Game Reviews8.5/10
Sackboy’s 3D platformer holds up better than its reputation suggests
Sackboy: A Big Adventure review: Sumo Digital's 3D spin-off still holds up, with the Clawstring, Whirltool, Dreamer Orbs and a Vex twist. Score: 8.5/10.
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Game Reviews8.6/10
Rogue Legacy Still Makes You Earn Every Death
Rogue Legacy review: Cellar Door Games' 2013 roguelike turns death into inheritance, with 35 random heir traits and a manor that compounds every run. 8.6/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Sonic Frontiers Breaks the Boost Formula Without Finding Anything to Put in Its Place
Sonic Frontiers review: Sonic Team's first open world lands on the Starfall Islands with the Cyloop, Titan fights and Cyber Space. Score: 7.2/10.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Sega’s Elephant Platformer Still Lands Its Punches 11 Years On
Game Freak's 2015 side-scroller Tembo the Badass Elephant lets you punch tanks as a seven-and-a-half-ton elephant. A tight, funny platformer.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Knack II Made the Punching Better and the Story Worse
Knack II review: Japan Studio's 2017 PS4 sequel adds offline co-op, a skill tree, and relic energy, fixing the first game without outgrowing it.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Kirby: Triple Deluxe Review — A Confident Handheld Platformer with a Soft Center
Kirby: Triple Deluxe review: the 2014 3DS platformer's 3D depth mechanic, Hypernova, Kirby Fighters, Dededetour! and why it scores 7.9.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Two Tribes’ final game still holds up a decade later, even if the studio never got to build on it
Rive review: Two Tribes' 360-degree shooter pairs old-school difficulty with a hack system that rewrites enemies, earning a fair 7.5/10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
A Million Coins, One Familiar Road
New Super Mario Bros. 2 chased one million coins on 3DS in 2012. A retro review of Coin Rush, nine worlds, 81 levels, and the reuse problem.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Kirby Star Allies Was Thin at Launch and the Updates Fixed It
Kirby Star Allies review: the 2018 Switch co-op platformer, its Jamba Hearts story, Dream Friends, and why free updates earned it a 7.4/10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Skylanders: Imaginators hands you a blank toy and asks you to fill it in
Skylanders: Imaginators let players build their own toy characters in 2016. It was the series' boldest idea and its final console game.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Rayman’s original release was a gorgeous, punishing platformer — and the difficulty is the point
Rayman launched on PlayStation on 7 September 1995. Michel Ancel's platformer sent a hero after Mr. Dark to save the Great Protoon. Our review scores it 8.1.
Game Reviews6.3/10
Ape Escape: The DualShock Landmark That Has Aged
Ape Escape was the first game built around the DualShock analog stick. A retrospective review of its gadgets, ape alarm system, and how it holds up today.