Why we only cover offline games

Every reviewer has a niche, and ours is games that work without the internet. It started as a practical thing and became a principle.

Offline games tend to be more complete. If a studio can't lean on live-service tricks, it has to make the core loop genuinely good. That usually means better single-player design.

There's also the longevity angle. An offline game you downloaded today will still run in five years. Plenty of online titles won't.

So when we test something, the very first question is: does it still work in airplane mode? If the answer is no, it doesn't get a review here.