Action-Adventure
25 games reviewed, ranked by score.
Portal 2
Aperture's Comedy Masterpiece Still Outwits Everything Since
MOLE
Industrial dread and grief told through sound, despite punishing chases
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
A Sequel That Outclimbs Its Predecessor
DragonSword : Awakening
Gacha stripped out, tag-team combos left gloriously intact
FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE
The Midgar chapter earns it. The padding between does not.
ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies
Spy-thriller intrigue worth the dice, let down by broken lines
Deer & Boy
A wordless journey of grief, tripped by loose controls
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
Oxygen-gauge dread worth the plunge, if crashes spare your haul
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
A brilliant combat RPG drowning in checklist sludge
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
EA's Best Apology Is a Soulslite With a Lightsaber
Lost Castle 2
Hundreds of weapons, one game-ending boss softlock
Soulmask
Possess a tribe and automate it, once the menus relent
Witchspire
Charming witch sanctuary, undercut by lost levels and host-only loot
Burglin' Gnomes
Gnome heists nail the laughs, the bugs end the runs
Sker Ritual
Welsh horde horror that punishes going in short-handed
Sketchy's Contract
Loot-rich alien contracts, sunk by mission-wiping crashes
Cursed Companions
Killing friends with a word delights, when the mic cooperates
Eden Crafters
A warming planet, undone by belts that won't snap
Hogwarts Legacy
Hogwarts Looks Stunning – Underneath It's Just Generic Open-World Busywork
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Edward's voyage still sings, drowned out by the storefront
Survival Machine
A lovely rolling fortress, stalled by jank and two thin biomes
Mahou Arms
Gorgeous magical girls, four combos, and eight years unfinished
Wild Assault
Sharp gunplay stranded by bot lobbies and a predatory store
Killer Bean
Ricochet kills that delight, in a build that barely functions
Legacy of Kain: Ascendance
A Nosgoth prequel that slides where it should strike