Solo Gamer Reviews are dedicated to those who do not play well with others. Whether it's because people are generally awful or because video gaming is an artform best experienced in solitude, sometimes you just don't want to invite anyone else along for the ride. Below you'll find reviews that favor isolation over multiplayer and other articles geared for the loner in all of us.

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Alien: Isolation Does Alien: Isolation recapture the terror of Ridley Scott's classic film, or is it dead in space? [11/3/2014] Assassin's Creed III With the world coming to an end next week, does Assassin's Creed deliver at the last minute with its take on the American Revolution? [12/11/2012] Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag This may be the only review of the latest Assassin's Creed that doesn't contain an endless stream of pirate puns. [3/4/2014] Axiom Verge Say hello to the best 2D platformer since Super Metroid (and it might even be better than that). [4/10/2015] Batman: Arkham Asylum Is Arkham Asylum the greatest comic book video game ever made? [9/22/2009] Batman: Arkham Knight Does the Arkham series end on a high note, or has it worn out its welcome in the new console generation? [7/16/2015] Dead Space 2 Does Dead Space 2 add to the survival horror excellence of the original, or does it follow other fallen horror franchises by focusing on action and multiplayer? [2/1/2011] Dead Space 3 Does Dead Space 3 hold true to its survival horror roots, or is it just a generic third person shooter? [3/5/2013] Destiny Bungie claims it has created a new dawn in gaming, but its final product is lacking. [10/1/2014] Digital Season 2012 The Solo Gamer reviews the DLC expansions and arcade games he played during the long summer of 2012. [9/4/2012] DuckTales: Remastered Another NES classic gets a modern upgrade. [11/6/2013] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The question is not whether or not Skyrim is great; it's about how great it is. [1/17/2012] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King This early review tackles one of the first games to be released on Nintendo's WiiWare. [5/26/2008] Final Fantasy XIII The Solo Gamer, by popular request, shares his opinion of the controversial thirteenth entry in the Final Fantasy franchise. [2/15/2011] Final Fantasy XIII-2 Can XIII-2 recapture the Final Fantasy magic, or is it just a waste of Square Enix's time? [11/27/2012] Friday the 13th: The Game (Slasher Summer) Slasher Summer is handed over to Solo Gamer Reviews this week to look at Jason's most recent foray into video gaming. [7/6/2017] The Godfather II Is The Godfather II as good a sequel as the movie? The Solo Gamer gives his verdict. [7/6/2009] Godzilla: Unleashed How can a game that pits all of Godzilla's monsters against each other while destroying major cities go wrong? [5/15/2014] Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City There are more stories to be told in Liberty City. The Solo Gamer reviews The Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. [11/17/2009] L.A. Noire Rockstar has a lot of promises to live up to with its latest epic. Have they delivered? [6/8/2011] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo launches the Switch with an incredible masterpiece. [3/30/2017] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword One of Zelda's biggest cheerleaders attempts an objective review of Skyward Sword. 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5 Critical Life Lessons Taught by Video Games If you think video games have no worthwhile educational value, let them teach you a thing or two. [9/28/2017] 5 Reasons I'm Addicted to Xenoblade With well over 200 hours under my belt, you'd think Xenoblade Chronicles would get old, but it just doesn't. [7/23/2014] 5 Reasons Why Fallout: New Vegas is Better than Fallout 3 It's a shame that New Vegas hasn't been treated as a proper Fallout game, since it's the best the franchise has to offer. [9/16/2015] 6 Movies That Could Be Amazing Video Games Most movies, as a rule, would make terrible video games, but these are six notable exceptions. [7/17/2012] 7 Things to Do Instead of Beating Calamity Ganon It's impossible to save Hyrule without getting distracted. [3/16/2017] Top 5 Best & Worst Video Game Sequels The Solo Gamer lists the best and worst second installments in video game franchises. [3/23/2010] Top 5 Best & Worst Video Game Threequels A third installment can make or break a video game franchise. These are the games that nearly killed a good series or raised it to new heights. [8/16/2011] Top 5 Most Original Final Boss Battles The Solo Gamer lists five epic video game final boss battles that are groundbreaking, unique, and memorable. [3/22/2011] Top 5 Sequels Taking Too Damn Long to Develop Sometimes, a sequel can be in the works for so long that people start to forget the franchise. [10/8/2013] Top 5 Worst Trends in Gaming The Solo Gamer discusses the worst trends in modern gaming after a particularly disappointing news story about Dead Space 2. [3/2/2010] Top 10 Franchises in Need of a Revival These are the great games that deserve a sequel, remake, or reboot, before they are forgotten forever. [4/16/2013] Top 10 Video Games of 2008 Which games impressed the Solo Gamer in 2008? [12/22/2008] Top 20 SNES Games Here is the solo gamer's definitive list of the greatest games to ever be released on the greatest gaming console of all time. [4/20/2017]

Confessions of an Xbox Junkie This is what I learned while separated from my beloved 360. [9/20/2011] Defending Final Fantasy XIII The Geek is putting his foot down and declaring that Final Fantasy XIII deserves more respect. [10/20/2016] E3 2013 Reactions The console wars heat up with the launch of the 8th generation, so who won E3 this year: the Xbox One, the PS4, or the Wii U? [6/11/2013] Ecco the Dolphin and the Man Who Thought Aliens Stole His Penis The story behind the trippy Sega Genesis classic is far stranger than the game itself. [3/8/2018] An Evening with P.T. Take my hand and I shall recount for you a tale of creeping madness. [9/16/2014] Everybody's Gone to the Rapture: Is It Art? Can a slow walking simulator about the apocalypse really be called artistic? [11/17/2016] The Future of 5 Video Game Franchises The Solo Gamer discusses upcoming sequels to Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dead Rising, Dead Space, The Elder Scrolls, and Mirror's Edge. [5/5/2010] The Future of Legacy of Kain I'd like to share one of my biggest hopes and dreams, that we may finally see the next chapter in Kain's legacy. [1/31/2012] The Future of Prince of Persia Is the Persian Prince officially dead, or will he make a return to video game prominence? The Solo Gamer discusses the possibilities. [4/20/2011] The Future of Zelda The Solo Gamer overviews of the challenges facing the future of Nintendo's Zelda franchise. [6/9/2008] Gamers Should Never Forget Justice Scalia The loss of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is the loss of a great man who helped cement video games as an art form. [2/17/2016] How I Learned to Let Go of Half-Life 3 Pining for Gordon Freeman's next adventure is only opening yourself up to a world of hurt. [1/25/2018] If I Were Writing A Metroid Movie Please, someone, pay me thousands of dollars to do this. I KNOW I can. [11/11/2015] Killing the Bioshock Movie The Bioshock movie is officially dead for now, but that might not be a bad thing. [3/26/2013] Mass Effect: Ascension - Book Review The Solo Gamer reviews the second Mass Effect novel by Drew Karpyshyn. [3/3/2009] Mass Effect: Retribution - Book Review The third entry in the Mass Effect novel series is out, and the Solo Gamer lets us know if it's worth our time. [11/9/2010] Mass Effect: Revelation - Book Review The Solo Gamer takes his first stab at a novel based on a video game with the prequel to Mass Effect, Mass Effect: Revelation. [10/6/2008] Metro 2033: Differences between Novel and Game The rare novel-to-video game adaptation Metro 2033 can help understand why gaming is a unique artform. [9/10/2013] On the Cancellation of Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun It was recently learned that Square Enix spent three years working on a new Legacy of Kain game, but cancelled it last year. [7/9/2013] The Pitfalls of DLC Most games released today are accompanied by downloadable content. This isn't necessarily a good thing. [2/2/2009] The Problem with Modern Games: Comparing Mass Effect to Starflight What if you could play a video game that combines the best of the old and the best of the new? [7/28/2008] Resident Evil: Degeneration - Movie Review The Solo Gamer reviews the animated movie Resident Evil: Degeneration. [2/16/2009] Resident Evil is Dead to Me For all the fans who like the direction the franchise is going, I wish you the best. For me, though, I am done with Resident Evil. [4/24/2012] A Resident Evil Mea Culpa I just can't quit you, Resident Evil. [12/4/2013] The Sky Dilemma There is only one question you need to answer right now: Skyrim or Skyward Sword? [11/29/2011] So My Wife Wants to Play Fallout 3 The Solo Gamer creates a simple lesson plan that can turn his wife from a casual gamer to a more hardcore one. [6/15/2010] Spending Time with an X: How I Learned to Love Mega Man Again The solo gamer is ashamed to say he abandoned the Mega Man series long ago, but now he's ready to do some catching up. [6/19/2012] The Strange Case of the Hidden Triforce If you haven't experienced the Da Vinci Code-like downward spiral into paranoid madness that is the Ocarina of Time Triforce Quest, here is a primer. [12/14/2010] The Tetraforce Theory: Further Down the Zelda Rabbit Hole Is there a fourth triforce, and if so, could it help a future Zelda game reconcile the timelines? [3/12/2015] Tomb Raider (2018) - Movie Review Does Lara Croft's rebooted origin story finally break the video-game-to-movie curse? [3/22/2018] Tommy's First Console: Wii U Early Impressions My son just got his first real video game machine, so today, I share our experiences and my thoughts on the Nintendo Wii U. [6/4/2013]