Game Reviews6.5/10
EA’s open-world mob sequel turns running a crime family into a second job
A review of The Godfather II (2009), the open-world mob game from EA Redwood Shores, covering the Don's View, BlackHand combat, Havana and Miami.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: game review
Game Reviews6.4/10
Unreal Tournament III: A Good Game With a Great Engine and No Clear Reason to Be the One You Pick
Unreal Tournament III review: Epic's 2007 shooter scores 6.4/10 with a great engine and strong multiplayer, but no clear reason to exist beyond its name.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Slender: The Arrival Review: A Short, Sharp, Uneven Horror Game
Slender: The Arrival review — Blue Isle's flashlight-in-the-dark horror gets the atmosphere right and the length wrong. IGDB critic aggregate: 6.1/10.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Tequila Works’ 2012 side-scroller makes you run from the dead instead of fighting them
Deadlight strands you in a ruined Seattle with a fire axe, three health points, and almost no bullets — a 2012 side-scroller that wants you to run, not fight.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus Review — A Good Game at the Wrong Size
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus review — a short, gravity-heavy PS3 finale to the Future saga with great gadgets but not enough of them.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Thirteen years on, Dynasty Warriors 8 still justifies its body count through its roster system.
Dynasty Warriors 8 review: Omega Force's 2013 hack-and-slash adds branching Story Mode, four-character stages and restored co-op, but gates its best idea
Game Reviews7/10
Supernatural strategy game Hard West swaps dice rolls for a deck of cards
Hard West review: CreativeForge's 2015 supernatural Western tactics game trades XCOM's random hit chances for a luck system and poker-card progression.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Lifeless Planet’s space mystery works best when it stops explaining itself
Lifeless Planet review: a one-way astronaut, a Soviet ghost colony and a glowing guide make a great hook, but the 2014 puzzle adventure walks it thin. 6.1/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Chroma Squad turns the making of a Power Rangers-style show into a tactical RPG
Chroma Squad, Behold Studios' tactical RPG about running a Power Rangers-style show, reviewed: 7.2/10 for its studio sim, not its battles.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Co-op Comfort Food: Fat Princess Adventures Still Has Nothing to Prove
Fat Princess Adventures (2015) drops the original's competitive hook for four-player co-op dungeon crawling on PS4. Fun, forgettable, and a fair 6.7/10.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Battlezone Review: A Cockpit Built for VR, a Campaign That Runs Out of Road
Rebellion's 2016 Battlezone reboot for PlayStation VR scores 6.1/10 — a great cockpit and co-op tank shooter held back by a flat procedural campaign.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Voodoo Co-op Action That Fights Its Own Camera
Full Mojo Rampage review: a 2014 voodoo rogue-like from Over the Top Games that scores 6.9, where co-op carries a good setting and a flat camera.