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The Outer Worlds 2
4.6 feature score
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
4.5 feature score
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4
12 supporting reviews
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Forza Horizon 6
4.1 overall score
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Major missions and tentpole scenarios were praised for puzzle-box structure, role-play opportunities, and varied routes.
Pros: world-building, mission design
Cons: mission variety, enemy variety
Mission design was praised in the supporting review for making the core demon-slaying missions feel exciting.
Pros: environmental detail, polish
Cons: camera behavior, value for money
Mission design earns positive evidence where missions give players reasons to revisit areas and make NPC discoveries feel more purposeful.
Pros: core gameplay loop, world interactivity
Cons: loot system, accessibility options
Mission design is viewed positively because Expeditions and story events use Mexico’s culture, spectacle, and pacing to add purpose beyond standard racing.
Pros: controls responsiveness, movement feel
Cons: tutorial quality, animation quality
Races and showcases are generally enjoyable or impressive, but some previews say events feel familiar or need more final-game context.
Pros: open-world design, replay value
Cons: dialogue quality, writing quality
Optional encounters are described positively as giving players the choice to help or ignore situations.
Pros: emotional impact, art direction
Cons: value for money, platform-specific feature support
Mission and goal design was divisive: some praised the streamlined objectives and new goals, while THPS4 fans missed NPC missions, original goals, and structure.
Pros: core gameplay loop, controls responsiveness
Cons: crash stability, cross-save support
Mission design drew criticism when quests felt repetitive, fetchy, or like back-and-forth errands, though some standout missions remained.
Pros: tutorial quality, level design
Cons: stealth mechanics, endgame content
Mission design was criticized for predictable navigation through repeated steps across the folktale chapters.
Pros: atmosphere, voice acting
Cons: world interactivity, camera behavior