Game Reviews8.2/10
Nine Years On, The Long Dark Remains the Survival Genre’s Most Disciplined Entry
The Long Dark review: Hinterland's survival game, from Wintermute's nine-year run to 12 regions and Blackfrost. A disciplined 8.2 out of 10.
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Game Reviews8.2/10
Shantae Loses Her Powers and the Series Finds Its Best Game Anyway
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse review: WayForward swaps genie dances for pirate gear, and the loss becomes the point. Score: 8.2 of 10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
A Card Game Where the Dealer Cheats and the Combat Is Real
Hand of Fate review: Defiant Development's 2015 deck-building roguelike hides a third-person brawler, narrated by the Dealer who is also the final boss.
Game Reviews8.1/10
American Truck Simulator Review: The Long Haul, Ten Years On
American Truck Simulator review: SCS Software's slow-burn trucking sim, 6 million copies sold, 250+ cities, and a map split across paid expansions.
Game Reviews8.6/10
BlazBlue: Central Fiction Review: A 37-Fighter Finale That Earns Its 40 Hours
BlazBlue: Central Fiction closes Ragna the Bloodedge's story with 37 fighters, Active Flow and Exceed Accel, and a 40-hour campaign — but no English dub.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Ms. Splosion Man Still Blows Up Real Good, 15 Years Later
Ms. Splosion Man review: Twisted Pixel's 2011 Xbox 360 sequel with 100 levels, energy rails, cannons, and a difficulty-skipping overworld that respects players.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Mushroom 11 Asks You to Shrink a Blob Until It Fits
Mushroom 11 review: Untame's 2015 anti-platformer where you cut and regrow your own mushroom body to move, scoring 8.1/10 across five platforms.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth Review — Four Races, Ten Classes, One Long Climb
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth review: four races, 10 classes, and a streamlined skill tree make Atlus's 3DS dungeon crawler the most customizable entry yet.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Dance Central 3: The Kinect Dance Game That Justified the Camera
Dance Central 3 review: Harmonix's Kinect rhythm game time-travels through the Hustle, Macarena and Cupid Shuffle. Crew Throwdown, 20 dancers, 8.7/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Granblue Fantasy: Relink Review — Four-Player Co-op Done Right
Granblue Fantasy: Relink review — Cygames' 2024 action RPG scores 8.3/10 with four-player co-op, Bahamut set pieces, and a skyfaring crew worth mastering.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Two sisters search a haunted town for each other in a horror game that trusts silence over scares
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows review: two girls, one flashlight, and a town that turns hostile after dark. Nippon Ichi's survival horror earns its scares.
Game Reviews8.3/10
The Cave Beats the Living Room
Chess Ultra review: Ripstone's 2017 in-house chess game with VR rooms, 80 checkmate challenges, cross-platform online play, and a divisive Elo rating. 8.3/10.