Game Reviews9.4/10
Rockstar’s western still works because the map refuses to hold your hand
Red Dead Redemption review: Rockstar's 2010 Western open world, John Marston's story, Dead Eye, Honor, and why it still holds up today.
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Game Reviews9.3/10
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Review: Naughty Dog’s Desert Epic, 15 Years On
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception review — Naughty Dog's 2011 PS3 desert epic, from the London pub to Ubar, scored 9.3 of 10.
Game Reviews9.5/10
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Review — The Standard Other Action Games Were Measured Against
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves review — Naughty Dog's 2009 PS3 classic, from the Istanbul museum job to Shambhala, its cover combat and Game of the Year run.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Grand Theft Auto IV Review: The Moment the Series Decided to Grow Up
Grand Theft Auto IV review: Niko Bellic, Liberty City, the wanted meter, the expansions and why Rockstar's 2008 crime epic still holds up today.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Rayman Origins Holds Up Because It Never Slows Down
Rayman Origins review: Ubisoft Montpellier's 2011 platformer, its four-player couch co-op, Lums, Skull Coins, and the Magician twist, scored 8.9/10.
Game Reviews9/10
Killzone 2: Guerrilla Games’ PS3 Shooter Still Lands, 17 Years On
Killzone 2 review: Guerrilla Games' PS3 shooter lands on Helghan with brutal action, Warzone multiplayer and a thin story. Score: 9.0/10.
Game Reviews9/10
Supergiant’s debut action RPG still holds up 15 years later
Bastion review: Supergiant's reactive narrator, Cores and Shards, the Ura choice, and why the 2011 action RPG still holds up.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Dark Souls: The Game That Taught Us How to Die
Dark Souls, FromSoftware's 2011 action game, defined a genre with brutal difficulty, bonfire checkpoints, and online play. A look back at what still holds up.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Kid Icarus: Uprising Review — A Dormant Franchise Takes Flight
Kid Icarus: Uprising review: Sakurai's 3DS shooter blends air and ground combat, nine weapon types, and the Fiend's Cauldron risk system.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Persona 4 Arena’s Story Mode Ends Before the Fighting Gets Going
Persona 4 Arena review: Atlus and Arc System Works turned Persona into a fighting game in 2012. Strong combat, but a story mode that ends too soon.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Valkyria Chronicles’s watercolour battlefields and permadeath still have no real successor
Valkyria Chronicles brought painted battlefields and the BLiTZ tactical system to PS3 in 2008. A look at Squad 7, the CANVAS engine and why it still holds.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Sea of Stars strips the padding out of turn-based combat and trusts you to keep up
Sea of Stars review: Sabotage Studio's turn-based RPG modernizes SNES-era classics with seamless traversal, timed combat, and Eclipse Magic. Score: 8.9/10.