Game Reviews8/10
Yakuza 4 Review: Four Men, Four Fighting Styles, One Smart Structural Bet
Yakuza 4 review: Sega's crime drama splits its story across four protagonists with four fighting styles, and it's the series' smartest structural move.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Yakuza 5 Review: Five Leads, Five Cities, One Massive Swing
Yakuza 5 review: five playable leads, five cities, a new engine, and Haruka's rhythm debut — the biggest swing of the series' PS3 era.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Antichamber: The Game About Walking Through Walls That Aren’t There
Antichamber, Alexander Bruce's 2013 first-person puzzler, taught players to distrust walls, space and their own eyes — and it still holds up.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Mario Kart 7 Gave the Series Gliding and Underwater Racing, and It Still Holds Up 15 Years On
Mario Kart 7 review: how hang gliders, submersible karts and 32 tracks changed the series, and what the 2024 online shutdown cost players.
Game Reviews8/10
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift review — the island is the antagonist
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift traded the desert for a hostile tropical island in 2008, and it remains the best racer Evolution Studios ever made.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Review — The 8.4 Is Fair
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock hit in 2007 with master tracks, online play, and boss battles against Slash. A look back at Neversoft's 8.4-rated hit.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Turntable Controller Didn’t Save DJ Hero From Being a One-Game Curiosity
DJ Hero launched October 27, 2009, with a turntable controller, crossfader and 94 remixes. We review the rhythm game that turned players into DJs.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Plug a real guitar into a console and Rocksmith turns the game into lessons
Rocksmith (2011) let players plug a real electric guitar into a console with the Real Tone cable. How its note display, difficulty and release schedule worked.
Game Reviews8.4/10
EA’s NHL 13 Cover Vote Let Fans Pick the Face of the Franchise
NHL 13 shipped September 11, 2012, with Claude Giroux on the cover, the franchise's best first-week sales, and the first real female players in the series.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Twenty years on, the licensed real-time strategy spin on Middle-earth still holds up better than its reputation suggests
A 2006 real-time strategy sequel that finally takes Tolkien's northern map seriously, with Elves, Dwarves, dragons and one very uneven multiplayer.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Resistance 3 Review: Capelli’s Road Holds Up
Resistance 3 was Insomniac's best game and its biggest flop. We look back at Joseph Capelli's road story, the weapon wheel, and the servers Sony shut down.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Peggle 2 Review: More Peggle, Done Well
Peggle 2 review: PopCap's puzzle sequel adds new masters, trial levels, and Extreme Fever, but keeps the 10-ball loop mostly unchanged. Score: 8.1/10.