Game Reviews9.1/10
Spyro: Year of the Dragon Review — Insomniac’s Farewell Is the Trilogy’s High Point
Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Insomniac's final Spyro game, reviewed. 37 levels, four playable sidekicks, and why it still holds up 25 years later.
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Game Reviews8.5/10
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Review — A Sequel That Polishes Without Losing Its Edge
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back review — Naughty Dog's 1997 PlayStation sequel, its Warp Rooms, 25 crystals, and why its controls still hold up.
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.
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.
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 Reviews9.1/10
Stealth Game About a Cursed Tattoo Still Hasn’t Been Bettered
Mark of the Ninja review: Klei's stealth classic uses light, darkness, and a true line-of-sight mechanic to make every unseen step feel dangerous.
Game Reviews9.5/10
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Review: Nintendo’s 2D Revival Breaks Its Own Rules
Super Mario Bros. Wonder review: Nintendo's 2D revival breaks its own levels with the Wonder Flower, adds elephant power-ups, and earns a 9.5.
Game Reviews9.4/10
Astro Bot Review: Team Asobi’s Anniversary Platformer Earns Its Nostalgia
Astro Bot swept Game of the Year at the Game Awards, BAFTAs and D.I.C.E. Awards and topped Metacritic in 2024 — our review of Team Asobi's PS5 platformer.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Rayman Origins Holds Up Because It Never Slows Down
Rayman Origins review: Ubisoft Montpellier's 2011 platformer, its four-player couch co-op, Lums, Skull Coins, and the Magician twist, scored 8.9/10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Media Molecule’s platformer turned its players into level designers and never let go
LittleBigPlanet on PS3 let players build and share their own levels. A look at Sackboy, the Pod, the Collector, and why the 2008 classic still matters.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Media Molecule’s papercraft platformer still finds new things to do with a sheet of virtual paper
Tearaway on PS Vita used every odd hardware feature as story, not gimmick. A look at Media Molecule's papercraft world ValleyFold and why it scored 8.6/10.
Game Reviews9.4/10
Super Mario 3D World: Nintendo at Its Most Confident
Super Mario 3D World review: Nintendo's Wii U co-op platformer with five playable characters, the Super Bell cat suit, and a 9.4/10 score.