Game Reviews5.4/10
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law Review — Good Show, Adequate Game
A tale of a winged lawyer of birds, attorney at law, whose game of evidence and courtroom jests suffers a slow, weary pace.
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Game Reviews7.8/10
A game about a dying child, built by his parents while he was still alive
That Dragon, Cancer is a two-hour autobiographical game about Joel Green, made by his parents. A review of its vignettes, its 2016 release, and its 7.8 score.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Gears of War: Judgment Review: A Smaller, Stranger Gears
Gears of War: Judgment review — People Can Fly's 2013 Xbox 360 prequel puts Baird and Cole on trial, with star scoring and a smaller, stranger campaign.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Dontnod’s Alaskan mystery still has no rival in how it handles a trans lead
Tell Me Why review: Dontnod's three-chapter Alaskan adventure with a trans lead, telepathic twins, and a memory mechanic that makes uncertainty the point.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Fifteen Years On, Rage Still Can’t Fix Its Car Controls
Rage review: id Software's post-apocalyptic shooter opens with Apophis hitting Earth in 2029, then stumbles through a thin story and excellent gunplay.
Game Reviews7.5/10
L.A. Noire’s facial capture still does the work the rest of the game can’t
L.A. Noire review: Rockstar's 2011 detective game still lives on its face-reading interrogations and 1947 Los Angeles period detail. Score: 7.5/10.
Game Reviews9.6/10
Mass Effect 2 Review: BioWare’s Suicide Mission Is the Series’ High Point
Mass Effect 2 review: BioWare's 2010 sci-fi RPG opens with Shepard's death, builds a suicide mission against the Collectors, and remains the series' peak.
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 Reviews6/10
Pinball FX2: Portal Pinball Review — A Competent Table That Never Quite Becomes a Machine
Portal Pinball, Zen Studios' Aperture-themed table for Pinball FX2, plays cleanly but never turns Portal's ideas into mechanics. A fair 6/10.
Game Reviews6.7/10
Legendary Wings gives you wings and then spends half its runtime taking them away
Capcom's 1986 arcade shooter Legendary Wings flies high in its vertical sections but crashes when it forces you to walk and climb ladders on NES.