
The open-world Dark Souls successor is staggering in breadth and challenge

Last reviewed: Zero Parades: For Dead Spies · 14 days ago

The open-world Dark Souls successor is staggering in breadth and challenge

A defiant wuxia epic characterized by rapid, brutal combat



Don’t let Fire Emblem Warriors get lost among the many Switch releases

What if Iron Chef had elves and orcs?

Star Wars Battlefront 2 is made up of many different parts that are pretty good, but the whole is consistently undermined by poor choices in the game's multiplayer economy. No aspect of Battlefront 2 is beyond redemption, but it's hard to fall in love with any part of it, either. It's mostly a disjointed, sporadically fun collection of modes set in familiar Star Wars scenes. Because players have no idea what is really being sold to them, or when, you have a big-name launch that gets in the way of itself more than it creates fun.

Need For Speed Payback doesn't do many favors for itself. It's a fun racing game whose flashy story would be fine if I felt like I was building a blinged-out career worthy of it. Instead, I felt driven toward pure stats upgrades, heedless of what the car was or what it looked like.

If you're excited about the prospect of playing first-person shooters on Switch, Doom is a good bell-weather. Personal physical limitations and hand size seem to be the biggest variable when it comes to enjoying the genre. But even if hands are perfectly built to slaughter demon hordes, you're still going to have to swallow some iffy visuals.

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds is a good excuse to revisit one of the year’s best games

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Call of Duty returns to its roots with mixed results

This adaptation of a great cartoon would be near-perfect if it weren’t completely broken

A much-anticipated return for gaming’s leading historical fiction series

Nintendo’s most iconic character comes to the Switch in one of his best adventures ever

Whether you care about Gundam or not, this fighting game deserves a look

Whether you love South Park or hate it, Ubisoft has perfectly captured its essence