Game Reviews6.4/10
Wanted: Dead Mixes Sword-and-Gun Combat With Thin Missions
A convict's sword and gun return her to prison and back again, though the world around her seldom earns such peril.
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Tag: third-person shooter
Game Reviews6.9/10
Dead to Rights: Retribution Review — Good Bones, No Weight
Dead to Rights: Retribution review: the 2010 reboot gives Jack Slate and Shadow a solid origin, but its story of gangs and corruption never lands.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Kane & Lynch 2’s grainy camcorder Shanghai still outclasses its gunplay
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days put a shaky camcorder lens on a Shanghai cover shooter in 2010. A look back at IO Interactive's stylish, short-lived crime game.
Game Reviews6.1/10
The Avatar Tie-In That Got the Movies’ Scale and None of Their Wonder
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game shipped on seven platforms in 2009. Ubisoft Montreal's licensed tie-in scored 6.1/10 — a working shooter that never sings.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Hybrid’s Jetpack Shooting Is Sharp, but Its Forever War Runs Out of Players
Hybrid, 5th Cell's 2012 jetpack cover shooter, scored 6.9. We break down its persistent faction war, drone kills and why the crowd never showed up.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Review — A Solid Shooter With a Cold That Means Something
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition review: Capcom's frozen shooter, its thermal energy survival clock, Vital Suit hijacking, and a story that runs cold.
Game Reviews8/10
The Club (2008) Review — A Blood Sport Where the Score Is the Story
The Club, Bizarre Creations' 2008 blood-sport shooter, still earns its 8/10: eight killers, decaying multipliers, and a score that is the story.
Game Reviews8/10
Sniper Elite: Resistance puts a new man behind the scope
Sniper Elite: Resistance review — Harry Hawker takes the lead in Vichy France, with Propaganda Mode, Invasion, and a 16-player fight. Score: 8/10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
A 2011 shooter that knew its source
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (2011) review: Relic's melee-forward shooter, Captain Titus, the Ork-to-Chaos pivot, and why it still holds up.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Binary Domain: A Flawed, Ambitious Squad Shooter Worth Defending
Binary Domain, Sega's 2012 squad shooter, sold just 20,000 copies in North America. A look at its Consequence System, story, and flaws.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II asks one thing of you: hold the line.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II review — Captain Titus, Tyranid hordes, and co-op carnage. A weighty shooter that trades invention for execution. 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
PS3 shooter Starhawk let players build the battlefield mid-match, 14 years on
Starhawk brought Build and Battle strategy to PS3 in 2012, following Warhawk with a story mode, 32-player fights, and Emmett Graves.