Does This Game Still Hold Up?

The Evil Within promised Resident Evil 4 meets Silent Hill but delivered a convoluted Matrix plot, a detective who runs out of breath in two seconds, and combat that feels like shooting enemies with a wet noodle. Lennon and David break down why the bones of a great horror game are buried somewhere in here, and why you should wait for a five dollar sale before finding out for yourself.

Gears of War 3 brings the trilogy home with its best campaign, best horde mode and the most emotionally satisfying ending of the three games, and Lennon and David break down Dom’s long-overdue farewell, the fortification system that made horde mode genuinely addictive, a golden fire-breathing chicken, and why the gunplay in 2026 still feels incredible.

Gears of War 2 takes everything that worked about the original and dials it up to eleven, and Lennon and David revisit Epic Games’ 2008 sequel to find out if the bigger battles, the worm section, the razor hail, Dom’s heartbreaking Maria storyline, and the introduction of horde mode still hold up in 2026. Spoiler: it absolutely does, and it might be the best game in the trilogy.

Gears of War turns twenty this year, and Lennon and David revisit Epic Games’ cover shooter classic to find out if Marcus Fenix and his soul patch still hold up in 2026, covering the cover mechanics that changed an entire genre, the piss filter, brain-dead ally AI, the Berserker that gave David actual nightmares, and why the gameplay carries everything the story doesn’t need to. Next week, Maria g...

Dead Rising 2 Off the Record swaps Chuck Greene for Frank West in a what-if retelling of Fortune City's zombie outbreak, and Lennon and David break down whether the fan service holds up, covering the photography mechanic returning, the story's plot holes, an absolutely deranged number of looters, and why the vanilla Dead Rising 2 is still the better experience. Next week, they start a new...

Dead Rising 2 drops Frank West's camera and replaces it with Chuck Greene, a motocross dad racing against the clock to keep his zombie-bitten daughter alive across the neon-soaked casino floors of Fortune City, and Lennon and David break down why Blue Castle Games' 2010 sequel still holds up as one of the best examples of a sequel that expands on its predecessor without losing what made it...

Frank West has covered wars you know, and Lennon and David revisit Dead Rising one across both the 2006 original and the Deluxe Remaster to find out if Capcom's shopping mall zombie survival classic still holds up twenty years later. They cover the survivor AI, the psychopaths, the tonal changes in the remaster, Frank's new voice, and why this game's premise still hits differently to a...

Wolfenstein Youngblood has the Wolfenstein name, the Paris setting, Nazi-killing gunplay that feels as good as The New Colossus, and almost nothing else that made the previous two games great. Lennon and David break down the bullet sponge enemies, the aimless hub world backtracking, and the twin protagonists who feel like they wandered in from a different franchise.

Wolfenstein The New Colossus picks up where The New Order left off and improves on it in nearly every way, as Lennon plays it for the first time and David revisits it to find out if Machine Games' 2017 sequel still holds up in 2026.

Wolfenstein The New Order drops BJ Blazkowicz into an alternate 1960 where the Nazis won World War II, and Lennon plays it for the first time while David revisits it to find out if Machine Games' 2014 FPS revival still holds up in 2026. The dual wield machine guns, the brutal pacing and the genuinely interesting alternate history setting all land.

Prototype 2 is bigger, slicker and more fun than the original in pretty much every way, and Lennon plays it for the first time while David revisits it to find out if James Heller's revenge story holds up better than Alex Mercer's edgelord origin in 2026.

Prototype is a 2009 open world action game where you play as Alex Mercer, an amnesiac shapeshifter tearing through a virus-ravaged New York City, and Lennon plays it for the first time while David revisits it to find out if the chaotic hack and slash still holds up in 2026. The gameplay absolutely slaps, the story is a product of its time, and there are an unreasonable number of orbs.

Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater closes out the PlayStation 2 Metal Gear trilogy as Lennon plays it for the first time and David revisits it, covering Naked Snake's origin, the Cold War jungle setting, the completely overhauled stealth and survival systems, and the boss fight with the Boss that both of them agree is one of the best endings in gaming

Lennon plays Metal Gear Solid 2 for the first time while David revisits it, and they break down Kojima's bold bait-and-switch with Raiden, the leap in visual quality from the PS1, and whether a game this dense and dramatic still holds up in 2026.

Lennon & David revisit Metal Gear Solid, and they break down whether Hideo Kojima's 1999 stealth classic still holds up in 2026, covering the dense story, iconic boss fights, Psycho Mantis, the codec system, and why the voice acting remains next level for a PlayStation One game.

Naughty Dog is back again with their epic conclusion , Will Lennon and David survive the brutal wasteland to see if Jak 3 still holds up in 2026.

Naughty Dog took their charming PS2 platformer and somehow turned it into a kid-friendly GTA with time travel, and Lennon and David think it absolutely works. They cover the tonal shift, the upgraded gunplay and combat, Baron Praxis as a standout villain, the plot twists, and whether Jak 2 still holds up in 2026.

Naughty Dog's 2001 platformer sits in Crash Bandicoot's shadow, but Lennon and David find out pretty quickly that Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy has more than enough to stand on its own. They cover the seamless open world, the movement, the collectathon design, Easter eggs hiding in the Forbidden Jungle and Goal and Maia's Citadel, and whether a twenty five year old PS2 classic s...

In this week's episode, Lennon & David finally tackle the anticipated sequel Darksiders 3... and boy, do we have our thoughts on this game.#darksiders3

Darksiders 2 was the most expensive game ever made at the time of release, and Lennon and David think the budget shows. They cover the loot system and RPG mechanics, death as the standout horseman, Jesper Kyd's score, and why this game proves the series can stand on its own.

Darksiders had one of gaming's most interesting premises, a Horseman of the Apocalypse clearing his name across a ruined earth caught between heaven and hell, but does the 2010 cult classic still hold up in 2026? Lennon and David cover the combat, the level design, Mark Hamill as the Watcher, the ending that sets up the whole series, and why a game this packed with inspiration from God of War, Zel...

Dishonored Death of the Outsider is a short standalone expansion that wraps up the Dishonored story by following Billie Lurk and her mentor Daud on a mission to kill the Outsider himself. Lennon and David cover the removal of the chaos system, Billie as a protagonist, the level design highlights, and whether a four to five hour campaign can still justify its place in the series.

Dishonored 2 picks up sixteen years after the original, with Empress Emily overthrown and either Emily or Corvo fighting their way back to the throne through the sun-soaked streets of Karnaca. Lennon and David cover the dual protagonist system, the upgraded level design, the chaos system, and whether Arkane's 2016 sequel still holds up in 2026. The gameplay is the star of the show, but does th...

Dishonored came out in 2012 and has been sitting in the backlog ever since. In this episode, Lennon and David kick off their Dishonored series to find out if Arkane Studios' steampunk stealth classic still holds up in 2026. They cover the plague ridden city of Dunwall and why the art style makes a fourteen year old game look more timeless than most modern releases, the chaos system and how you...

Batman Arkham Knight is the final chapter of one of gaming's greatest trilogies, but does Rocksteady's 2015 send-off still hold up in 2026? In this episode, Lennon and David close out the Arkham series to find out if the biggest and most ambitious entry in the franchise still delivers over a decade later. They cover the darker, grittier tone that sets this apart from Asylum and City, the Joker's b...