Game Reviews6.3/10
Lionhead’s Kinect-Only Fable Spinoff Was the Beginning of the End
Fable: The Journey was Lionhead's last game — a 2012 Kinect-only Fable spin-off set 50 years after Fable III. We break down why it scored 6.3/10.
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Game Reviews7/10
Chasm: A Metroidvania Gamble That Only Partly Pays Off
Chasm is a 2018 Metroidvania with procedurally generated maps. We break down its combat, boss fights, and why the randomness only partly works.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Catwoman (2004): A Licensed Game That Clears Its Own Low Bar
Catwoman (2004) was Argonaut Games' last release for 19 years. A licensed tie-in that beats its reputation, with Halle Berry's face and Jennifer Hale's voice.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Lo Wang’s 2013 comeback still swings a katana better than it does a joke
Shadow Warrior (2013) review: Flying Wild Hog's reboot puts a katana at the center of a demon-slaying shooter. Score: 7.8/10.
Game Reviews6.3/10
CounterSpy: A Stylish Cold War Stealth Game That Never Quite Builds
CounterSpy review: the 2014 Cold War stealth shooter from Dynamighty pairs 1960s style with procedural bases and a DEFCON pressure system. Score: 6.3/10.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Kholat turns the Dyatlov Pass deaths into a walking simulator, and its emptiness is the point
Kholat review: Sean Bean narrates the Dyatlov Pass Incident in IMGN.PRO's survival horror. Great atmosphere, a fear system, and a mystery that loses the trail.
Game Reviews6.2/10
White Night (2015): Darkness as Mechanic, and Its Ceiling
White Night review: OSome Studio's 1930s jazz-noir survival horror makes darkness the mechanic, but Vesper Mansion's mystery never pays off. Score: 6.2/10.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Call of Cthulhu Review: Strong Premise, Weak Mechanics
Call of Cthulhu scored 6.5/10 across 8 critics. Our review of Cyanide Studio's 2018 horror RPG, its Darkwater Island setting, and where it falls short.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Armored Core V: A Deliberate Step Back That Mostly Works
Armored Core V review: FromSoftware's 2012 mecha game slows combat down, adds OVERED Weapons and Scanning Mode, but its 5v5 online died in 2014.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Ark: Survival Evolved Review — A Strong, Strange Core Wrapped in a Lot of Work
Ark: Survival Evolved review — Studio Wildcard's dinosaur survival game tames, tribes and expansion lore, scored 6.9 of 10.
Game Reviews6.3/10
Crytek’s VR dinosaur adventure is a decade old, and its best trick still holds up
Robinson: The Journey review — Crytek's VR dinosaur adventure for PSVR and PC, rated 6.3/10, with a baby T-Rex worth the trip and a checklist middle.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Zelda’s three-player co-op game makes sharing the hard part
A look at The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, the 3DS co-op Zelda built around three Links, a shared heart meter, totem poles and a cursed jumpsuit.