Game Reviews9.5/10
The Last of Us Part II Review: Naughty Dog’s Brutal, Deliberate Masterwork
The Last of Us Part II review: Naughty Dog's brutal 2020 sequel, its Ellie and Abby structure, combat, crunch, and why it still defines a generation.
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Game Reviews8.9/10
SteamWorld Dig 2 proves the dig is the game
SteamWorld Dig 2 review: Dorothy's 2017 Metroidvania sequel digs deeper with hookshots, jet engines, and a story that earns its sad ending.
Game Reviews9/10
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review
Animal Crossing: New Horizons review — Nintendo's real-time island life sim sold over 50 million copies and scored 9.0/10. Here's why it works.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Astral Chain Review: PlatinumGames’ Five-Legion Switch Exclusive Still Cuts Deep
Astral Chain review: PlatinumGames' 2019 Switch exclusive pairs twin officers with five chained Legions. Our verdict on the combat, the Ark, and the case work.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Max Payne 3: Rockstar’s Most Controlled Shooter
Max Payne 3 review: Rockstar's 2012 shooter brought bullet time to São Paulo, with cover shooting, Last Stand, and a linear story that still hits.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Night in the Woods still gets small-town boredom right, nine years on
Mae Borowski returns to a dying coal town in Infinite Fall's 2017 adventure game, a story about friendship, depression, and Possum Springs
Game Reviews9.2/10
Ghost of Tsushima Review: Sucker Punch’s Samurai Epic Earns Its 9.2
Ghost of Tsushima review: Sucker Punch's 2020 samurai open-world epic, its stance combat, Kurosawa influence and 9.2 score explained.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Tetris Effect Review: Falling Blocks as a Light Show, and It Works
Tetris Effect review: Monstars and Resonair's musical Tetris earns 8.8/10, with the Zone mechanic, 30 stages, and the definitive PC version.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle makes first-person archaeology feel like the real adventure
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: MachineGames' first-person 1937 adventure through the Vatican, Gizeh and Sukhothai scores 8.9 of 10.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Why The Last of Us Still Works 13 Years Later
The Last of Us review: Naughty Dog's 2013 masterpiece follows Joel and Ellie across a ruined America, and it still cuts deeper than any game since.
Game Reviews9.6/10
Undertale’s mercy system still holds up 11 years later
Undertale review: Toby Fox's solo RPG mixes bullet hell combat with mercy, sold 5 million copies and holds a 9.6 critic score.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Owlboy Review: Nine Years in the Making, and It Shows in the Flying
Owlboy review: D-Pad Studio's nine-year pixel platformer, rated 8.9/10, where Otus flies with an owl cloak and swaps allies to fight pirates.