Game Reviews8.5/10
Sonic Mania Nails the Mega Drive Feel by Rebuilding It, Not Reusing It
Sonic Mania review: Sega handed a fan programmer the keys for the 25th anniversary, and he built the best Sonic game in a generation. Score: 8.5/10.
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Game Reviews8.3/10
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Review: Ichiban Kasuga’s Turn-Based Reinvention
Yakuza: Like a Dragon review — Ichiban Kasuga's 18-year fall, turn-based combat, Dragon Kart and Isezaki Ijincho, scored 8.3 of 10.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Adds a Fourth Player and a Specialist Class — and Still Never Matches the Film
A grim tale of marines, androids, and monsters aboard the USS Endeavor — a shooter that respects its alien source yet falls short of terror.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Review — Precise, Hard, and True to Its History
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time review: Toys for Bob's precise platformer brings Quantum Masks, Retro mode and five playable characters. 8.6/10.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Review: A Spin-Off That Outgrew Its Origin Story
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance review — PlatinumGames turns Raiden into pure swordplay, and Blade Mode still holds up. 8.5/10.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Assassin’s Creed III Bites Off More Than It Can Chew, and Still Lands Its Best Ideas
Assassin's Creed III review: Ubisoft's Colonial America epic swaps the Renaissance for the Revolution, dual protagonists, and naval combat. Score: 8.1.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 Review: An 8.5 That Holds Up
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 review: PopCap's 2016 shooter flips the war with Herbal Assault, adds Backyard Battleground and ten new classes.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Hideo Kojima’s Delivery Epic Asked Players to Slow Down, and It Still Holds Up 7 Years Later
Death Stranding review: Kojima's 2019 walking sim about porter Sam Porter Bridges, Timefall, BTs, and the strand game that kept finding new platforms.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Nintendo’s squid shooter holds up, nine years on
Splatoon 2 review: Nintendo's Switch sequel adds Dualies and the Octo Expansion, but online matchmaking and voice chat hold it back.
Game Reviews8/10
Battlefield 4 Review: A 2013 Shooter That Still Earns Its 8.0/10
Battlefield 4 review: the 2013 shooter's campaign, Levolution, Commander Mode, and multiplayer still hold up 13 years on. Score: 8.0/10.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Pyre: Winning Freedom With a Ball
Pyre, Supergiant Games' 2017 hybrid of visual novel and three-on-three Rites, reviewed: the orb, the pyre, the exiles, and where it stumbles.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Halo 5: Guardians Review: Two Fireteams, One Uneven Hunt
Halo 5: Guardians review: 343 Industries splits the campaign between Master Chief's Blue Team and Locke's Osiris, with 24-player Warzone and fast new movement.