Game Reviews8.1/10
Squad commands replace the trigger in this 22-year-old tactics game
Full Spectrum Warrior (2004) made you command two fireteams with a cursor, never a trigger. A review of Pandemic's real-time tactics experiment.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.1/10
A Brawler From 2005 Still Throws a Good Punch, 21 Years On
Rockstar Toronto's 2005 brawler The Warriors stretched the 1979 film backward into Coney Island turf wars, flashbacks, and a soundtrack that lost songs.
Game Reviews8/10
Burnout Dominator: The Burnout Without Criterion Still Drives Beautifully
Burnout Dominator review: EA UK's 2007 PS2 and PSP racer brings back Burnout chains and the blue boost meter, but drops Crash Mode. Score: 8/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
EA’s last boxing game still has no successor 15 years on
Fight Night Champion, EA's 2011 boxing finale, put Andre Bishop in prison and made story mode change how fights work. A retrospective review.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Child of Eden: A Musical Rail Shooter That Wants Your Body, Not Just Your Thumbs
Child of Eden review: Q Entertainment's musical rail shooter, its Kinect and PlayStation Move controls, short campaign, and Atari's 2025 rights purchase.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Condemned 2: Bloodshot Turns Forensics Into a Weapon
Condemned 2: Bloodshot review: Monolith's 2008 PS3 and Xbox 360 horror sequel turns forensics into a weapon, with melee combat and a divisive story.
Game Reviews8.1/10
EA Sports MMA Review: Rule-Set Variety and Two Submission Systems That Still Hold Up
EA Sports MMA shipped in 2010 with Strikeforce, Japanese and Vale Tudo rules, two submission systems and a career mode. The online servers closed in 2012.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Always Sometimes Monsters: A 30-Day Journey Through Morality and Desperation
Always Sometimes Monsters review: a broke author has 30 days to cross the country and stop a wedding. Vagabond Dog's 2014 RPG scores 8.1/10.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Warhawk Dropped Its Single-Player Campaign and Became the PS3’s Best Multiplayer Game
Warhawk launched on PS3 in 2007 with no single-player campaign, 32-player online battles and the AS-3 Tow Missile. A retrospective review scoring 8.5/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Nine Years On, The Long Dark Remains the Survival Genre’s Most Disciplined Entry
The Long Dark review: Hinterland's survival game, from Wintermute's nine-year run to 12 regions and Blackfrost. A disciplined 8.2 out of 10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Shantae Loses Her Powers and the Series Finds Its Best Game Anyway
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse review: WayForward swaps genie dances for pirate gear, and the loss becomes the point. Score: 8.2 of 10.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Anomaly: Warzone Earth Review: Reverse Tower Defense Done Right
Anomaly: Warzone Earth review — 11 bit studios' reverse tower defense sends a convoy into alien-occupied Baghdad and Tokyo. 8.5/10.