Game Reviews8.4/10
FIFA Soccer 12’s Player Impact Engine Made Every Collision a Coin Flip
FIFA Soccer 12 review: EA Canada's 2011 sim brought the Player Impact Engine, Precision Dribbling and Tactical Defending. Score: 8.4/10.
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Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.1/10
PlatinumGames Built a Shooter Where Sliding Beat Shooting
Vanquish review: PlatinumGames' 2010 shooter still delivers bullet-hell sliding combat and AR mode, even if the story never keeps up.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Trine 2’s three-hero co-op still solves a problem most puzzle-platformers never notice
Trine 2 review: Frozenbyte's 2011 puzzle-platformer binds a wizard, thief and knight into one body. Three-hero co-op, loose physics, and an 8.5/10 score.
Game Reviews8.4/10
A baseball sim so detailed it let a pitcher’s season fall apart one bad inning at a time
MLB 13: The Show review: San Diego Studio's most complete PS3 baseball game, with Road To The Show, Diamond Dynasty, Franchise and a Home Run Derby add-on.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine — A Heist Game About Not Being Able to See
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine review: Pocketwatch's fog-of-war heist game, eight one-skill characters, four narrators, and co-op that still carries it. 8.6/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X Review: A Rhythm Game That Wants You to Produce, Not Just Play
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X review — Sega's tenth Project DIVA entry trades the main menu for a home screen, adds rush notes and aura-based quests.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Ys: Memories of Celceta Review: Mapping the Unknown in Falcom’s 2012 Action RPG
Ys: Memories of Celceta review: Falcom's 2012 action RPG still holds up on PC and Vita, with Flash Guard combat, a forest to map, and an amnesiac hero. 8.1/10.
Game Reviews8.4/10
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action Review — A Small Bar in a Big Dystopia
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action review — a 2016 bartending visual novel where the drinks you pour shape the story. Score: 8.4/10.
Game Reviews8/10
Battlerite: The Arena Brawler That Deleted the Economy
Battlerite stripped the MOBA down to pure arena combat: two-minute rounds, no towers or items. Inside Stunlock's 2017 brawler and its battle royale detour.
Game Reviews8.7/10
MLB The Show 17 Still Plays Like the Best Baseball Game of Its Era
MLB The Show 17 review: Ken Griffey Jr. on the cover, Road to The Show, Franchise, Diamond Dynasty, new commentary team and the PS4-only bet.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Octopath Traveler Review: Eight Travelers, One Commitment
Octopath Traveler's eight travelers, Path Actions, HD-2D art and long reissue history explained, plus why the 2018 RPG still holds up.
Game Reviews8.7/10
The Banner Saga 3 Review: Stoic’s Hand-Painted Finale Ends the Trilogy on Its Own Terms
The Banner Saga 3 review: Stoic's hand-painted Viking finale adds new heroes, battle waves and save carry-over to a series that ends on its own terms.