Game Reviews7.1/10
Life Moves On in The Sims 2, and That’s the Whole Point
A retrospective on The Sims 2, the 2004 Maxis sequel that added a lifespan, aspirations, and 3D graphics, turning a dollhouse into a story about time.
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Tag: PC games
Game Reviews7.9/10
This Adventure Game Is Really a Domestic Drama in Disguise
Where the Heart Leads review: Armature Studio's 2021 drama-adventure sends Whit Anderson into a shifting realm to witness and change his own life.
Game Reviews8/10
Children of the Sun Review: One Bullet, One War, One Exact Puzzle
Children of the Sun turns a sniper rifle into a puzzle piece: one bullet per level, redirected after every kill. Our review of René Rother's action-puzzler.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Guild Wars 2 traded reinvention for refinement
Guild Wars 2 review: ArenaNet's subscription-free MMORPG brings dynamic events, five races and nine professions to Tyria — and still holds up.
Hogwarts Legacy Mod Turns The Solo RPG Into A Multiplayer Roleplay World
A mod turns Hogwarts Legacy into a shared, multiplayer world where players create their own stories at the castle.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Anno 1800 Review: The City You Build Is the Thing You Ruin
Anno 1800 review: Ubisoft's Victorian city-builder pits industrial growth against an attractiveness rating that punishes your factories. Score: 8.3/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim Review — A Lean, Fast Template-Setter
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, Falcom's 2003 action RPG, strands Adol Christin in the Canaan Islands with three elemental swords and sets the series template.
Game Reviews8.7/10
House 2 Knows What It Is
House 2 review: Bark Bark Games' indie horror sequel scores 8.7/10, trading the cursed house for a stormy night with Tabby and Melody.
Game Reviews7/10
Text Characters Double as the Art and the Battlefield in This Sci-Fi Party RPG
Effulgence RPG renders a whole party-based sci-fi adventure in text symbols. A solo-built PC game that bets everything on one strange visual idea.
Game Reviews7/10
False Hero Borrows the Best Parts of Soulslike Combat and Makes Its Theft the Whole Point
False Hero review: Torchlight Games' soulslike lets you steal enemy attacks and chain them into combos. Sharp combat, small scope, PC only. Score: 7/10.
Game Reviews8/10
A Courier Robot Crosses a Small Town, and the Game Slows Down to Match
Tiny Delivery is a cozy puzzle adventure where a small robot carries one package across a vibrant town. Out now on PC from Sinica.
Capy Castaway: A Capybara, a Crow, and an Island Where Lost Things Gather
Capy Castaway is a 2026 indie adventure about a capybara pup and a crow on an island of lost things, inspired by Toronto memories.