Third Person
35 games reviewed, ranked by score.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Bloody Baron alone outwrites most full games
Valheim
A Viking saga you write one felled tree at a time
Dyson Sphere Program
Factory Building That Reaches Past the Stars
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
Sophia's solo voyage is a stunner, even without the rats
Tenebris Somnia
Pixel-art dread, captured through a live-action lens.
Denshattack!
Trick-heavy train stunts with a soundtrack you'll keep
CONTROL Resonant
A thrilling melee pivot in Remedy's surreal world
RIG Riot
Build your perfect mech, then pilot it like it's 2002.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
Time-rewinding teen drama that earns its tears
007 First Light
A license to thrill, not to improvise
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
The addictive skill grind survives the trip to Ashenfall. The polish didn't.
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.
The Blood of Dawnwalker
A story that rivals the masters, held back by repetition.
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
LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight
A brilliant Dark Knight, haunted by his own engine.
Scrap Mechanic
A physics workshop worth living in, a survival mode still half-built
Big Ambitions
Building the empire beats running it
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
Gears of War: E-Day
A gorgeous prequel that sidelines its heroes and its framerate.
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
Mistfall Hunter
Weighty souls combat gated behind trios, desync and gacha
Wild Assault
Sharp gunplay stranded by bot lobbies and a predatory store
Killer Bean
Ricochet kills that delight, in a build that barely functions