Game Reviews8.5/10
Sekiro’s combat still has no equal among FromSoftware’s games
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review: FromSoftware's 2019 shinobi epic trades Dark Souls stats for posture combat, a prosthetic arm, and a Game of the Year win.
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Tag: action RPG
Game Reviews9/10
Capcom did not soften Monster Hunter: World for a bigger audience. It cleared the brush instead.
Monster Hunter: World review — Capcom's 2018 hit keeps the series' hard rules while removing technical walls, with 14 weapons and open zones.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Review — A Bigger, Brighter Sequel That Trusts Its Strangest Idea
Shadow of War review: Monolith's 2017 sequel trusts its strangest idea — that orcs are people — and builds a bigger, brighter war around it. 8.2/10.
Game Reviews8.8/10
NieR: Automata Review: Androids Who Shouldn’t Feel, and Do
NieR: Automata review: PlatinumGames' android war mixes hack-and-slash combat, chip builds and a multi-playthrough story. Score: 8.8/10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Mortal Shell at 7.6: A Soulslike Built on Bodies, Parries and a Task You Didn’t Choose
Mortal Shell: Cold Symmetry's soulslike action-RPG with multiple bodies, deliberate parry combat and a 7.6 Metacritic score, plus a sequel out in 2026.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Final Fantasy VII Remake turns Midgar into a real place, then makes you walk it
Final Fantasy VII Remake rebuilds Midgar as a full-length action RPG with real-time combat and a deeper story. Our review scores it 8.7 out of 10.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Review: Capcom’s Arisen Earns Its 8.9
Dragon's Dogma 2 review: Capcom's action-RPG sold 4 million, scored 8.9, and pairs brilliant Pawns with a shaky coronation.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Black Myth: Wukong Review: A First Installment That Earns Its Place
Black Myth: Wukong sold 20 million copies in its first month — our review of Game Science's landmark Chinese action RPG, its temples, combat, and its limits.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Final Fantasy XVI swaps the series’ turn-based past for combo-driven combat, and mostly lands it
Final Fantasy XVI review: Clive Rosfield, the Eikons, Valisthea's politics and the Bearers — a confident action RPG and the strongest Final Fantasy in years.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Diablo IV strips the series back to a slower, gloomier crawl through Sanctuary
Diablo IV review: Blizzard's 2023 action RPG rebuilt the series around ordinary people, not kings, and it worked. Score: 8.8.
Game Reviews4.6/10
Blood of Mehran Review: A 4.6/10 First Draft of a Good Idea
Blood of Mehran is a single-player action RPG with sand dunes, bazaars and three combat routes, but it lands at just 4.6/10 on OpenCritic.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Review: A Soulslike Where the Plague Is the Point
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers review: a Soulslike where the Feathering plague doubles as a madness meter, set in an alternate-history Shu. 7.5/10.