Metro Exodus review: 4A Games leaves the tunnels for a train journey across post-apocalyptic Russia, with a physicalized HUD and open levels. Score: 8.3/10.
Call of Duty: Black Ops review — Treyarch's 2010 Cold War shooter, from the interrogation frame to dolphin diving, COD Points and Zork on the disc.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare arrived in 2014 with Exo movement, a rewritten engine, and Kevin Spacey. Here's what the record shows about Sledgehammer's debut.
Neon White review: a speedrunning FPS where Soul Cards are both ammo and movement, and the final medal is the director's own time.
Mullet Madjack review: Hammer95's ten-second-per-floor FPS is one of the tightest action games of the decade, scoring 9.0 on the IGDB critic aggregate.
Wardogs is a military FPS where you fund your own gear. Learn the fastest ways to earn cash: spotting, building, reviving, taxiing, and more.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus review — B.J. Blazkowicz fights Nazis in occupied America, with dual-wielding and a story that holds up.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War review: a nervy 1981 campaign with branching endings and an evidence board, wrapped around a safe multiplayer suite. 7.7/10.
Doom Eternal review: id Software's 2020 shooter turns every fight into a resource puzzle. Battlemode, Ultra-Nightmare difficulty, and why it scores 8.5/10.
Metal Eden review: Reikon Games' fast FPS drops you into Moebius as Aska, hijacking Cores from enemies. One great hook, little else. 7.3/10.
Quake II returns to modern platforms via Nightdive. A review of Bitterman's war against the Strogg, the arsenal, hub levels, and the 2023 remaster.
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