Game Reviews8.5/10
Xenoblade Chronicles X Review: Five Continents, One Giant Robot
Xenoblade Chronicles X review: Mira's five continents, giant robots, and the long walk that earns them. Monolith Soft's most ambitious Wii U world, 8.5/10.
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Game Reviews8.5/10
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) Review: Fairhaven, Autolog and the Best Driving in the Series
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) review: Criterion's Fairhaven open world, Ambush races and Autolog still drive hard, even if the single-player story doesn't.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Skylanders: Swap Force Review — The Toy Line and the Game Finally Agree
Skylanders: Swap Force review — the 2013 toys-to-life sequel that added a jump button, 256 swappable combinations, eight movement types and a 16-figure portal.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS Shrinks the Fighting Franchise to Portable Size Without Losing Its Pull
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS brings the full four-player fighter to a handheld, with stages built from classic portable Nintendo games. Score: 8.6/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Dragon Quest Heroes II Buries Its Musou Combat Under a Mountain of Busywork
Dragon Quest Heroes II review: Omega Force hack-and-slash meets a full Dragon Quest RPG with a world map, class changes and four-player co-op. Score 8.2/10.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana Review: A Castaway Epic That Turns Rescue Into a Map
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana review — a shipwreck, a barter village, and two timelines. Fast combat, wide exploration, and a rocky English launch.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Shinji Mikami’s sequel trades claustrophobia for open ground, and the scares hold up nine years on
The Evil Within 2 review: Tango Gameworks' 2017 survival horror sequel sends Sebastian Castellanos into Union to save his daughter. Score: 8.1/10.
Game Reviews8.5/10
The Division 2’s Washington is a mess, and the game is better for it
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 review: a broken Washington D.C., five warring factions, cover-based co-op shooting and a launch-day endgame bet. Score: 8.5/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Review: Two Thumbsticks, One Grief
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons puts one brother on each thumbstick and turns a control gimmick into heartbreak. Our review scores it 8.3 of 10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
This Is Not a Detective Game: What The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Actually Asks of Its Player
A review of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, the 2014 horror detective game about a boy, a dead family, and a detective who was never real.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Sunset Overdrive Review: A Mutant City Playground That Still Moves
Sunset Overdrive review: Insomniac's 2014 mutant romp scores 8.2/10, with rail-grinding combat, Chaos Squad co-op and a city called Sunset City.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Review — A Confident Half-Genie Adventure
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero review — WayForward's crowdfunded 2.5D platformer swaps pixel art for HD, adds stage-based levels and a magic meter.