Game Reviews8.5/10
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories turns a curse into a party
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories review: Adell, Rozalin, and a party of misfits on a tactical grid. A 2006 PS2 strategy RPG that still holds up.
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Game Reviews8/10
Daytona USA Is Still the Purest Arcade Racer Sega Ever Built
Daytona USA review: Sega's 1994 arcade racer still feels fast, loud and fair — one car, three tracks and physics that hold up today.
Game Reviews8.4/10
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Review: An 8.4 Open World That Outlives Its Own Apocalypse
Oblivion's dying emperor, the broken covenant of St. Alessia, and the open world that made Cyrodiil matter more than its main quest.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review: Destruction 2.0 Still Earns Its 8.7
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 review — Destruction 2.0, Frostbite chaos, squad modes and a scalar-weapon campaign that still earns its 8.7.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Psychonauts Wastes Its Best Ideas on a Platformer That Never Quite Works
Psychonauts review: Double Fine's 2005 cult platformer sends Raz into fractured minds, and its wild art direction still holds up. Score: 8.7/10.
Game Reviews8/10
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift review — the island is the antagonist
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift traded the desert for a hostile tropical island in 2008, and it remains the best racer Evolution Studios ever made.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Review — The 8.4 Is Fair
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock hit in 2007 with master tracks, online play, and boss battles against Slash. A look back at Neversoft's 8.4-rated hit.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Williams Pinball Tables Get the Respect They Were Owed
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection rebuilds eight classic Williams tables in 3D across six platforms, with Gorgar, Black Knight and Space Shuttle.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Falcom’s PC Swansong Got Buried Twice, and 21 Years On It Still Plays Like Nothing Else
Xanadu Next, Falcom's 2005 action RPG, is a ghost story built on exploration, a Dragon Slayer legacy, and two very different versions.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Test Drive Unlimited: 1,000 Miles of Oʻahu and the Reboot That Earned Its Sequel
Test Drive Unlimited launched in 2006 with 1,000 miles of Oʻahu roads and real-time online racing. A reboot that earned its sequels and still holds up.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Insomniac traded Resistance 2’s horror for spectacle, and the series never recovered
Resistance 2 review: Insomniac's 2008 PS3 sequel brought 8-player co-op, 60-player multiplayer and the Sentinels — but traded identity for scale.
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.