Best for level design
Forza Horizon 5
5.0 feature score
Highest scored product for this feature based on supporting review evidence.
Best Xbox Video Games for level design
level design Decision Dashboard
Safest pick
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4
4.3 feature score
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Doom: The Dark Ages
11 supporting reviews
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Best overall product
Hollow Knight: Silksong
4.3 overall score
Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this feature.
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Level design earns praise for standout roads and elevation changes that create memorable racing routes.
Pros: controls responsiveness, movement feel
Cons: tutorial quality, animation quality
Level design is strongly praised for seamless area flow, purposeful rooms, thoughtful platform placement, and dense Metroidvania structure.
Pros: core gameplay loop, world interactivity
Cons: loot system, accessibility options
Level design was praised for verticality, density, handcrafted routes, and spaces that felt larger than their footprint.
Pros: tutorial quality, level design
Cons: stealth mechanics, endgame content
Kalona's city-based combat spaces are viewed as a strong fit for Gears, with verticality and new traversal seen as potentially game-changing.
Pros: emotional impact, art direction
Cons: value for money, platform-specific feature support
Level design was broadly positive, especially THPS3 classics and the new Waterpark/Pinball/Movie Studio stages, though some THPS4 conversions drew criticism.
Pros: core gameplay loop, controls responsiveness
Cons: crash stability, cross-save support
Dense openings and dungeon spaces earned strong praise, with reviewers singling out alternate routes and thoughtful layouts.
Pros: world-building, mission design
Cons: mission variety, enemy variety
Road, city, track, and landscape design are often praised as dense and varied, though some criticism targets overly wide roads.
Pros: open-world design, replay value
Cons: dialogue quality, writing quality
Level design received mixed praise for larger arenas, secrets and vistas, but some reviewers found open spaces flatter, bland or less tightly paced.
Pros: environmental detail, polish
Cons: camera behavior, value for money
Level design split opinion, with some praising comfort or scenery and others criticizing railroading, strict linearity, or repetitive structure.
Pros: atmosphere, voice acting
Cons: world interactivity, camera behavior