Reviews published in 2025

Sunderfolk Review: Revolutionizing game night
9.0

Sunderfolk Review: Revolutionizing game night

Sunderfolk, the latest game from Dreamhaven and Secret Door, is a tabletop RPG where your phone is the controller and your screen is the TV. It’s one of the most fun multiplayer experiences I’ve had in years.

Review

Matt Buckley

April 18, 2025

Sunderfolk Review: Revolutionizing game night
Tempest Rising Review: A commanding presence
8.0

Tempest Rising Review: A commanding presence

Inspired by old-school RTS games, Tempest Rising has its own unique style that manages to shine through all the nostalgia and comparisons to classics of the genre.

Review

Giancarlo Saldana

April 18, 2025

Tempest Rising Review: A commanding presence
Lunar: Remastered Collection Review: Showing its age
7.0

Lunar: Remastered Collection Review: Showing its age

Lunar: Remastered Collection brings two classic RPGs to modern audiences with updated visuals but an otherwise faithful restoration. Is this enough to stand out in modern gaming?

Review

Matt Buckley

April 14, 2025

Lunar: Remastered Collection Review: Showing its age
Commandos: Origins Review: Interesting stealth, but dull level design
6.0

Commandos: Origins Review: Interesting stealth, but dull level design

The long-awaited series is back. But is Commandos: Origins a worthy return, or just an unnecessary cash-in on a cult classic?

Review

Martin Nothing

April 8, 2025

Commandos: Origins Review: Interesting stealth, but dull level design
South of Midnight Review: best music score of the year
7.5

South of Midnight Review: best music score of the year

South of Midnight delights with its looks and soundtrack, which is much better than anyone could expect. It's a shame, though, that aesthetic experience isn't followed by equally great gameplay.

Review

Michael Grygorcewicz

April 3, 2025

South of Midnight Review: best music score of the year
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Review: A world worth revisiting
8.0

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Review: A world worth revisiting

Back in 2015, Xenoblade Chronicles X was a huge RPG that strayed away from the usual formula of the series. This Definitive Edition cleans up some of its shortcomings and lets a new generation of players experience it for the first time.

Review

Giancarlo Saldana

April 3, 2025

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Review: A world worth revisiting
inZOI Early Access Review: solid life sim, with potential to be the best
7.5

inZOI Early Access Review: solid life sim, with potential to be the best

A moment that a lot of life sims fans were waiting for. For years, only one undisputed king was sitting on the throne, not scared of rumors of growing competition and abandoning or prolonging projects. But not anymore. Here comes inZOI.

Review

Barbara Chudzik

April 1, 2025

inZOI Early Access Review: solid life sim, with potential to be the best
Atomfall Review: A union jack of all trades
7.5

Atomfall Review: A union jack of all trades

You wake up in a bunker following a nuclear disaster and now need to explore a strange new world. Sound familiar? Atomfall is not the game you think, but don’t let that stop you from exploring its unique intricacies.

Review

Giancarlo Saldana

March 30, 2025

Atomfall Review: A union jack of all trades
Assassin's Creed: Shadows Review: Great combat and stealth, where plot plays it too safe
7.0

Assassin's Creed: Shadows Review: Great combat and stealth, where plot plays it too safe

Assassin's Creed: Shadows, on the one hand, offers solid stealth mechanics and a great combat system. On the other, it suffers from an average plot and repetitive, generic exploration.

Review

Maciej Bogusz

March 18, 2025

Assassin's Creed: Shadows Review: Great combat and stealth, where plot plays it too safe
Split Fiction Review: Hazelight does it again
9.0

Split Fiction Review: Hazelight does it again

Split Fiction is the newest game from the co-op masterminds at Hazelight Studios, a two-player adventure through the many stories of two authors trapped in worlds of their own creation.

Review

Matt Buckley

March 4, 2025

Split Fiction Review: Hazelight does it again
Monster Hunter Wilds review - a next step in the evolution
8.0

Monster Hunter Wilds review - a next step in the evolution

The Monster Hunter series is over 20 years old, but Capcom still manages to freshen it up. However, some decisions regarding Wilds seem like a miss.

Review

Matthew Sawka

February 24, 2025

Monster Hunter Wilds review - a next step in the evolution
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii review: Silliness sets sail
8.5

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii review: Silliness sets sail

A spin-off to the more serious Like a Dragon titles, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii gives us an action-packed game full of novelty, pirates, and a level of silliness that is fitting for a guy like Goro Majima. And it works.

Review

Giancarlo Saldana

February 18, 2025

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii review: Silliness sets sail
Avowed review: Obsidian sets a new standard
9.0

Avowed review: Obsidian sets a new standard

Avowed is a new fantasy RPG from Obsidian Entertainment. Explore the vibrant Living Lands and investigate the Dreamscourge, a mysterious plague that is sweeping over the continent.

Review

Matt Buckley

February 13, 2025

Avowed review: Obsidian sets a new standard
Hyper Light Breaker has promising bones: Early Access review

Hyper Light Breaker has promising bones: Early Access review

Hyper Light Breaker, a multiplayer open-world rogue-lite, launched in Early Access to mixed player reviews. While the game has issues, it also has promise.

Review

Matt Buckley

February 6, 2025

Hyper Light Breaker has promising bones: Early Access review
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review: Henry has come to visit us (again)!
9.0

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review: Henry has come to visit us (again)!

Henry returns in glory. The identity of the first game is felt in the sequel and although the game is not free from flaws, it can be a great feast, especially if someone feels "quite hungry."

Review

Jakub Paluszek

February 3, 2025

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review: Henry has come to visit us (again)!
Civilization 7 Review - A failed revolution with a whole bunch of problems
5.5

Civilization 7 Review - A failed revolution with a whole bunch of problems

Civilization 7 was supposed to be a revolution, with a new quality and plenty of new features. Instead, it gives the impression of a game released in early access with many problems.

Review

Przemyslaw Dygas

February 3, 2025

Civilization 7 Review - A failed revolution with a whole bunch of problems
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD review: Swinging high
8.5

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD review: Swinging high

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is back for a third time on a new console and proves that the right blend of puzzles and level design can make a game stand the test of time even 15 years after its initial release.

Review

Giancarlo Saldana

January 20, 2025

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD review: Swinging high