Xbox Achievements' Scores

  • Games
For 1,368 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 BioShock Infinite
Lowest review score: 20 Fighters Uncaged
Score distribution:
1368 game reviews
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    While it may not offer much in the way of an evolution over Call of the Sea, as a sequel Call of the Elder Gods nonetheless expands upon its predecessor in a meaningful way, though it fails to deliver a story that's as interesting or as unpredictable as the original. Still, some complex and well-executed puzzles more than make up for its other shortcomings.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A remarkably lovely and unapologetically cosy story of life in vinyl retail, Wax Heads has heart to spare, a diverse soundtrack, an inviting art style, and a unique record-recommending gameplay hook. Groovy.
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    • 85 Critic Score
    TerraTech Legion is a pleasant surprise, emerging as a slickly presented, enormously playable, and endlessly addictive vehicle-based survivors-like auto-shooter experience that's well worth seeking out.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Aphelion is an enjoyable journey across a hostile alien planet that’s a little too light on human drama, but nonetheless emerges as an engaging sci-fi adventure while it lasts.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An absurdly fun and unique multiplayer throw down, Kiln might be somewhat light on content, but it more than makes up for it with bags of character, immediacy, and infectious gameplay.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Darwin’s Paradox is a stealthy Pixar cartoon, imbued with slapstick platforming.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Replaced is a decent mood piece, with punchy combat, an underwhelming story and platforming, and striking visuals.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    While it’s not the most polished game from a graphical standpoint, Tides of Tomorrow is nonetheless a compelling post-apocalyptic adventure with a smart asynchronous multiplayer twist.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An ornate and clever sequel that enlivens the formula, with a niggling hint of deja vu.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Who’d have thought that poncle could make a game as simple but addictive as Vampire Survivors, eh? Never played a first-person dungeon-crawler before? Vampire Crawlers is the perfect place to start - it’s a cracking fusion of turn-based battling and roguelite deckbuilding. Get it played.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While you have to give credit where credit’s due to developer Big Bad Wolf for not compromising in the complexity of its puzzles, it also means that Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss won’t be for everyone. It’s a challenging, flawed investigative puzzler that will drive all but the most patient to the brink of madness.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mouse: P.I. For Hire is fast-paced first-person shooter fun with an inviting cartoon twist. Developer Fumi Games' debt to DOOM and its ilk is plain to see, but it's the monochrome noir look and energetic animation that marks this out as something unique, like a rich stilton or something.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pragmata is lusciously produced single-player action game, though not up to Capcom’s heights.
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    • 80 Critic Score
    Beyond Words is never less than a pleasure, despite its plain visuals, and it keeps your attention with its delicious layering of mechanics.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Both an engaging mystery and a fine send off for Max and Chloe, Life is Strange: Reunion puts a nice cap on a saga that started life over a decade ago. The only question is, what comes next?
    • 79 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Crimson Desert's rich and detailed open world is a remarkable achievement, and the crunchy combat is fun, but poorly explained game mechanics, performance issues, and a muddled, rather dull story tarnish what could have otherwise been a rather special RPG experience.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Legacy of Kain: Ascendance is an adequate chunk of side-scrolling action, with some perfectly standard platforming thrown in, but it’s bogged down in dull lore.
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    • 85 Critic Score
    If you're none too keen on roguelites, then Absolum is unlikely to change your mind. But, if you like the idea of a stunning beat 'em up beefed up with the various trappings that come with a roguelite experience, then this will prove to be an unmitigated delight. Turn on the assists, and players of all skill levels can enjoy this.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A decent clutch of games, presented well enough, but with some duds in the mix, the Marvel MaXimum Collection is livened up by a couple of gems.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A welcome return for the cult classic SNES beat 'em up series, Rushing Beat X: Return of Brawl Brothers harks back to its past, while offering a few new ideas of its own. Fans can revel in the callbacks and story, while everyone else can enjoy a solid, more than serviceable brawler experience.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The arcade style of the races is crisp and difficult, and if you find yourself bored by the plot, feel free to skip through it.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    While Train Sim World 6 makes sense as a complex and detailed simulation, Thomas & Friends: Wonders of Sodor is a game aimed at a different audience. That it makes too few compromises for that audience and fails to give you something as simple as a skip button for dialogue is inexcusable. Wonders of Sodor? Wonders of sod all, more like.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    An energetic and remarkably well made entry into the extraction shooter space, Marathon can be enormously harsh and unforgiving, but stay with it, and it can also be immensely rewarding.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A handsome remake that loses some of the original’s power.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Toxic Commando is a perfectly serviceable co-op shooter with flashes of real spectacle.
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    • 80 Critic Score
    Scott Pilgrim EX is further proof that developer Tribute Games is unbelievably adept at creating sublime retro side-scrolling brawlers,with sumptuous pixel art, fun and varied gameplay, and a brilliantly energetic chiptune soundtrack.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A fantastic third chapter in Capcom's brill Monster Hunter spin-off series, Monster Hunter 3: Twisted Reflection boasts a lovely anime style, an engaging narrative, and ample RPG depth. It's great.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Once again, WWE 2K26 delivers yet another fine bout of grappling, with a huge selection of modes and a colossal roster of Superstars, alongside a handful of meaningful refinements. The new reversal system might not be to everyone's taste, but there's no denying this remains an eminently playable wrestling experience.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Planet of Lana 2: Children of the Leaf emerges as a worthy follow-up to the first game, boasting a smattering of neat improvements over the original, a touching story, and, despite a few moments of frustration, an otherwise enjoyable procession of platforming and puzzles.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As a pure stealth experience, Styx: Blades of Greed is something of a treat. Despite being a bit rough around the edges, and slightly lacking in technical finesse, developer Cyanide's latest dose of sneaky goblin action is well worth a punt.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A brilliantly effective blend of the old and the new, Resident Evil Requiem succeeds in just about every conceivable department. It's tense, compelling, and an all-round good time.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    While the new additions to High on Life 2 make for a more enjoyable shooter experience than its predecessor, there’s a lack of technical finesse that holds it back. Overall, however, this is a leaner, meaner, and just all-round better game than the first one.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The mechanics of Reanimal are slightly plodding and airless, with not much by way of creativity or challenge, but the spectacles are often impressive.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    New content there may be, but there's little in Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties that's genuinely fresh, and the combat mechanics are beginning to feel slightly old hat. But this is a Yakuza game, and is therefore inherently good fun, balancing substory silliness and levity with a gritty crime narrative. It's also a good, solid remake that's well worth playing.
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    • 85 Critic Score
    While dyed-in-the-wool fans of the original might long for the pixellated sprites of old, Dragon Quest VII Reimagined succeeds in being a stellar, loving remake of one of the series' best, with a uniquely appealing 3D doll-and-diorama style. It's all rather lovely.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Code Vein 2 definitely feels like a sideways step in many respects. However, much like the original, it’s still a hell of a lot of fun.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A truly magnificent game, you'll soon forget that Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is based upon only a small sliver of the original – it's astonishingly epic in its own right, with plenty of surprises.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If stylish art can raise a game, as though it were a toast, then MIO is proof that no idea – no genre – is ever quite done with us, so long as we have good cause to look again. As we read, on finding the rusty shell of an old contraption: “It’s not dead yet, except if you decide it to be.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A '90s-style movie tie-in you might have seen in an arcade back then, had it actually existed, Terminator 2D: No Fate is a love letter to retro games and a sci-fi classic that might be short, but it's oh-so sweet. Hasta la vista, baby.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A rarity, Thank Goodness You’re Here! lovingly mocks the North of England, and it has several good laughs, but it does underwhelm in its play.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fostering an all-pervading tension from beginning to end, Routine succeeds as an efficient jolt of sci-fi horror, delivering rich environmental storytelling and complex puzzles. The lack of help might turn some players off, but for those willing to stick with it, you'll find a rewarding and immersive experience.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Another nice batch of games to revel in with family and friends, The Jackbox Party Pack 11 is an essential survival kit for awkward gatherings. Laughter and merriment shall inevitably ensue.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fifteen stages of comic book nirvana, fifteen perfectly realised Marvel characters, and a bucketload of references for fans ensure Marvel Cosmic Invasion succeeds as another superlative retro-style scrolling beat 'em up from Tribute Games. This is about as good as it gets.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Silent Hill 2 is an assured and richly made survival horror, a fine celebration of the past.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    A messy and rather poor campaign, Multiplayer and Zombies modes that fail to offer anything new, and a general dearth of innovation means this year's COD instalment is a bit of a damp squib. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 still has plenty to offer, but, quite honestly, we've seen it all countless times before.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Seventeen levels of cruel and unusual punishment, Biped 2 might look all cute and welcoming, but it's a deliberately nasty and unforgiving twin-stick platformer that, when played solo will drive you insane, but in co-op, will also make your friends hate you.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Monster Hunter Stories' tale of Riders and a terrible blight running rampant across its world proves to be gratifying, but it's the nicely realised, straightforward RPG mechanics that makes this a real joy, and more than welcome on Xbox.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An enjoyable and addictive survivors-like bullet-heaven auto-shooter, Let Them Come: Onslaught will eat up a good few hours, but with only two characters and four levels, you will be desperate for more.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nearly twenty years since it first released, Virtua Fighter 5 still has plenty of mileage left in it. Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage emerges as the definitive version of a great fighting game, with meaningful new features, and challenging fighting mechanics that will keep you coming back.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Developer Digital Eclipse has delivered yet another riveting, reverent compilation of seminal games with rich behind-the-scenes insights, perfect versions of the arcade originals, and a slew of console ports. Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is absolutely essential stuff for anyone with even a passing interest in the fighting game series that allows you to violently kill your rivals. A flawless victory, indeed.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    While the puzzles in Keeper never properly challenge, you’re won over by the easy pace and the sheer oddity of the visuals and story.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    If you miss Burnout as much as I do, then you owe it to yourself to take Wreckreation for a spin. This is about as close as we're ever likely to get to a sequel, delivering blisteringly fast open world racing, and superb track building tools.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    If the first PowerWash Simulator casually sponged away hours of your time, then prepare to be inexorably immersed once more. PowerWash Simulator 2 takes everything that the original did so well, and offers meaningful improvements to the formula. It's time to clean up once more.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There is a tone of playful improvisation to Ball x Pit – of pros in an experimental groove.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 goes light on RPG mechanics and its action is somewhat lacking. And, yet, being at the heart of Seattle's political machinations, embodying a powerful vampire and engaging in brutal, bloody combat, is a lot more fun than the sum of its parts would suggest.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Retaining the look and feel of the original tower defence classic, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted remains an unbridled joy sixteen years on – the colourful visuals are crisp and appealing, and the bonus content will keep you hooked for hours on end.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    If you've yet to play a Katamari game, then Once Upon a Katamari is as good a place as any to start. Its time-hopping adventure offers a fresh spin on the series, with new mechanics and additions that only serve to enhance a winning formula.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Outer Worlds 2 is a thoroughly enjoyable sequel, boasting an injection of adrenaline-fuelled gameplay compared to the original. We can't help but feel like it's lost a little bit of its soul when it comes to choice and consequence, but that doesn't take away from the overall experience. Just temper your expectations.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Another deep and compelling chunk of dinosaur wrangling, Jurassic World Evolution 3 also happens to be remarkably welcoming, though not at the expense of its detail and complexity. It also looks pretty slick, and it's got loads of Jeff Goldblum in it. That’s a win in my book.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Ninja Gaiden 4 is not just a beautifully gory return for Team Ninja's twenty-one-year tenure with the series, but it's also vintage PlatinumGames, serving up a relentlessly paced flurry of swords, lopped limbs, and buckets of blood. What more could a ninja fan possibly want?
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hypnotic, rewarding, and oddly relaxing despite its various demands, Little Rocket Lab is a fantastic cosy life sim that will unapologetically hoover up your time. And it looks utterly lovely.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    After a disappointing showing with Battlefield 2042, Battlefield 6 rights the ship and gets the franchise back on track. Everything we hated about 2042 has been remedied here.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Alien: Rogue Incursion isn’t top-class, but it roots you in your surroundings, and, even without a clamp-on headset, you feel enveloped.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A solid detective yarn with decent puzzles and a procession of absorbing mysteries to unravel, Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile is an intricate and enjoyable, albeit slightly shabbily presented, adventure with a slightly unusual 1970s style.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    An inviting and enjoyable dose of brutal co-op combat and platforming laced with British humour, King of Meat wants you to entertain a baying TV audience for glory, and in turn, it succeeds in entertaining you, too.
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    • 85 Critic Score
    Boasting chaotic and fun survivor-like auto shooter action with added mining, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is one of the finest examples the genre has to offer. If survivor games like Vampire Survivor and its ilk are your poison, then I'd recommend drinking this one up.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sonic and co.'s best kart outing to date, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds comes close to achieving Mario Kart levels of fun, with enjoyable drifting and power-up based combat, as well as a neat gimmick in those realm-shifting 'world ring' portals that drop on the track. This is a bright and breezy blast.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Building upon what makes the series unique, Borderlands 4 is a triumphant dose of looter-shooter mayhem, with ample depth to match its fast and frantic gunplay.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Silent Hill f is a strange concoction. It should be played, if you are a fan, but it suffers a lack of first-rate scares.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    EA Sports FC 26 is a matter of refinement over revolution in all facets of the game. It’s a slight change in course rather than EA Vancouver plotting a completely new course, and while it’s probably the best iteration of FC yet, a lot maybe put off by the price of admission for what is essentially a fresh lick of paint.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Earthion is a dream of future past, a late-career gem from Yuzo Koshiro, and a sharp-edged shooter that keeps you coming back.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A hotchpotch of ideas and themes, Karma: The Dark World is a horror experience that doesn't quite manage to come together in a satisfying, coherent fashion. As such, it emerges as a frustrating, confounding thing, albeit one that displays brief flashes of potential. There's the kernel of something great here, but the execution ultimately falls short. On Xbox Series X|S, it's also hamstrung by frame rate issues.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If you want to pass an afternoon with a friend and a couple of laughs, LEGO Voyagers will do fine.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    After all this while, Team Cherry has come back and done it again. Hollow Knight: Silksong is a fiendish metroidvania that repays your close attention and your stress with rich sights and sounds.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Imbued with a similarly offbeat humour as Starship Troopers and just as gleefully silly and violent, Helldivers 2 also happens to be a fantastic bug blasting co-op shooter, whether played with friends or strangers. It's a thing of beauty.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It might not feel all that different to NBA 2K25, but there are enough refinements and new things in NBA 2K26 to make this year's game more than worthwhile. If you're a fan of hoops, then the lure of a new MyCareer, more MyTeam, and the always great NBA Eras, will no doubt prove irresistible.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Heading Out does the visual novel stuff perfectly well, but it fails to nail the breezy sense of freedom that should come with cruising the open roads of America. Flighty vehicle handling makes the driving part of the game an annoyance rather than something to revel in and enjoy.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    For those that relish this style of survival horror, there is fun to be had in Cronos: The New Dawn, but only for a time.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will likely be seen less as the definitive way to play than as simply another way to play. Its reverence for the original makes this one feel oddly anticlimactic.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A compelling and absorbing action game free of handholding, Hell is Us pulls you in with a gritty narrative and setting, then holds your attention with smart puzzles, solid combat, and a dark, dystopian story.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A masterclass in how to resurrect a dormant and beloved series. Like Streets of Rage 4 before it, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is another beautiful, fluid, and endlessly gratifying game that stays true to its classic forebears, while providing something that feels fresh and vital. Superlative stuff.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A departure from its open world roots doesn't mean Mafia: The Old Country is any less grand in narrative scope than its predecessors. Not only does Hangar 13 tell a good story, it also delivers solid action and stealth, in an impressively detailed and evocative 1900s Sicily setting.
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    • 70 Critic Score
    The Toaplan Arcade Collection is an absolute must for arcade gaming buffs and action game purists alike, and it offers a great opportunity for newcomers to check out some two-player classics. However, it is a bit disappointing that the collection comes with no supplementary materials. Plus, there's no getting around the fact that some of these arcade games just aren't very good!
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    If you missed it on PS5 and PC two years ago, then you owe it to yourself to seek out Viewfinder on Xbox. It's a cracking, utterly unique first-person puzzler, more than deserving of your time.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Decades on, Gradius still proves enormously addictive and exciting. Gradius Origins is a great way to discover how the '80s and '90s shmup trailblazer helped to define a genre, with seven games that still hold up today.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Yes, there are better co-op shooters out there, and many of those provide similar levels of relentless violence, but Killing Floor 3 deftly manages to conjure some pretty unique, gory thrills of its own.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    I would be surprised if Ragebound is not the best of Koei’s Ninja Gaiden revivals in 2025.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There are just enough flourishes, mechanical and artistic, to turn your head, but whether Wuchang: Fallen Feathers will keep your gaze is another matter.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Monument Valley 3 is a very pleasant and enjoyable perspective-shifting puzzler, that despite being a bit short and simplistic, is nonetheless a nice way to spend a couple of hours.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    RoboCop: Rogue City had its fair share of technical issues, but somehow, Unfinished Business has even more. Its characters look hideous, the frame rate frequently hangs, and there are other niggly little bugs that will drive you mad. And, yet, once you start blowing away goons with RoboCop's Auto-9, none of that matters and all is right with the world.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A tight, calibrated tactical shooter that harks back to the genre’s best days.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Another unadulterated dose of raw arcade-style gameplay, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 follows in the wake of THPS 1 + 2, delivering another duo of reverent remakes brimming with secrets, skateparks, and new things. Soundtrack shortcomings aside, this is cracking stuff.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    I wish I could report that Zockrates Laboratories served up a playground of emergent sparks, but with such a promising trick I couldn’t help but hunger for more.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Strange Scaffold has made another lethal, high-calibre riff on an established genre.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nightdive has done its level best to make System Shock 2 sleek and fast, in the hope that a little of the revolutionary might leak out.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An enormously enjoyable and rewarding dose of reverse bullet hell, Soulstone Survivors tips its hat to Vampire Survivors with chaotic roguelite action, a gratifying sense of progression, and masses of variety.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Hades in a half-shell, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is a fine roguelike action game that comes alive in co-op, but can grow quite repetitive when played alone.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Sloclap has delivered nice, crunchy mechanics like it did with Absolver and Sifu, making Rematch an immediate, accessible, and above all enjoyable arcade-style football game. It’s Rocket League without the rocket cars. But whether you'll be playing it this time next year, I'm not entirely convinced.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Bithell Games assumes your passion for Tron, but what is here stands on its own, though it doesn't truly succeed on its own.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Its inevitable sections where you're beating a frantic escape are frustrating tests of trial and error, and, while developer The Chinese Room conjures some memorable sights and dreamlike weirdness, anyone expecting something on a par with the main story in Still Wakes the Deep will come away bitterly disappointed. Sadly, Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest ends up feeling like an inconsequential two hours or so, failing to really add anything to Caz McLeary and co.'s surreal and superb journey. And those answers you’re looking for? Frustratingly, they never come. But, then, maybe that’s the point.

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