Game Reviews8.1/10
Roguelike Shooting That Rewards Thinking Before Firing
Void Bastards review: Blue Manchu's 2019 roguelike shooter rewards planning over firefights, with death costing resources but never progress.
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Game Reviews8.3/10
Road 96 Still Won’t Tell You Who to Trust, Five Years On
Road 96 review: DigixArt's procedural road-trip adventure sends teenagers fleeing a rigged election in Petria. A fragmented story that lands. 8.3/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Koei Tecmo’s monster hunter swaps traps for contraptions you build on the fly
Wild Hearts review: Omega Force's 2023 monster-hunting game pairs eight weapons with the Karakuri building system. Score: 8.2/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Persona 5 Tactica trims the Phantom Thieves down to a grid, and the smaller scale suits them
Persona 5 Tactica sends the Phantom Thieves into a medieval kingdom for grid-based tactical combat. Review, release details, and an 8.3/10 score.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Review: A Rebuilt Foundation, Three Modes, One Engine
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 review — four years of development, omnidirectional movement, round-based Zombies, and a Gulf War spy campaign. Score: 8.3/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood released in 2010 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with the PC version following in March 2011. Ubisoft Montreal developed it, Ubisoft published it, and it is the third major installment in the series and the second chapter of the Ezio trilogy, picking up directly after Assassin’s Creed II.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood review: Ezio's Rome campaign, the Brotherhood recruit system, 21 multiplayer characters, and combat that rewards striking first.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Final Fantasy XIII’s reputation has flipped since 2009
Final Fantasy XIII review: Square Enix's 2010 RPG pairs a slow, corridor-heavy opening with the Paradigm battle system and a striking world. Score: 8.1.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Crysis 2 Review: The Nanosuit Survives the Move to Consoles
Crysis 2 review: Crytek's 2011 shooter trades the jungle for an evacuated New York under CELL control, with the Nanosuit 2 as its spine.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Dead Rising 2 Review: Duct Tape, Triage, and 72 Hours in Fortune City
Dead Rising 2 review: Chuck Greene, combo weapons, Fortune City and a 72-hour countdown. Capcom's 2010 zombie sequel still earns its 8.1/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Review — A Bound Partnership Worth the Journey
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West review: Ninja Theory's 2010 action-adventure pairs Monkey and Trip through a ruined America, held together by a slave headband.
Game Reviews8.4/10
FIFA Soccer 12’s Player Impact Engine Made Every Collision a Coin Flip
FIFA Soccer 12 review: EA Canada's 2011 sim brought the Player Impact Engine, Precision Dribbling and Tactical Defending. Score: 8.4/10.
Game Reviews8.1/10
PlatinumGames Built a Shooter Where Sliding Beat Shooting
Vanquish review: PlatinumGames' 2010 shooter still delivers bullet-hell sliding combat and AR mode, even if the story never keeps up.