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The DioField Chronicle Review – Intriguing Potential, Sloppy Execution

The DioField Chronicle Review – Intriguing Potential, Sloppy Execution

The DioField Chronicle deserves praise for some of its fresh ideas, but it's got more than a few issues that drag down the experience.

Session: Skate Sim Review – Middling Experience

Session: Skate Sim Review – Middling Experience

Lackluster story mode and bland visual presentation drags down the experience offered by Session: Skate Sim.

Serial Cleaners Review – Feel the 90s

Serial Cleaners Review – Feel the 90s

Quite a few games let us play as badass killers. Serial Cleaners, however, wants to give us a glimpse of the life of the people who have to clean up the mess left behind by these killers.

Shovel Knight Dig Review – The Shovel isn’t Just for Show Anymore

Shovel Knight Dig Review – The Shovel isn’t Just for Show Anymore

Shovel Knight is almost an entire decade old, but Yacht Club Games keeps figuring out new ways to play the game. How well does its latest attempt do at capturing the classic Shovel Knight feeling?

Return to Monkey Island Review – Quest for Booty

Return to Monkey Island Review – Quest for Booty

Rated arrr.

Deathloop Review (Xbox Series X) – The Not-Quite Golden Land

Deathloop Review (Xbox Series X) – The Not-Quite Golden Land

Arkane Studios' shooter is finally available on Xbox Series consoles with a large new update, but it's still very much the same middling experience.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero Review (PC) – A Light Illuminating The Depths

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero Review (PC) – A Light Illuminating The Depths

The Crossbell saga finally comes West after almost 12 years since its original launch. If you're a fan of the series, it's a must-have title.

Soulstice Review – A Tale of Two Sisters

Soulstice Review – A Tale of Two Sisters

Soulstice has some shortcomings but it manages to deliver a great action game.

SBK 22 Review – Defying Physics

SBK 22 Review – Defying Physics

This series’ return comes as a mixed bag.

NBA 2K23 Review – Technical Foul

NBA 2K23 Review – Technical Foul

NBA 2K23 is a perfectly solid basketball game that drops the ball with too much emphasis on microtransactions and poorly-thought out design in its main mode.

Splatoon 3 Review – Stay Fresh

Splatoon 3 Review – Stay Fresh

Splatoon 3 is simultaneously brilliant and frustrating.

Biomutant PS5 Review – Largely the Same

Biomutant PS5 Review – Largely the Same

Biomutant’s PS5 boost gives it a nice sheen but can’t help its mediocrity in other areas.

Metal: Hellsinger Review – An Easy Recommendation

Metal: Hellsinger Review – An Easy Recommendation

Metal: Hellsinger is a new rhythm-based first-person shooter that tries to basically make a game out of heavy metal album art. How well does it manage this feat?

LEGO Brawls Review – Nothing Of Note

LEGO Brawls Review – Nothing Of Note

An ultra-thin gameplay loop, stingy progression systems, and little variety during gameplay makes LEGO Brawls a shallow package.

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R Review – Flawed but Fun

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R Review – Flawed but Fun

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R polishes up the original game well, but fails to modernize its online functionality.

Steelrising Review – Woman of Steel

Steelrising Review – Woman of Steel

Spiders' latest action RPG is a dedicated tribute to Bloodborne and its like, and a solid one at that.

F1 Manager 2022 Review – Somehow It Manages

F1 Manager 2022 Review – Somehow It Manages

F1 Manager is a nice collection of elements that most manager sim fans would want, but rarely feels like more than the sum of those parts.

The Last of Us Part 1 Review – Faithful to the Core

The Last of Us Part 1 Review – Faithful to the Core

The Last of Us Part 1 doesn’t take many risks and ends up being an excellent but ultimately conservative remake.

Scathe Review – Weaker than the Sum of its Parts

Scathe Review – Weaker than the Sum of its Parts

Scathe is a fast-paced first-person shooter that’s trying to be many things at once: a boomer shooter, a bullet hell, and even a sort of roguelite. How well can it actually manage to fit all of thes...

Pac-Man World Re-PAC Review – Sticks to the Script

Pac-Man World Re-PAC Review – Sticks to the Script

A simple but effective remake.