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Phil Hornshaw


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83 games reviewed
71.7 average score
70 median score
62.2% of games recommended

Phil Hornshaw's Reviews

Writing from a darkened apartment in Los Angeles, Phil Hornshaw lends his brain to thoughts on time travel and made-up science. He's an author and journalist, assuming one half of the blame for the books "So You Created a Wormhole: The Time Traveler's Guide to Time Travel" and "The Space Hero's Guide to Glory." He also wrote a trivia book about Resident Evil one time, and helps create "Paradox: The Time Travel Podcast." As a freelance writer, he primarily covers video games, and has contributed to Playboy.com, Complex Magazine, Digital Trends, Polygon, Kotaku, The Escapist, and GameFront.
Aug 24, 2015

Until Dawn struggles with clunky video game elements and rough pacing, but mitigates it with B-movie slasher mainstays and a willingness to embrace player failure.

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Oct 26, 2015

Halo 5: Guardians is great if you're a big fan of its multiplayer modes, but its campaign is the weakest of the series.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 piles on new ways to play without much concern for quality.

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Rise of the Tomb Raider is the best blockbuster game of 2015.

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Nov 16, 2015

The ambitious scope of Star Wars: Battlefront creates both its most fun and most frustrating moments.

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Rainbow Six: Siege blasts through conventions with a fresh take on tactical shooters.

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Republique is a relatively simple stealth game with a lot of love dumped into its presentation and its world, but Episode 4's attempt to shake things up in both gameplay and plot is weak.

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Feb 9, 2016

Firewatch goes for a walk in the woods and gets lost along the way.

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Feb 22, 2016

Taming bears is a blast, but sometimes playing beast master is still a day job.

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The Division puts players on a treadmill without a carrot.

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Apr 15, 2016

Dark Souls III is tough as nails, and the most rewarding Dark Souls game yet.

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Jun 8, 2016

Blizzard's Overwatch is an expertly crafted, awesomely fun, deep, and well-polished team shooter.

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Sep 20, 2016

Forza Horizon 3 gets the fun of driving, and everything from the DJs on the radio to the construction of the world is focused on the tone of having a really enjoyable time in a vehicle.

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Oct 17, 2016

By bringing the series to World War I, DICE has created a tighter, more intense take on the Battlefield formula.

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Oct 24, 2016

Titanfall 2 is better than its predecessor in every way – it’s extremely entertaining to play, sporting a solid single-player campaign and great multiplayer, and it offers a kind of gameplay that’s not quite like anything available in 2016.

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'Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare' delivers one of the best campaign stories in the series history

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Nov 14, 2016

The good outweighs the bad, with Watch Dogs 2 providing lots of stellar opportunities for players to hack the planet.

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Dec 5, 2016

'The Last Guardian' is rooted in the past, with design problems the game's beautiful aesthetic can't disguise.

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Resident Evil 7, Capcom is a scary return to form. It brings out the best qualities of the series.

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Feb 17, 2017

'For Honor's dueling is focused and fun, but the best stuff is overshadowed by many smaller problems.

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