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On average, this publication grades 6.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Lowest review score: 10 Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5,399 out of 12659
  2. Mixed: 5,905 out of 12659
  3. Negative: 1,355 out of 12659
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
    This terrific update to one of the best sci-fi real-time strategy games in years packs in a great strategic campaign and a grand total of seven different interesting, powerful armies.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lumines Arise
    Regardless of the context in which I experience each stage in Lumines Arise--whether that is competing against another player on a stage they selected, or curating a playlist and taking my time with it at my own pace--revisiting them is never arduous. Sure, it's a testament to the conceit of the series and how well-designed Lumines is. But it also speaks to the main attraction, which is simply to experience--and then re-experience--each setpiece, with its visual gimmicks and stimulating sounds coming together to create a singular ambiance. It doesn't matter that the apples will always turn into peppers, or that the dancers will always be caught in the rain--Arise puts on a show with each stage, revitalizing the series by grabbing a familiar foundation and playing a dozen different concerts with it.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Dark Cloud 2
    Every element of the game, from the georama system to the weapon upgrading to the interaction with a large cast of characters, displays a polish and attention to quality that you find only in real classics... DC2 could very well be the PlayStation 2's Zelda.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    GRID
    Grid is a classy arcade racing game, providing enough depth and variety to satisfy any fan of the genre.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    West of Loathing
    West of Loathing's visuals are monochromatic, but there's enjoyable comedy painted between every line, a pitch-perfect Spaghetti Western soundtrack, and a full spectrum of role-playing possibilities to choose from that make it a consistently enjoyable madcap cowboy jaunt.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
    If you have the means to play the Xbox or PC version of Pandora Tomorrow instead, then you should. But this is a respectable port overall, and if you consider it only in the context of the PlayStation 2's library, it's still a great game.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Kingdom Hearts II
    Kingdom Hearts II is a long, cameo-infused joyride that improves upon the original and manages to be quite entertaining despite some minor problems with the gameplay mechanics.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Half-Life
    A gripping combination of superb story design, sly artificial intelligence, taut combat sequences, and logical puzzles.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Guilty Gear X2
    One of the most highly evolved 2D fighting games yet, and it's another clear sign that fighting games definitely have some life left in them.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Commandos 2: Men of Courage
    Even better than the first--its design is much more focused, the missions are more involved, and the expanded options for your commandos are all excellent.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bayonetta
    Bayonetta on the PlayStation 3 is simultaneously gratuitous, ludicrous, and great, but it's unfortunately held back from its potential by a number of technical issues.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
    Clever time-manipulation puzzles and improved pacing make this the best Ratchet game in years.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
    If you've got opposable thumbs, a sense of humor, and a brain that you're not afraid to use, this puzzle-filled adventure is one well worth taking.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
    Excels in every way that counts, provides a lot of fun, and is well worth the price of admission.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Spider-Man
    Most frustrating, though, is when the camera inverts your perspective after the execution of a zip line -- while it may seem as if nothing's amiss (as the subtle change in perspective will surely evade your notice), the controls will indeed be reversed, causing "up" to mean "down," and vice versa.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Sonic Advance
    While the game is slightly flawed due to some imbalances in its gameplay, it's ultimately a satisfying experience thanks to a mix of classic Sonic 2D gameplay, a familiar cast of characters, and new technology.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    MotoGP 2
    Arcade-racing fans will enjoy the astonishing sense of speed and need for lightning-fast reflexes, while simulation fans will enjoy the true-to-life depiction of riding a two-wheeled racing machine.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    ESPN NBA Basketball
    A unique gameplay mode called 24/7... is so addictive, it's likely that many players will spend more time in 24/7 than playing standard games. If you are planning on buying only one basketball game this year, ESPN NBA Basketball is the one to get.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fallout 4
    Fallout 4 is an engrossing game that lures you in with mystery and the promise of adventure. Its wretched wasteland can be captivating, and you never know what odd person or settlement lies around the next bend.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
    At times shocking and always intense, Persona 3 is not a game you are likely to forget.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
    Armored Core VI represents a new beginning for the long-running series. It still remains true to From Software's original vision, but the whole experience has been refined to welcome an audience that cut its teeth on the studio's most recent work. Its story is a letdown and there may be some early growing pains due to its lopsided approach, but these shortcomings quickly scurry to the back of your mind once you start weaving your fully customized mech between incoming attacks while unleashing a salvo of rocket fire, sword swipes, and plasma rounds.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe
    Despite a frustrating difficulty level, the deep strategy and undeniable charm of PixelJunk Monsters will keep you hooked for hours.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Unreal Tournament III
    Aside from some online hiccups, it is fast, furious, and fun to play, and never fails to impress from a visual perspective. As a result, it stands up favorably against the other strong multiplayer shooters available on the platform.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 5 - The Vault of the Traveler
    In addition to its satisfying emotional arcs, dark humor and semi-insulting banter are the other major hallmarks of Tales from the Borderlands. This final , written in collaboration with longtime Borderlands writer Anthony Burch, is the funniest episode in the series. One minute you're on the verge of tears as the characters spiral into despair, and the next a character speaks a line or an event occurs that brings you right back up to a side-splitting high. In my time with the episode, I alternated between wildly upset and laughing hard enough to choke.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
    LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias vastly improves upon its predecessor with clever puzzles and vibrant graphics.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Thumper
    Thumper thrives due to the way it marries speed, simple controls, and mesmerizing atmosphere.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Bastion
    Bastion is a wonderfully diverse game that offers up a great deal of flexibility in how you approach its many challenges.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Gone Home
    With excellent writing and remarkable attention to period detail, Gone Home turns the process of exploring a house into a captivating and deeply poignant journey of discovery.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Kirby's Epic Yarn
    Enticing visuals and varied gameplay make Kirby's latest adventure an absolute joy.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
    The Nathan Drake Collection is a firsthand account of Naughty Dog's growth as a storyteller, and this collection is the best way to relive that history, and witness its transformation up close.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
    Shivering Isles adds more than enough new and interesting content to give you a great reason to dive back into the world of Oblivion.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rocket League
    For people new to the game, they have a lot to look forward to regardless, as it's one of the most fascinating sports games in memory. Nevermind if you don't like soccer or couldn't care less about the growing esports community. Rocket League is a unique game that redefines the concept of what a sports game can be, and Psyonix continues to support it with new content on a regular basis. It's been around for a while, but now that it's on Switch, there's no better time to give it a shot.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
    This is an impressively complete story. By the end of Resolve, I felt like all of the plot threads had been tied up; that questions that had lingered, some for almost 80 hours, had been answered. While Chronicles moves too slowly at times--especially during the Adventures half--the payoff at the end is worth the wait.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Supreme Commander
    Everything that was promised. This is a game that's less concerned with the aesthetics of combat than it is with capturing a sense of awesome scale, though it does look amazing when armies clash. It's real-time strategy supersized.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Startopia
    It's a testament to Startopia's fundamentally sound design and attractive presentation that you'll enjoy it despite the fact that, at times, it'll make you feel slightly alienated.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche Versus Ka-52 Hokum
    Of all the helicopter simulations released this year, Razorworks' product is in a class by itself, and it will certainly earn itself a place on the ballot when the best-sim-of-the-year nominations come around.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Fallout 2
    Perhaps even more so than its predecessor, Fallout 2 contains dozens of subtle and more often not-so-subtle references to cult movies, television icons, and other aspects of popular culture.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Silent Hill
    One of the most successfully unnerving elements is the game's lighting... It was that effect, much more than any fearsome creature, which made me leave a hall light on one night after playing it.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    NBA Live 2001
    NBA Live 2001 is not only the PlayStation's best basketball game, but it's also the best playing b-ball sim on any system.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai
    This stand-alone expansion modernizes Total War while remaining true to tradition.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Kirby: Canvas Curse
    It couldn't really be done on any other platform, yet it doesn't sacrifice its gameplay for the sake of short-lived gimmicks.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Burnout Legends
    Simply makes fantastic use of the PSP technology, providing a profoundly impressive audiovisual experience and fast, frantic racing, both of which easily rank with the best the platform has to offer.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Football Manager 2013
    A host of significant additions make this the most exhaustive, but also the most streamlined, Football Manager to date.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    ESPN NHL 2K5
    An incredible hockey package that's filled with more game modes than you'll probably know what to do with. And once again they've orchestrated the best hockey gameplay you're going to find anywhere.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rocket League Sideswipe
    It's a downsized version of Rocket League that streamlines and shrinks the experience, without sacrificing its fundamental nature. It also brilliantly takes advantage of the mobile medium with super-quick games, easy-to-understand mechanics, and excellent controls. Sideswipe is a smaller, quicker, lighter-weight version of Rocket League that still captures why the original is so endearing, and it's absolutely a game you should make space for on your phone.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fight Night Round 4
    Stepping into Fight Night Round 4's ring is definitely recommended if you have any interest in the sport whatsoever, just be aware that not everyone you come up against will be fighting in the spirit of the Queensbury rules.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    MVP Baseball 2005
    The bottom line is that if you're looking for a realistic and feature-rich baseball video game, you can't go wrong with MVP Baseball 2005.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
    The Witcher: Enhanced Edition is what this role-playing game should have been when it made its debut a year ago.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    UFC Undisputed 3
    Like the best MMA fighters, UFC Undisputed 3 is well-rounded and impresses in a lot of different areas. It improves upon its predecessors at practically every opportunity and, for the moment, is the undisputed champion of MMA video games.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Call of Duty 2
    It doesn't really break any new ground, but the game nails the core aspects of first-person-shooter gameplay so well that it doesn't need to.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    F1 2017
    Where F1 2016 lacked a little on the career side, F1 2017 more than makes up for that and then some more. An improved multiplayer set up, a greater variety of race options and straight-up better cars to drive, on top of the stellar career mode and thrilling on track racing experience make F1 2017 simply the best Formula One game ever made.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
    On PS5 specifically, developer Toys for Bob has also added some DualSense haptics, but they don't contribute much to the experience. When playing as characters other than Crash or Coco--Tawna, Neo Cortex, and Dingodile--some moves now come with a very weak haptic response. Using Tawna's grappling hook, for example, elicits a very, very mild trigger shake. Moving from space to space on the Dimensional Map also has a little bit of trigger feedback in addition to a rumble. The haptics really don't add anything, though it isn't as if they felt missing from the original release.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
    The tweaks that Konami has made to the match engine have produced a more refined game, but there's not a hint of the revolution attempted by EA Sports in most annual FIFA updates. There are also only a handful of new features, chief of which are eight-player online support, an increase in the number of licensed teams, and an international challenge mode.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Ground Control
    Despite its few shortcomings and frustrating design issues, you'll find that "Ground Control" is not only one of the best-looking games to date but also one that's suitably challenging and rewarding.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Onimusha: Warlords
    While die-hard Resident Evil fans will be turned off by the game's length, others will find it to be the survival-horror game for people who don't like survival-horror games.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup
    It re-creates the NASCAR experience in spectacular fashion, and all of the included modes, series options, and extras provide an excellent amount of value for the cost.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cuphead
    Cuphead has been a longtime coming, and it's great to see that it lives up to its initial promises. It's beautiful to look at, and with a pitch-perfect soundtrack, it flawlessly captures the era its developers so clearly revere. It's also an intense action game that pulls no punches. It could benefit from a few tweaks, and two-player co-op doesn't feel like the valuable addition you might imagine, but Cuphead remains a rare, unique game that truly stands out.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Velocity 2X
    Velocity 2X is interactive poetry. All of its pieces, all of its movements, all of its systems and mechanics flow seamlessly into and out of one another to create a constant tone of movement and a feeling of endless flow.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Valkyria Chronicles
    A boldly refreshing strategy RPG that is both beautiful to look at and fun to play.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Yakuza: Like a Dragon
    For RGG Studio's first crack at an RPG, it's a damn fine result. It delivers what I love most about Yakuza and introduces new ideas that largely pay off. Ichiban isn't doing it alone, either. He has friends and mentors, ones who've helped him fight and overcome personal tragedies. It was an absolute thrill to watch him grow, and that's what's most important for a game so focused on its characters. Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a passing of the torch, and a fantastic entry in a beloved franchise that proves that it's in good hands with Kasuga Ichiban.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Messenger
    The Messenger takes the best parts of the action-platformers it takes influence from and reinterprets them well. With clever writing, well-designed levels, and balanced difficulty curve, the game continuously hooks you with enticing skill-based challenges and satisfying payoffs. Your character might have an immediate imperative to delivering a world-saving scroll, but the journey there definitely one to savor.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Resistance: Fall of Man
    Resistance doesn't attempt anything wildly different than other first-person shooters out there, but by offering a strong selection of interesting weapons, plenty of ruthless foes to shoot them at, good level design, and an excellent presentation, it accomplishes what most such games fail to do. A fully featured multiplayer mode for up to 40 players rounds out an exciting campaign.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
    The rough edges mean Switch isn't the ideal platform to play Disco Elysium on, but it's still a perfectly fine choice, and the ability to play such a phenomenal game on the go is a welcome option. You still get the full Final Cut treatment here--including full voice acting, which is impressive given the game's storage requirements have been shrunk even further on Switch--and despite the shortcomings, Disco Elysium instantly joins the ranks of the best games on Switch.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Boom Blox Bash Party
    With strong multiplayer, new modes, and lots of destruction, this block-bashing sequel is ready for its spotlight.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Stardew Valley
    It’s all centered around whatever it is you want to accomplish that day. And that’s truly what makes Stardew Valley such a lovely experience, it encourages you to go out and be the best you can be, in whichever task that brings you the most joy. Stardew Valley motivates naturally, with blissful optimism.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Diablo IV
    Diablo IV, at this time, cannot escape comparison to the past of the franchise it belongs to, but it's thankfully a game that has been crafted with a strong awareness of what made each one either revered or reviled. It represents a measured approach to combining the many elements from previous entries that worked into a system that feels like the new standard-bearer for action role-playing. Coupled with a new benchmark for storytelling in the franchise, and a solid narrative foundation for any potential new adventures, it's easy to see Diablo IV as something I'll regularly check-in on for a long time to come.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
    The puzzles aren't perfect, but Clash of Heroes offers intriguing hybrid gameplay, engaging role-playing elements, and a great presentation.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Total War: WARHAMMER
    It's a triumph of real-time strategy design, and the best the Total War series has ever been.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Unpacking
    That's what makes Unpacking such a treat. I peered into the life of someone else and saw myself. It compelled me to look back on my own experiences, the good and the bad, through the simple act of unpacking the contents of their life. Unpacking may be a zen puzzle game that's just relaxing for some, but for me it was a more profound experience that I'll never forget. Sometimes we put our past into proverbial boxes; ripping off the tape and rediscovering what we hid away can be cathartic and illuminating.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 06
    Ultimately, Madden NFL 06 is a highly playable game of football, but in comparison with the leaps forward the franchise has made in previous years, 06 feels like a false start.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
    BlazBlue is a worthy successor to Guilty Gear. It's also a fast-paced, colorful fighting game with a lot to offer.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
    With a well-realized world filled to the brim with secrets and excellent platforming mechanics that always keeps things interesting, the Cursed Kingdom is a place you will want to discover every corner of.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Resident Evil 5
    Resident Evil 5 is a fun and frantic evolution of RE4's breakthrough gameplay and the series' horror themes.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Saints Row IV
    The simulated city of Steelport doesn't offer deep gameplay or the most satisfying challenge, but it is a great place to mess around.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Most Wanted U
    It's not quite the smooth, finely tuned speed machine it could have been, but Need for Speed: Most Wanted U is still an exciting racer.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    DmC: Devil May Cry Definitive Edition
    The numerous tweaks and upgrades of DmC: Devil May Cry Definitive Edition have made a game that isn't just a better version of DmC, but a bonafide hack 'n' slash classic.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Monster Hunter Rise
    Improves on what was already a fantastic game in almost every way.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Mercenaries
    Dense with explosive content that satisfies on a fundamental level. Of the games that have tried to borrow the Grand Theft Auto style of play, Mercenaries is one of the most successful.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Steel Beasts
    It combines both simulation and wargaming elements to produce a superb gaming experience.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Total Annihilation
    Cavedog has done a commendable job of taking the basic mechanics of real-time strategy and using them to create something new: A game that relies less on constant mouse-clicking than careful planning and strategic thinking.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Golden Sun: The Lost Age
    Makes some solid refinements to the series' gameplay, features a longer quest, and makes some nice tweaks to the series' presentation.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    San Francisco Rush 2049
    With a multitude of elements that let it transcend that narrow and often underrated genre, racing fans and those simply seeking a wild, entertaining experience would do well to check it out.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Test Drive V-Rally
    It's an inviting, fast-paced, technical rally game that offers enough replay value and features to satiate any racing audience.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
    Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate manages to expand upon the things that people love about the series, while simultaneously making concessions to those getting involved for the first time.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Transistor
    Transistor is always a good-looking game, but in these instances, it demonstrates a rare knack for combining its visuals and music to powerfully convey both narrative information and tone, driving the story forward with Red's own unwavering resolve. So in the end, yes, Transistor is a fun action role-playing game with a neat combat system, but beautiful moments like these make it more than that. They make it a game with a soul.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Patapon
    Patapon's ingenious combination of light real-time strategy and rhythm makes it a one-of-a-kind game that's easy to recommend.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
    Beyond the Sword's additions are primarily to Civ IV's core gameplay, so the expansion doesn't make a huge leap forward in terms of graphics or sound.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Dragon Age: Origins
    Incredible storytelling, great characters, and exciting battles are just a few of the things that make this fantasy role-playing game so great.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Sims 3
    The latest Sims game is also the greatest, striking a terrific balance between the fresh and the familiar.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    NBA 2K16
    Few sports games come close to providing a more authentic and fun virtual representation of the real thing, and even if this is the least user-friendly entry in years, I can’t stop playing it.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich
    A great story and a wonderful cast of characters are once again the highlights of this game, which anyone with an appreciation for comic books would probably love.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Fluidity
    Sublime level design, a charming art style, and heaps of hidden content make this an amazing puzzle platformer.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Death Stranding
    Through action sequences and heavy weather hikes, the frame rate is consistently in the high 90 FPS to 110 FPS. This is a proper PC port that looks stunning and runs smooth. If you're in the mood for a different style of gaming experience, one that's often relaxing and sometimes incredibly tense, Death Stranding is worth playing.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
    Delving into all its new features, new missions, new locations, and new raid, The Witch Queen has been extremely impressive and a ton of fun. The centerpiece is the laudable story campaign, making a lot of the game's best design more approachable for a variety of characters, but The Witch Queen also invokes the best parts of Destiny's past, as well--like the secret-laden, dense, and fascinating locations found in The Taken King and Forsaken expansions. The Witch Queen is a massive step forward for the game, the culmination of a recent history of great refinements and additions, resulting in a Destiny 2 that's in its best form yet.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Titanfall
    The overarching experience of playing Titanfall is one of rejuvenation and reinvigoration. The sprint speed, the arsenal, the game modes, and more are all firmly derived from some of the most successful online shooters of recent years. But by reinventing the way you move, Titanfall reinvents what it feels like to play a competitive shooter.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Tomb Raider
    The single-player campaign here is the main attraction, and it is excellent. It doesn't try to rewrite the book on third-person action adventure games. But with its excellent controls, engaging heroine, thrilling combat, and fascinating setting, it doesn't need to.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tribes: Ascend
    Invigorating movement mechanics and solid fundamentals make Tribes: Ascend a lot of free-wheeling fun.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth may first catch your attention with its insane setting, surreal monsters, and irreverent references to Christianity, but the speedy, varied gameplay and seemingly neverending new features (which include multiple endings and new bosses after you take out mom the first time, so the replay value is nearly infinite) are what keep you coming back for more.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Titanfall
    The PC version boasts sharper visual effects and higher resolutions, as you might expect, and both control schemes (mouse/keyboard and Xbox 360 controller) work flawlessly.)
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Silent Hill 2
    The original Silent Hill 2 is one of the most beloved, culturally significant, and overall best horror games ever made. It appeared to be the case that trying to recapture the magic of that game was to misjudge how impactful its time and place were, and how its limitations helped shape it for the better. Any studio advancing on such a project should've had a Sisyphean task ahead of them, forever chasing its essence like a moth with a hole in your net. However, by staying true to the original game in extremely important ways and taking calculated risks born from an understanding of the source material, all while being supported further by some of the game's original brain trust, Bloober Team has done what was reasonably considered near-impossible. The remake of Silent Hill 2 is a restless dream come true.
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