Phil Hornshaw

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Phil Hornshaw·Nov 5, 2024

Critic40/100

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Though it can be strange and fascinating, Slitterhead ultimately feels empty thanks to dull and frustrating combat and repetitive missions.

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Phil Hornshaw·Oct 31, 2024

Critic80/100

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Fluid Omni-movement feels great in Black Ops 6 multiplayer, but design that facilitates intense close-range fights can feel limiting.

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Phil Hornshaw·Jun 17, 2024

Critic90/100

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With a character-driven story and a focus on enhancing its gameplay on nearly every level, The Final Shape feels like what Destiny 2 has been trying to be all along.

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Phil Hornshaw·May 24, 2024

Critic70/100

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The fundamentals are good, but conflicting ideas stop it from standing above a crowded shooter field.

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Phil Hornshaw·Mar 21, 2024

Critic70/100

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Though it has a somewhat steep combat learning curve and some dated open-world ideas, Rise of the Ronin does a great job of rewarding your time in its world.

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Phil Hornshaw·Feb 5, 2024

Critic60/100

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A fascinating investigative premise with a bit too much handholding.

IGN

Phil Hornshaw·Jan 11, 2024

Critic80/100

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The 2D Metroidvania is a perfect fit for the return of Prince of Persia.

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Phil Hornshaw·Dec 6, 2023

Critic80/100

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Though it includes a lot of familiar open-world elements, a minimalistic user interface, fun movement mechanics, and a gorgeous setting make it a blast to explore Pandora.

IGN

Phil Hornshaw·Nov 17, 2023

Critic60/100

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Combining Zombies with DMZ creates intense moments, as long as you're willing to grind.

IGN

Phil Hornshaw·Oct 18, 2023

Critic30/100

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A boring, buggy, totally unambitious game that isn't even interesting in its failures.

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Phil Hornshaw·Aug 16, 2022

Critic80/100

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Drawing from Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Thymesia creates a Souls-like experience that iterates on what's most important about From's beloved titles.

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Phil Hornshaw·Aug 16, 2022

Critic80/100

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Developer Roll7 excellently mixes high-scoring skating gameplay with shooter ideas to make a hybrid game that's tough to put down.

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Phil Hornshaw·Jul 8, 2022

Critic80/100

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Void Riders is mostly more OlliOlli World, and while its new challenges won't blow you away, more of a good thing is a good thing.

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Phil Hornshaw·Mar 14, 2022

Critic70/100

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There's a lot of meme potential in Stranger of Paradise thanks to its willingness to be aggressively confusing, but fun, varied combat carries its most WTF moments forward.

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Phil Hornshaw·Mar 7, 2022

Critic90/100

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Bungie continues to improve its shooter MMO with the best story campaign it has yet produced and a whole lot of great additional content to keep players engaged.