Game Reviews7.3/10
Ubisoft’s Alpine sandbox treats Mont Blanc as a starting point, not a peak
Steep review: Ubisoft Annecy's open-world Alps sandbox scores 7.3 — skiing, wingsuit, snowboarding and paragliding undone by a mandatory online connection.
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Game Reviews7.6/10
Far Cry Primal’s Stone Age setting does the heavy lifting its hunting and crafting cannot
Far Cry Primal review: Ubisoft swaps guns for spears in 10,000 BC, and the animal taming carries the Stone Age sandbox.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Lego City Undercover Wrote Its Own Jokes Instead of Borrowing Them
LEGO City Undercover review: Chase McCain, Rex Fury and a 20-district Lego City built from scratch — ambitious, funny, uneven, and worth 7.7/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Far Cry 6 Review
Far Cry 6 review: Giancarlo Esposito's dictator, a teenager heir, and a Caribbean island that time forgot — the series' most political entry, 8.2/10.
Game Reviews9.3/10
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Review — A 9.3 Open World That Still Holds
GTA: San Andreas review — Rockstar's 1992 gang epic across Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas still earns its 9.3 score.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Dragon’s Dogma II’s pawns make single-player feel like a party
Dragon's Dogma II review: Capcom's 9.1-scored action RPG builds a fantasy open world around Pawns, choice, and a dragon's voice in the fog.
Game Reviews9.5/10
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Review: A Sequel That Makes Hyrule a Workbench
Three years on, Tears of the Kingdom still justifies its scale: sky islands, the Depths, Ultrahand builds, and a 9.5 verdict on Nintendo's giant sequel.
Game Reviews9.4/10
Rockstar’s western still works because the map refuses to hold your hand
Red Dead Redemption review: Rockstar's 2010 Western open world, John Marston's story, Dead Eye, Honor, and why it still holds up today.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Grand Theft Auto IV Review: The Moment the Series Decided to Grow Up
Grand Theft Auto IV review: Niko Bellic, Liberty City, the wanted meter, the expansions and why Rockstar's 2008 crime epic still holds up today.
FF7 Revelation’s Seamless, Airship-Traversable World Dwarfs Rebirth’s Map by a Factor of Roughly 500,000
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's open world is 500,000 times bigger than Rebirth, with a seamless airship, class-swapping suits, and terrifying Weapons.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Ghost of Tsushima Review: Sucker Punch’s Samurai Epic Earns Its 9.2
Ghost of Tsushima review: Sucker Punch's 2020 samurai open-world epic, its stance combat, Kurosawa influence and 9.2 score explained.
Game Reviews9/10
Marvel’s Spider-Man Review: Insomniac’s Web-Slinger Swings Into Greatness
Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) review: Insomniac's PS4 hit nails web-swinging, combat, and Peter Parker's double life. A licensed game that earned its 9.0/10.