Game Reviews8.1/10
Riddick’s Dark Athena still rewards patience over gunfire
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena review: the 2009 stealth sequel that bundled a Butcher Bay remake and trusted players to slow down.
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Tag: stealth games
Game Reviews7.8/10
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: The Stealth Blueprint That Still Holds Up
A retro review of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, the 2002 Xbox stealth classic starring Sam Fisher — its plot, missions, and where it slips. 7.8/10.
Game Reviews7/10
Aragami: A Shadow-Stealth Game That Lives and Dies by One Idea
Aragami review: Lince Works' 2016 stealth game runs on one shadow-teleport idea across thirteen chapters, with a story that reaches past its grasp.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Hitman: Absolution: The Series at Its Most Ambitious and Uncertain
Hitman: Absolution review — IO Interactive's 2012 stealth game has the series' best story and its weakest levels, saved by the Contracts mode.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Splinter Cell: Blacklist’s co-op still holds up, 13 years on
Splinter Cell: Blacklist gave Sam Fisher three playstyles — Ghost, Assault and Panther — and a countdown thriller against the Engineers. Our review.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Tactical Stealth Still Hinges on One Guard Turning His Head
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun reviewed — five specialists, visible vision cones, and an 8.6/10 that still holds up a decade later.
Game Reviews9.6/10
Metal Gear Solid Review: Kojima’s Stealth Masterpiece Still Holds Up
Metal Gear Solid dropped players into Shadow Moses with a radar and a rule: being seen is failure. Why the 1998 PlayStation classic still defines stealth.
Game Reviews8.2/10
IO Interactive turned a studio crisis into Hitman 2’s best level design
Hitman 2 review: six sandboxes, Sniper Assassin, and a studio that nearly didn't ship it. Level design high point of the World of Assassination trilogy.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Dishonored Review: Dunwall Is the Reason to Play
Dishonored review: Arkane's 2012 stealth classic built on whale oil, plague, and player choice. Dunwall remains one of gaming's great settings.
Game Reviews8.1/10
A Plague Tale: Innocence Review — A Great Game About a Girl and Her Brother, Wearing Stealth and Horror as a Coat
A Plague Tale: Innocence review: Asobo's 2019 stealth game gives Amicia and Hugo one sling, one fire rule, and thousands of rats.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Alien: Isolation: The Creature That Listens
Alien: Isolation strands Amanda Ripley on a broken station with a creature she cannot kill. A survival horror classic built on stealth, sound, and fear.
Game Reviews8.9/10
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay: A Licensed Game That Actually Works
A look back at The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, the 2004 prison-break stealth game that beat its own film.