GameSpot's Reviews
One of the best games of 2012 gets a mild makeover.
Hack 'n' Slash's puzzles esoteric puzzles are alternately delightful and discouraging.
Costume Quest 2 is a charming sequel that fixes most of its predecessor's flaws, though it remains a very short, overly simple experience.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel brings you more of the loot and lighthearted humor you love, though it never quite overcomes the gravity of its predecessors.
Bayonetta 2 is a classic in the making, and one of the finest, most wonderfully insane action games ever made.
Endless Legend adds fantastic twists to familiar strategy.
Ryse: Son of Rome is a repetitive and tedious homage to the gruesome battles showcased in the film 300.
Dark Souls II, in all its epic designs, fittingly concludes in the harshness of winter.
Driveclub is a solid, basic racing game with lots of tracks, lots of cars, and very little in the way of personality.
NBA 2K15's overhauled movement system and improved shooting mechanics make it the best-playing basketball game in existence.
Clunky combat, bad AI, and so-so stealth leave Styx lingering in the shadows of mediocrity.
All-new game mechanics, first-rate graphics, and involved sleuthing make Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments a great adventure game.
Alien: Isolation harbors legitimate frights, but they're nestled between endless stretches of bland lever-pulling and button-pressing.
There's a party in Forza Horizon 2, and everyone's invited.
Chuck E. Scream.
Stronghold Crusader 2 brings smart army strategy, but squanders its most interesting asset: the castle.
An old-fashioned game in a newfangled era, Gauntlet does too much and too little all at once.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a beautiful adventure that slowly unravels its superficial veneer to reveal a touching and personal story.
Smash Bros. is a cavalcade of cartoonish violence and chaos, and it's never been better.
A finely-made Watch Dogs quasi-epilogue finds a new playable protagonist struggling to tie loose ends