Game Reviews7.9/10
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood — A Prequel That Earns Its Place
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood review — Techland's 2009 Western prequel puts two McCall brothers on one screen, and that choice carries the whole game.
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Game Reviews7.4/10
DC Universe Online at Fifteen: A Superhero Sandbox Wrapped Around a Merely Competent MMO
DC Universe Online at 15: how its exobyte premise, Jim Lee combat and deep character creator still hold up around a merely competent MMO.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light: Crystal Dynamics’ Isometric Co-op Gamble Still Holds Up
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light traded Tomb Raider's usual camera for a fixed overhead co-op view in 2010. Here's why two players beat one.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Gotham City Impostors: A Smart, Funny, Well-Built Shooter Where Nobody Is Batman
Gotham City Impostors review: Monolith's 2012 shooter where nobody is Batman, with grappling hooks, roller skates and a free-to-play second life. Score: 7.3.
Game Reviews8/10
Catherine Review: Atlus’s Romance and Nightmare, Fifteen Years On
Atlus's Catherine blends a romance story with brutal block-climbing nightmares. A review of the 2011 cult classic, its story, modes, and Full Body.
Game Reviews7.9/10
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle — A Faster, Funnier Revenge Ladder
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle review — Grasshopper Manufacture's Wii sequel cuts the grind, adds dual beam katanas, and scores 7.9/10.
Game Reviews6.7/10
State of Decay’s best ideas are buried under its own combat
State of Decay review: Undead Labs' 2013 zombie survival sim nails base-building and resource management but stumbles on shooting and story. Score: 6.7/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Klei’s survival hit turned 13 with its cruelty intact
Don't Starve review: Klei's 2013 survival game still works because nightfall, permadeath and character flaws make every run a story you lose.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Pandora’s Tower’s chain weapon is the only part that still holds up
Pandora's Tower review: Aeron's Oraclos Chain, the curse meter, and Master Flesh feed a Wii cult classic about killing monsters to keep Elena human.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Sent the Series Back in Time, and It Was a Decent Way to Go Out
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 review: EA's last Woods-branded golf game shines with its Legends mode, despite dated graphics and a familiar annual formula.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk Review — A Deadline That Never Bites
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk review — a girl, a three-year deadline, and a sister everyone buried. Gust's Dusk storyline debut, scored 7.3.
Game Reviews8/10
Puppeteer Turns Its Stage Into a Trap, and the Audience Into the Mark
Puppeteer review: Japan Studio's 2013 PS3 platformer stages a dark puppet-show fairytale where Kutaro loses his head and wields magical scissors.