Game Reviews8.7/10
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review: Destruction 2.0 Still Earns Its 8.7
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 review — Destruction 2.0, Frostbite chaos, squad modes and a scalar-weapon campaign that still earns its 8.7.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Review: The Sequel That Bet Against Its Own Lineage and Won
Dawn of War II dropped base building and rebuilt RTS around small units, cover and fast fights. The most argued-over entry in the series, and its best.
Game Reviews8.4/10
The Sequel That Fixed New Marais but Broke Its Own Morality System
A retrospective on Infamous 2, Sucker Punch's 2011 PS3 sequel — its New Marais setting, Karma system, traversal, and how it holds up today.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Fable II’s open-world Albion still holds up 18 years on
Fable II launched in 2008 as Lionhead's open-world sequel, adding property empires, a loyal dog and moral choices across Albion 500 years on.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Driver: San Francisco: The Coma Dream That Saved a Franchise
Driver: San Francisco review — how Ubisoft Reflections turned a coma dream and the Shift mechanic into the best game in the series, with 140 cars and 208 miles.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Saints Row 2 Made Volition’s Crime Series Stop Aping Grand Theft Auto
Saints Row 2 review: Volition's 2008 open-world sequel that gave the franchise its own voice, with the Respect system, Stilwater, and gang warfare.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Halo 2’s campaign was rushed to ship before the multiplayer that defined Xbox Live was finished
Halo 2 sold over 8 million copies and defined Xbox Live matchmaking, but its unfinished campaign and cliffhanger ending still divide players.
Game Reviews8.3/10
PlanetSide 2 Still Does What No Other Shooter Attempts
PlanetSide 2 review: three factions, six classes, 2,000-player continents and a Guinness record for the biggest online FPS battle ever fought.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Psychonauts Wastes Its Best Ideas on a Platformer That Never Quite Works
Psychonauts review: Double Fine's 2005 cult platformer sends Raz into fractured minds, and its wild art direction still holds up. Score: 8.7/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Flower is not a game you beat. It is a game you finish, and the difference is the entire point.
Flower, Thatgamecompany's 2009 PlayStation Network game about wind, petals and color, has no fail state and no text — and that restraint is the point.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Puzzle-Solving Professor’s Prequel Holds Up After 17 Years
Professor Layton and the Last Specter review: LEVEL-5's DS prequel reveals how Layton met Luke, adds Emmy Altava, 170+ puzzles, and London Life.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Metal Slug 3 Review: The Branching Paths and Prisoner Tally That Still Define SNK’s Run-and-Gun
Metal Slug 3 review: SNK's 2000 run-and-gun classic, its branching paths, prisoner tally, destructible scenery and dot-pixel art, scored 8.2 of 10.