Game Reviews7.3/10
Co-op shooting and mummy puzzles hold up better than the jokes
Strange Brigade review: Rebellion's 2018 co-op shooter sends four explorers into 1930s Egypt to blast mummies and minotaurs. Great with friends, thin solo.
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Tag: third-person shooter
Game Reviews8/10
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare: A Budget Shooter That Got the Fundamentals Right
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare turned PopCap's tower defense hit into a 24-player class shooter. Here's how its modes, classes, and sticker packs work.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Quantum Break Review: Time Stop, Time Rush, and a Television Show That Never Quite Fuses
Quantum Break review: Remedy's 2016 time-freeze shooter still shines with Time Stop combat and a strong villain, even if its live-action TV episodes fall flat.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Syphon Filter 2 Review: A Cold, Well-Earned Sequel
Syphon Filter 2 review: Eidetic's 2000 PlayStation sequel splits Gabe and Lian, adds split-screen multiplayer, and ends on one of the era's coldest betrayals.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 Review: An 8.5 That Holds Up
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 review: PopCap's 2016 shooter flips the war with Herbal Assault, adds Backyard Battleground and ten new classes.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Nintendo’s squid shooter holds up, nine years on
Splatoon 2 review: Nintendo's Switch sequel adds Dualies and the Octo Expansion, but online matchmaking and voice chat hold it back.
Game Reviews9/10
Gears of War 2 sharpened the cover shooter without sanding off its edges
Gears of War 2 review: Epic's 2008 Xbox 360 sequel added Horde mode, chainsaw duels, the Ink Grenade and Dom's search for Maria.
Game Reviews9.3/10
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Review: A Licensed Shooter That Actually Tries
A deep dive into Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), the licensed third-person shooter that shipped on seven platforms with wildly different results.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Max Payne 3: Rockstar’s Most Controlled Shooter
Max Payne 3 review: Rockstar's 2012 shooter brought bullet time to São Paulo, with cover shooting, Last Stand, and a linear story that still hits.
The Wandering Earth: The Last Full Moon Skips the Film and Goes Back to Liu Cixin’s Novella
A new third-person shooter returns to Liu Cixin's novella, tasking players with destroying the Moon before Earth can flee a dying Sun.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Control: A Brutalist Government Tower, a Shapeshifting Gun, and a Missing Brother
Control review: Remedy's 2019 shooter sends Jesse Faden into the shifting Oldest House with a shapeshifting gun and a missing brother.
Game Reviews8/10
Jet Force Gemini Review: Rare’s 1999 Shooter Still Blends Genres With Strange Confidence
Jet Force Gemini, Rare's 1999 Nintendo 64 third-person shooter, blends platforming, adventure and bug hunting across 15 nonlinear worlds.