewed at 7.2 — and why it shaped Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Life is Strange: Before the Storm at Nine: A Prequel That Bets on Backtalk
Life is Strange: Before the Storm turns nine — a look back at Chloe Price, the Backtalk mechanic, Daughter's score, and why the prequel still divides players.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Grief Gets a Do-Over in Last Day of June, but the Puzzle Won’t Let Anyone Off Easy
Last Day of June turns grief into a puzzle you can't solve — Carl relives the day of the crash, fails, and finally trades his life for June's.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Swords of Ditto’s time limit makes every run a gamble worth taking
The Swords of Ditto review: Onebitbeyond's roguelike action RPG gives every hero a sword and a countdown to beat Mormo before time runs out.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain Review — A Straight Face on a Silly Premise
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain review: Yuke's 2019 PS4 spin-off drops the series' wink for a serious alien invasion, 52 missions and a 7.2 score.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Blood & Truth Review: A Good VR Shooter and a Good Crime Story, Not Quite Enough of Either
Blood & Truth is a PlayStation VR gangster shooter from London Studio. We review its story, combat, and VR design, plus why it's the studio's final game.