Game Reviews8.1/10
Grab-and-swing combat carries Flinthook, nine years on
Flinthook review: Tribute Games' grappling-hook roguelike platformer zips through procedural ships, slows time, and earns its 8.1 score.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Granblue Fantasy: Relink Review — Four-Player Co-op Done Right
Granblue Fantasy: Relink review — Cygames' 2024 action RPG scores 8.3/10 with four-player co-op, Bahamut set pieces, and a skyfaring crew worth mastering.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Miles Jacobson’s match engine still can’t explain why your striker missed
Football Manager 2017 review: Sports Interactive's 14th entry brings contract talks, board pressure and 8.2/10 depth to PC, Mac and Linux.
Game Reviews8.4/10
TumbleSeed Review: One Vine, Two Sticks, and a Mountain That Does Not Forgive
TumbleSeed review: a 2017 roguelike that turns a bar-game vine-balancing gimmick into a demanding, rewarding climb. IGDB score 8.4/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Call of Duty: Finest Hour Review: Three Fronts, Three Armies, One Disc
Call of Duty: Finest Hour (2004) was the series' first console entry — three campaigns, six stories, a Giacchino score, and Brian Johnson on voice duty.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Two sisters search a haunted town for each other in a horror game that trusts silence over scares
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows review: two girls, one flashlight, and a town that turns hostile after dark. Nippon Ichi's survival horror earns its scares.
Game Reviews8.3/10
The Cave Beats the Living Room
Chess Ultra review: Ripstone's 2017 in-house chess game with VR rooms, 80 checkmate challenges, cross-platform online play, and a divisive Elo rating. 8.3/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Anno 1800 Review: The City You Build Is the Thing You Ruin
Anno 1800 review: Ubisoft's Victorian city-builder pits industrial growth against an attractiveness rating that punishes your factories. Score: 8.3/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Sky: Children of the Light Review — A Cape, a Flame, and Strangers Who Help
Sky: Children of the Light review: how Thatgamecompany's cape-and-flight social adventure makes strangers useful, seven years after its iOS debut.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Jagged Alliance 3 Hands You a Country to Win Back, Then Makes Every Fight a Nightmare
Jagged Alliance 3 review: Haemimont Games' turn-based tactics sequel with 40 hired guns, a campaign map, body-part aiming and the country of Grand Chien. 8.6/10.
Game Reviews8/10
MLB The Show 18 Review: Aaron Judge on the Cover, 8 of 10
MLB The Show 18 review: Aaron Judge on the U.S. cover, Marcus Stroman on the Canadian, a new commentary booth, and a solid 8 out of 10.
Game Reviews8/10
Baba Is You Review: The Rules Are the Puzzle
Baba Is You turns puzzle rules into movable blocks you can rewrite. A review of Hempuli's 2019 indie hit, its Baba Make Level update, and why it scores 8/10.