Metro Exodus review: 4A Games leaves the tunnels for a train journey across post-apocalyptic Russia, with a physicalized HUD and open levels. Score: 8.3/10.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla review: Eivor's Viking raid across England, dual-wield combat, settlement building, and why it's the series' best RPG yet.
New Pokémon Snap review: Bandai Namco's Switch photography game scores 8.1/10, with night courses, boss battles and a rarity-based photo rating system.
Call of Duty: Black Ops review — Treyarch's 2010 Cold War shooter, from the interrogation frame to dolphin diving, COD Points and Zork on the disc.
Sleeping Dogs review: Wei Shen goes undercover in Hong Kong's Sun On Yee, with melee-first combat, triple XP and a camera that fights back.
Torchlight II, released September 20, 2012, is a bigger, cleaner dungeon crawler with four classes, mod support, and multiplayer — and it still holds up.
Terraria review: Re-Logic's 2D sandbox grew for over a decade across a dozen platforms. Boss-driven progression, gear-based classes. 8.1/10.
FIFA Soccer 13 review: EA Canada's 2012 football sim turns possession into a real battle, with Kinect voice commands and EA SPORTS Football Club. 8.5/10.
Killing Floor 2 review: Tripwire's co-op shooter drops six players into a fallen Europe to fight Zed clones. Waves, random bosses, zed time, and an 8.1 score.
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions review: Lucid Games bends the twin-stick arena onto 3D grids, adds six drones and scores 8.5 of 10.
The Banner Saga 2 review: Stoic's sequel carries your choices forward with new Horseborn units, bigger battles, and consequences from the first game.
FIFA 16 review: the first FIFA with women's players, 78 stadiums, Ultimate Team Draft, and a Fratton Park tribute — an 8.3/10 football game that still holds up.
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