Game Reviews8.8/10
MachineGames built a shooter about killing Nazis, then made the hard part the homecoming
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus review — B.J. Blazkowicz fights Nazis in occupied America, with dual-wielding and a story that holds up.
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Game Reviews8.6/10
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Review — 8.6/10
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard review — Capcom's first-person survival horror return, the Baker family, the RE Engine, and why restraint made it great.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Review: A Twenty-Person Team and a Head Full of Voices
Ninja Theory's Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice replaced health bars with voices. A review of its combat, puzzles, bosses, and eight-year run across platforms.
Game Reviews8.8/10
XCOM 2’s Aliens Won the War, and That Is Why It Works
XCOM 2 review: Firaxis turns the bad ending of Enemy Unknown into a hunted resistance, the Avatar Project, and turn-based combat under time pressure.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Edith Finch’s family deaths work as a game about grief, nine years on
A review of What Remains of Edith Finch, Giant Sparrow's anthology adventure about the cursed Finch family on Orcas Island, scored 8.8 out of 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 Reviews9.3/10
Divinity: Original Sin II Review: A Brutal, Brilliant RPG Where Every Spell Has a Cost
Divinity: Original Sin II review — Larian's 2017 RPG drops you on Fort Joy as a Sourcerer, with turn-based combat, four-player co-op and real choices.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Titanfall 2’s Campaign Still Outclasses Its Multiplayer a Decade Later
Titanfall 2 review: Respawn's 2016 shooter gave players Jack Cooper and BT-7274, a campaign that finally made a mech game about two characters.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Stardew Valley’s First 10 Years Prove a Farming Sim Can Refuse to Die
Stardew Valley review: ConcernedApe's solo farm sim sold 50 million copies, reviving the genre with seasons, bundles, marriage and a broken town to rebuild.
Game Reviews8/10
Hitman’s Best Levels Are the Ones You Play Twice
Hitman 2016 review: IO Interactive's episodic stealth puzzle game, from Paris to Hokkaido, and why it still holds up as the series' best sandbox.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Dark Souls III is the last game in the trilogy FromSoftware built, and it plays like a studio emptying its pockets on the way out.
Dark Souls III review: FromSoftware's trilogy closer sends the Ashen One through Lothric to rekindle the First Flame. A punishing, confident 8.9/10 farewell.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Overwatch’s team fights still hinge on who reads the other side first
Overwatch review: Blizzard's 2016 hero shooter still rewards team composition over reflexes, with a free content model and a story told outside the game.