Game Reviews7.5/10
Runner3 polishes the endless-runner formula without breaking it
Runner3 review: Choice Provisions' 2018 rhythm platformer refines the Bit.Trip formula with Gems, double jumps, and vehicles, but never reinvents it.
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Game Reviews7.3/10
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Review: A Slow Middle and a Hangar That Outshines the Story
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries review: Piranha Games' 2019 mech sim, its revenge campaign, faction contracts, hangar management and two million sales.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Indirect Control Makes Masters of Anima’s Real-Time Battles Work
Masters of Anima review: Passtech Games' 2018 RTS uses indirect control over five guardian types to save a kidnapped magician. Score: 7.7/10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Eight Years On, Surviving Mars Still Punishes the Colony You Build
Surviving Mars review: Haemimont's 2018 colony builder still runs on dust storms, domes and brutal survival math, eight years after launch.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin: A Harvest Goddess, a Bag of Rice, and a Loop That Shouldn’t Work
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin review: Edelweiss welds a hack-and-slash platformer to a rice-farming sim, and both halves come out stronger for it.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Zombie strategy where the maths does the scaring, still holding up 7 years on
They Are Billions review: Numantian Games' zombie RTS pits billions of infected against your colony. Score 7.6/10, with survival mode outshining the campaign.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia Review — A Smaller, Denser Kingdom That Earns Its 7.6
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia review — the 878 AD Britain strategy game scored 7.6/10, and its smaller Saga scale is both its strength and its limit.
Game Reviews7.7/10
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Review: A Great Fighter Buried Under DLC
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle review: Arc System Works' 2v2 crossover with Persona, Under Night, and RWBY has tight tag fighting but a pricey DLC roster.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes — A Messier, Smaller, More Personal Bridge
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is Suda51's strangest game — a possessed console, six indie worlds, and a story about the family Travis left behind.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Afterparty Review: A Hell of a Night Out, Until Last Call
Afterparty sends Milo and Lola to Hell to outdrink Satan for a way home. Night School Studio's college-town underworld is sharp; the drinking contest isn't.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Why the LEGO Incredibles Game Plays It Too Safe With Pixar’s Family
LEGO The Incredibles turns Pixar's superhero family into a co-op brick adventure with rewritten plot beats, a two-city open world and simple puzzles.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Windjammers 2 Review: Throw the Disc, Catch the Disc, and Accept the Ground Is Always Waiting
Windjammers 2 review: Dotemu's disc-throwing arcade sequel keeps the catch rule, adds hand-drawn animation, new characters and courts. Score: 7.8/10.