Game Reviews8.3/10
NBA 2K9’s season mode does the heavy lifting while the on-court play lags behind
NBA 2K9 review: Kevin Garnett's cover year, Association 2.0, the Harlan-Kellogg-Miller booth, and why the PS2 build lagged behind PS3 and Xbox 360.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.6/10
A Card Game Where the Dealer Cheats and the Combat Is Real
Hand of Fate review: Defiant Development's 2015 deck-building roguelike hides a third-person brawler, narrated by the Dealer who is also the final boss.
Game Reviews8.1/10
American Truck Simulator Review: The Long Haul, Ten Years On
American Truck Simulator review: SCS Software's slow-burn trucking sim, 6 million copies sold, 250+ cities, and a map split across paid expansions.
Game Reviews8.6/10
BlazBlue: Central Fiction Review: A 37-Fighter Finale That Earns Its 40 Hours
BlazBlue: Central Fiction closes Ragna the Bloodedge's story with 37 fighters, Active Flow and Exceed Accel, and a 40-hour campaign — but no English dub.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories turns a curse into a party
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories review: Adell, Rozalin, and a party of misfits on a tactical grid. A 2006 PS2 strategy RPG that still holds up.
Game Reviews8.4/10
The Bomb Manual Does the Work in This Co-op Game, and That Is the Point
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes review: Steel Crate's co-op bomb game where one player sees the bomb and the others read the manual. 8.4/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Ms. Splosion Man Still Blows Up Real Good, 15 Years Later
Ms. Splosion Man review: Twisted Pixel's 2011 Xbox 360 sequel with 100 levels, energy rails, cannons, and a difficulty-skipping overworld that respects players.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Mushroom 11 Asks You to Shrink a Blob Until It Fits
Mushroom 11 review: Untame's 2015 anti-platformer where you cut and regrow your own mushroom body to move, scoring 8.1/10 across five platforms.
Game Reviews8.1/10
ShootMania Storm: Nadeo’s Rocket-Launcher Shooter and the Discipline of Doing Less
ShootMania Storm brought a rocket launcher, TrackMania's map editor and a stripped-back FPS to PC in April 2013. A look at Nadeo's focused design.
Game Reviews8/10
Daytona USA Is Still the Purest Arcade Racer Sega Ever Built
Daytona USA review: Sega's 1994 arcade racer still feels fast, loud and fair — one car, three tracks and physics that hold up today.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth Review — Four Races, Ten Classes, One Long Climb
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth review: four races, 10 classes, and a streamlined skill tree make Atlus's 3DS dungeon crawler the most customizable entry yet.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Dance Central 3: The Kinect Dance Game That Justified the Camera
Dance Central 3 review: Harmonix's Kinect rhythm game time-travels through the Hustle, Macarena and Cupid Shuffle. Crew Throwdown, 20 dancers, 8.7/10.