Third Person
23 games reviewed, ranked by score.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Bloody Baron alone outwrites most full games
Dyson Sphere Program
Factory Building That Reaches Past the Stars
Denshattack!
Trick-heavy train stunts with a soundtrack you'll keep
Life is Strange - Episode 1
Time-rewinding teen drama that earns its tears
Valkyria Chronicles
Watercolor war with a brutal trial-and-error streak
DragonSword : Awakening
Gacha stripped out, tag-team combos left gloriously intact
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Best story the spin-off's told, with nothing waiting past the credits
Stray
Being a cat is enough. The rest is window dressing.
FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE
The Midgar chapter earns it. The padding between does not.
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
Robot Dinosaurs and Brilliant Combat Trapped in Ubisoft's Map
Scrap Mechanic
A physics workshop worth living in, a survival mode still half-built
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
A brilliant combat RPG drowning in checklist sludge
nophenia
A quiet dream to wander, if the stutter lets you
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
EA's Best Apology Is a Soulslite With a Lightsaber
Voidling Bound
Breeding voidlings is a joy, three mission types aren't
Tears of Metal
Crisp clan warfare, marginal upgrades and no mid-run save
Chorus
Drifting Saves This Space Shooter From Its Own Plot
FINAL FANTASY XIII
Paradigm-switching brilliance locked behind twenty hours of hallway
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
Wild Assault
Sharp gunplay stranded by bot lobbies and a predatory store
Killer Bean
Ricochet kills that delight, in a build that barely functions