Action-adventure games

The Like a Dragon series (formerly known as the Yakuza series) is the most video game ever. This melodramatic crime drama series about a…
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The PS5 sold out for years. Now it’s in stock and, shockingly, currently on sale for the first time since the latest-gen hardware was…
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Between my PC, PS5, Switch, GameCube (yeah, I still have one of those), iPhone, and my friend’s Xbox 360 (yeah, he still has one of…
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Perhaps one of the most faithful and successful video game adaptations of all time, HBO’s TV treatment of The Last of Us has had a number…
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Image: NintendoThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, successor to 2017's Breath of the Wild, is out soon. And while there’s a big…
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Image: DC / KotakuShazam! Fury of the Gods was released in theaters last week to a resounding “meh, okay” from audiences and critics…
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With the finale of The Last of Us’ excellent TV adaptation behind us, we’re once again stuck in that space of moral uncertainty. But even…
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If you have a one-star “wanted” level in GTA V, the police will chase you. At two stars, they’ll shoot to kill.At three stars, a…
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After suffering my way through Bayonetta 3’s final act, I’d all but written off any subsequent Bayonetta video game and moved on to…
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While The Last of Us’ haunting emotional beats and turbulent moral themes can sometimes be fodder for a more hopeful, reparative…
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The Resident Evil revival marches on with a vengeance. Early praise for Resident Evil 4 remake makes it sound like the best game of 2023…
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Everyone’s talking about the ending of The Last of Us again. With the final episode having aired just this past weekend, and tons of…
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Image: Nintendo / Amazon / KotakuThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been a long time coming and the hype is off the charts for…
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Screenshot: Twinsen’s Little Big AdventureOur collective video gaming memory is a weird thing. Some games from decades past are committed…
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With a wildly successful TV adaptation, The Last of Us has done the unthinkable and proven that it is possible to make a good show based…
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It’s like it’s 2013 all over again. After the conclusion of The Last of Us’ first season, we’re all stuck, yet again, debating the…
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Image: UbisoftNothing is true; everything is permitted... but you can trust this list ranking Assassin’s Creed games from worst to…
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The following contains spoilers for The Last of Us show and both games.Inevitably, someone will read everything I write here and chalk it…
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Image: HBOAs an adaptation, HBO’s The Last of Us has been a fairly faithful recreation of Naughty Dog’s original game. However, during…
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Image: HBO / KotakuLast night’s The Last of Us finale on HBO Max ushered in the inevitable, the thing so many of us have feared for a…
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