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James Davenport

Deer Lodge, Montana

Favorite Games:
  • Metroid Prime
  • VVVVVV

35 games reviewed
75.9 average score
78 median score
48.6% of games recommended
88 / 100 - Abzu
Aug 2, 2016

There are few games quite as curious and beautiful as Abzû, and fewer of its kind on the PC. It’s a short, dense journey filled with intense wonder and inherent beauty, and every inch is worth seeing.

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Jul 22, 2016

Lovely Planet Arcade is a fast, challenging deconstruction of old school FPS design that can be frustrating, but makes up for it with heaps of charm.

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86 / 100 - Furi
Jul 6, 2016

A stylish mix of bullet hell and deft swordplay, Furi is only held back by rare bugs and poorly designed difficulty spikes.

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Jun 8, 2016

VR can’t elevate Edge of Nowhere’s mediocre climbing, shallow combat, and contrived story.

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88 / 100 - Doom
May 18, 2016

Despite a drab multiplayer mode and limited level creation tools, Doom is a cheeky and fulfilling return to pared-down acrobatic gunplay.

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94 / 100 - Dark Souls III
Apr 4, 2016

Sprawling level design, thrilling combat, and masterful indirect storytelling make Dark Souls 3 the best Dark Souls yet.

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Mar 15, 2016

The Division is a challenging co-op cover shooter and a gorgeous open world diminished by bloated and unnecessary RPG tropes.

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55 / 100 - Soul Axiom
Mar 8, 2016

Despite an impressive variety in art direction and environments, Soul Axiom's puzzle design is shallow and frustrating.

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64 / 100 - Layers of Fear
Feb 14, 2016

Layers of Fear is an intriguing experimental haunted house, but without a proper sense of pacing, it fails to scare.

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Aquatic Adventure distills the Metroidvania into its most essential parts and says something meaningful with it.

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Baba Yaga has more of Rise of the Tomb Raider's fun platforming and gorgeous Siberian cliffsides, but the condensed format only strengthens its problems.

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Jan 15, 2016

That Dragon, Cancer tells a valuable story despite its uneven delivery.

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Dec 5, 2015

Rainbow Six Siege is a pretty dopey military FPS at first glance, but insists players learn to work together with minimal error. Further, it invites a maddening cycle of thought—it makes me think about how I'm thinking the more I play. We were constantly disrupting our own habits.

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70 / 100 - Kingdom
Oct 30, 2015

Kingdom is a fun, gorgeous management game, but trying to learn its mysteries eventually becomes a slog.

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60 / 100 - Blood Bowl II
Sep 22, 2015

Blood Bowl 2 is the flashiest iteration of the game so far, but its dice rolls are frustrating, and its amble ruleset isn't introduced well to newcomers.

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