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For 3,527 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Pushmo
Lowest review score: 0 Duke Nukem Forever
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,788 out of 3527
  2. Mixed: 1,231 out of 3527
  3. Negative: 508 out of 3527
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
    At almost $16 on the PlayStation Store it's hard to justify this pack of frustrating challenge levels when you can get a far superior and more balanced game in LocoRoco 2 for just $20. This masochistic traipse through nightmarish levels will probably appeal to some hardcore gamers, but if you've enjoyed LocoRoco in the past, you'll want to hold on to your good memories and just wait for the next chapter.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Sonic Unleashed
    Sega fails to make a good platformer -- pretty much everything Sonic Unleashed does has been done better in tons of other games.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    300: March to Glory
    The broken controls, derivative enemies, and maddening attack moves remove any ounce of fun. The saving graces are the cut-scenes, but we don't even <I>play</I> that part. So in short, it's at its best when you're not touching the controls, and when a game plays this badly, you don't want to.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Legendary
    By the time I'd defeated my 10th werewolf, I was already tired of needing to cut or shoot its head off so it didn't regenerate. By the time I defeated my 200th, I just wanted to turn the game off.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Muscle March
    Namco Bandai wisely placed heavy emphasis on the sensory overload graphics, and the reason is clear: if you aren't laughing at the craziness, the game itself might actually drive you mad.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Sandy Beach
    You'll spend so much time fighting the Wii Remote and accidentally building towers in the wrong places that you might as well just go to a backyard sandbox or actual beach.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles
    Much like Altair himself, Assassin's Creed for the DS is an unlikable mess.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Top Gun
    For those looking to relive some of the fun of the movie, avoid this mediocre flight combat game; you'd be a thousand times better off sitting around with your co-workers and seeing who can recite the most lines, or figuring out who can chomp their front teeth the loudest.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction
    The best part of Reshef of Destruciton is the three free trading cards that come with the game.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
    The game is an embarrassment to the Gundam name, and raises suspicions that it was rushed for the PS3 launch. Clearly, the series -- and the fans -- deserve better.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Brain Boost: Beta Wave
    And while it's true that every brain training game is probably assisted with a healthy dose of pseudoscience, it's Brain Boost that shows its seams the most. And because of that, Brain Boost feels the most condescending.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Torino 2006 - the Official Video Game of the XX Olympic Winter Games
    It's being sold now for $20. In a week, when they are selling it for $4.99, it will still be overpriced.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Dance Factory
    There is no joy to be found within the data contained on this disc. Only crushing disappointment, suffering, and weak shin muscles.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch
    A budget priced video game is usually associated with a development involving with minimal effort and cost to the publisher. Sometimes there's a sincere effort made to provide gamers with a good deal (read: "Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution"), but Gotham Games and Big Ape's Celebrity Deathmatch doesn't even half-ass an attempt.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Spiderwick Chronicles
    The combat is too difficult for young fans of the books to enjoy, but the adventure lacks the depth that experienced gamers crave. Because of that, it's impossible to recommend this game to anyone.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Made Man: Confessions of the Family Blood
    It never becomes fun. It looks awful and sounds even worse. It could almost be recommended ironically as a game so bad that it's entertaining or as a basis for some sick drinking game (take a shot every time an enemy gets stuck on a corner), but it's even too bland for that.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Guy Game
    No, the problem here is that getting to the naked women is a painstaking chore, and the few seconds of a girl going wild does not make up for the five minutes of inane videos leading up to it.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory
    The dictionary entry will read, "Rengoku ren - go - ku n: 1 A game design flaw in which great effort is expended on concept art but little else. 2 An activity that presents itself as entertainment but is, in fact, a form of torture."
    • 48 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Guy Game
    No, the problem here is that getting to the naked women is a painstaking chore, and the few seconds of a girl going wild does not make up for the five minutes of inane videos leading up to it.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Torino 2006 - the Official Video Game of the XX Olympic Winter Games
    It's being sold now for $20. In a week, when they are selling it for $4.99, it will still be overpriced.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Driver '76
    When you start seeing the same character model serve as two different people during an in-game cut-scene, you'll truly know all is lost. There's nothing remotely unique or engaging about Driver '76 (or its lifeless multiplayer) to balance the endless parade of frustrations. Steer clear.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Super Army War
    And just in case Super Army War wasn't stripped down enough, there's no battery backup -- just a password system. It's true that portable games don't need to be as full-featured as console titles, but people have e-mailed me Flash games that are deeper than Super Army War (not to mention more fun).
    • 52 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements
    Of all the painful aspects of Dark Messiah, the bulk of the problems lie with the controls. It feels like you're moving through a bowl of thick, hearty pea soup; simply walking through the game is exhausting.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Gangs of London
    A truly awful experience. Put simply, it's a portable piece of ugliness that lacks any humility or wit. It is singularly unpleasant in the way it handles its subject matter, and lacks the style or panache to carry its inadequacies with any dignity.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
    There's a decent flying game in Blazing Angels, there really is. It's just buried under so many obtuse design decisions and horribly awkward Wii controls that it's not even worth looking for. On the Xbox, Xbox 360, and PS3 it was a decent experience for WWII flight fans despite a handful of quirks; on the Wii, it simply doesn't work.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Escape from Bug Island
    Bug Island fails and frustrates so thoroughly throughout its 10-plus-hour playtime that its greatest feat may be fooling someone into finishing it who isn't paid to do so. It's easily the Wii's worst showing yet.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch
    Lacking the excitement, humor, and creativity of the infamous TV show, Celebrity Deathmatch isn't even recommendable as a rental to fans.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    X-Blades
    I can still hear the ba-thump ba-thump of the paused game behind me, begging me back for more abuse, and I'm caught in a spiral of disbelief. Nothing can be this awful, yet I find myself straining to look over my shoulder. I don't know how long I can hold out. I am lost, but you may yet save yourselves. Save yourselves from this game.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    Disney*Pixar WALL-E
    If throwing cubes of trash at buttons is up your alley, then we've got just the thing: Heavy Iron's game-itization of Pixar's WALL-E is an offal-chucking aficionado's dream come true. What it isn't, though, is much fun at all.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    Iron Man 2
    Sega Studios San Francisco's final game, Iron Man 2, based on this summer's movie, combines the worst pitfalls of both genres, leaving me with one simple conclusion: Iron Man 2 the videogame is not for anybody.
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