Game Reviews6.9/10
The Sojourn’s gorgeous worlds hide a puzzle game with nothing to say
The Sojourn review: Shifting Tides' 2019 light-and-darkness puzzle game is beautiful and lonely, but its hidden truth never earns the walk. Score: 6.9/10.
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Game Reviews6.9/10
The Narrator Never Shuts Up in Spacebase Startopia, and That’s the Problem
Spacebase Startopia review: Realmforge's 2021 station sim juggles management, empire building and RTS while VAL the AI narrator talks nonstop. 6.9/10.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance: A Great Setting, a Wasted Party
Dark Alliance shipped in 2021 as a co-op action game built on Drizzt Do'Urden and Icewind Dale. It got the setting right and the follow-through wrong.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Destruction AllStars Review: 6.7/10 — A Sharp, Fast Vehicle Combat Game That Never Found Its Crowd
Destruction AllStars, Lucid Games' PS5 vehicle combat game, shut its servers and left the PlayStation Store on May 26, 2026. Our review: 6.7/10.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave’s Starting Characters, Ranked by How Much They Help Your Early Game
Which Flame Lord should you pick first in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave? Cai, Dietrich, Theodora each offer a distinct path.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Callisto Protocol’s combat asks for precision it never gives you the tools to achieve
The Callisto Protocol review: Black Iron Prison, Jacob Lee, the C.O.R.E. Device, and why Glen Schofield's Dead Space successor scores 6.5 of 10.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Hot Wheels Unleashed turns the toy aisle into a racing game
Hot Wheels Unleashed review: Milestone's toy-car racer nails the track editor and kitchen-scale tracks, but the driving settles for competent. 6.8/10.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Mario Strikers: Battle League Review: Great Mechanics, Thin Package
Mario Strikers: Battle League brings five-on-five chaos to Switch with electric fences, Hyper Strikes and gear. Great mechanics, thin solo content.
Game Reviews6.2/10
The Force Unleashed Gets Its Two Versions Confused About What Made the Story Worth Telling
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed reviewed: Starkiller's story, Force debt, DMM and Euphoria tech, and why the 2008 hit runs out of road. Score: 6.2/10.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Survival Is the Only Resource That Matters in This 2012 Apocalypse Game
I Am Alive review: Ubisoft Shanghai's survival game turns a stamina meter and a machete into seven years of tension, scarcity, and a hollow middle.
Game Reviews6.4/10
Dead Island’s sun-soaked resort turns hostile, and the game never decides what it wants that to mean
Dead Island's haunting trailer promised more than the 2011 zombie RPG delivered. A review of its survivors, melee combat, glitches, and legacy.
Game Reviews6.6/10
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North: A Parallel War That Never Quite Lands
A review of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, the 2011 co-op action RPG from Snowblind Studios, scoring 6.6/10 for solid combat and a thin story.