HIGH Sublime presentation of the grimdark future.
LOW Repetitive gameplay across the same locales.
WTF Euw Nurgle, the Chaos god of disease (I’m a Tzeentch guy)
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Monster Hunter Rise (Xbox X) Review
HIGH Those wirebugs are a phenomenal addition to the formula.
LOW The Rampage quests are really half-assed.
WTF Walking through someone’s front door in the middle of the day is considered ‘stealthy’?
PGA Tour 2K23 Review
HIGH The refined three-click-and-stick swing controls are wonderful.
LOW The graphics are fairly flat, even on new hardware.
WTF Are we the only residents of “Golf Island?”
FIFA 23 Review
HIGH Defensive controls are an unexpected highlight.
LOW Offensive controls are alarmingly familiar.
WTF The coaches in Career Mode are impossible to impress.
NHL 23 Review
HIGH The visuals finally feel worthy of new console horsepower…
LOW …until the replays are seen up close.
WTF SNES hockey strategy shouldn’t work in 2022.
PREVIEW: Marauders
In 2012, I purchased a Star Citizen ship. I paid top dollar for a Cutlass Black — a small, sleek freighter with plenty of cargo space for booty — as my friends and I fully bought into Chris Roberts’ grandiose vision, dreaming of when we would sail the high galactic tides as space pirates.
NBA 2K23 Review
HIGH The on-court gameplay is nearly flawless
LOW The grinding is nearly endless
WTF Fake social media stardom is just exhausting
Madden NFL 23 Review
HIGH FieldSense passing is a precision QB’s dream.
LOW Learning the advanced controls is beyond difficult.
WTF The graphical glitches are simply unforgivable in 2022.
PREVIEW: Madden NFL 23 Closed Beta
The friendly folks at EA Sports were kind enough to invite GameCritics to a closed beta of the hotly anticipated Madden NFL 23. Obviously, I jumped at the chance to spend a few hours with it, as this latest Madden is expected to represent actual forward progress into the current generation of consoles, and not just a cross-generation juke step.
Killsquad Review
The Brute, The Nun, And The Gunslinger
HIGH Masterfully designed characters and unique systems.
LOW The story is full of unrealized potential.
WTF Am I the only person in the world who likes this game?
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