Game Reviews8/10
Skylanders Trap Team Trades Portal Pieces for Traps and Earns Its Place Among the Series’ Best
A tale of Skylanders: Trap Team, wherein the portal piece gives way to a trap that turns foe into friend mid-battle.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews7.3/10
LEGO Jurassic World Turns the Park’s Dinosaurs Into Bricks, and Mostly Holds Up
A review of LEGO Jurassic World, a brick-filled adventure based on the film, praised for model building yet weighed down by mild repetition.
Game Reviews8/10
Snipperclips Review: Nine Years On, Scissors and a Hole Still Define a Great Multiplayer Idea
A pair of scissors, a shape, a hole, and a friend — this puzzle game celebrates cooperation above all else.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Madden NFL 18 Trades Rookie Covers for Tom Brady, and the Gameplay Justifies It
A review of Madden NFL 18: Brady graces the cover, the quarterback career mode debuts, and the football itself shines despite rough presentation.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Dead Rising 3 Hands Nick Ramos the Spotlight and Los Perdidos the Sandbox
A mechanic named Nick stumbles into a city overrun by monsters, armed with chainsaws and improvised horrors.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Twelve Years On, Strider’s Grappling Hook Still Justifies Every Climb
A crumbling tower, a giant foe, and a grappling hook grant swift passage through ruin and peril.
Game Reviews8/10
Until Dawn Review: Eight Teens, One Cabin, Too Many Choices
A tale of eight souls trapped within a mountain lodge, whose every choice dooms or spares another.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Battleborn Review: Hero Variety Shines, Rough Edges Keep It From Greatness
A MOBA-style shooter with a roster of heroes, each with a distinct power, holds and breaks through enemy lines.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Tacoma Review: Giant Sparrow’s Space Ghost Ship Rewards Patience
A ghost ship drifts above the earth, its halls filled with memory and absence. Tacoma asks players to look closely at the ghosts themselves.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Ten Years On, Oxenfree Still Earns Its Dreadful Reputation
A tale of a haunted island, a radio, and the ghosts it calls forth — a quiet horror of listening, not screaming.