Reviews

Inspired by System Shock 2 and BioShock, Blue Manchu's hybrid of action, shooting, stealth and strategy offers a darkly comedic adventure worth exploring.

Layers of Fear 2 may excel at jolting you with quick scares, but the narrative and stakes are so obscure that real horror can’t take root.

This new chapter in the Diaz brothers' journey has an explosive conclusion, but suffers from painfully stereotypical characters and poor pacing along the way.

Team Sonic Racing implements interesting ideas, but ultimately fails to stand out in the kart racing genre.

A Plague Tale excels in its narrative and setting, but the moment-to-moment action is uninspired

Classy combat and great guns carry an otherwise forgettable experience

Create the perfect team of adventurers for this strategic journey.

Mortal Kombat 11 shines in its combat and story, but struggles in its delivery of loot.

World War Z takes arguably the best part of the film and uses it to create a visually interesting gameplay mechanic that is horrifying to witness but fun to dismantle.

Games like this are supposed to make chores fun and rewarding, but playing My Time at Portia feels more like actual work.

Zen Studios updates a classic genre with clever puzzles and Hungarian folklore.

Burnout creators' latest game mines the series' early history, but it struggles to find traction.

Battle for the Grid has some decent animation, but the full package is as underwhelming as the Power Ranger games that came before it.

While managing the needs of an ever-growing population is complicated, keeping everyone happy is even harder.

This finale is a fitting tribute to Clementine and her journey, but it also is inconsistent in quality and suffers from some narrative missteps that are impossible to ignore.  

Beautiful vistas and giant robots can't save Generation Zero from being a tedious and disappointing shooter.

An intense, challenging realization of the ninja fantasy comes to life in From Software's latest offering.

Thrilling combat, a great loot loop, and a strong endgame elevate this Tom Clancy shooter to new heights.

In terms of open-world game design, World Seeker isn’t an innovator, but it borrows and re-imagines familiar mechanics well (from the Batman: Arkham games, in particular) and proves why they are perfect for the One Piece universe.

The series continues to struggle on the field