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For 694 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 23% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 72% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 11.5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 63
Highest review score: 95 Crusader Kings II
Lowest review score: 1 Tunnel Rats: 1968
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 212 out of 694
  2. Mixed: 358 out of 694
  3. Negative: 124 out of 694
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Painkiller: Hell & Damnation
    Lacking innovations and overly simplistic, Hell & Damnation is still much better than other Painkiller games – the abominable Redemption, Resurrection, and Recurring Evil.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    FIFA Manager 13
    FIFA Manager 13 is worth buying only if you suddenly feel the urge to throw away some money. You'll get a slightly retouched FM 12 with one interesting, but non-working idea and Lucien Favre on the box cover.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Elemental: Fallen Enchantress
    If it weren't for some very unfortunate flaws, Fallen Enchantress would have been a great game.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: Black Ops II
    To take Black Ops 2 seriously is to admit that this collection of absurd ideas, worn-out gameplay clichés, and soapy plot twists bears any significance to the first-person shooter genre.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
    Liberation feels like it was made only to honor the agreement between Sony and Ubisoft that required the latter to produce a Vita-exclusive Assassin's Creed game.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game
    The subtitle is the weakest part of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, because it invites comparisons. That's when you realize that the new game is a step down from its 3- and 7-years old predecessors.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Viking: Battle for Asgard
    Four years is a long time. The once humdrum, but spectacular console slasher is now a humdrum, plain-looking PC game.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    DOOM 3: BFG Edition
    What is the point of this "improved" edition if it looks much worse than the original DOOM 3 with the fan-made Sikkmod installed?
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Lili
    It's a pity that for such a good-looking game, Lili is absolutely lifeless.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Ravaged
    Judging by the empty servers, no one wants to play a Battlefield 2 clone with very few gameplay features and outdated graphics.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor: Warfighter
    Medal of Honor: Warfighter is a slavish imitation of Call of Duty, while its multiplayer doesn't hold a candle to EA's own Battlefield 3.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Worms Revolution
    Revolution is not without its flaws, but you can live with them, because finally, this is a real successor to Worms World Party.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    Bad Piggies
    Bad Piggies is a mediocre arcade/puzzle hybrid that really wants to look smart.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Jagged Alliance: Crossfire
    Crossfire is such a shallow, boring, predictable experience that asking money for it should be a crime.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour
    Their Finest Hour doesn't come with flashy new features, but every change that it brings is meaningful.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Planets Under Attack
    This game is just an awkward attempt to mimic Eufloria.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    War of the Roses
    War of the Roses is a good base to build upon in future installments, but until then, Mount & Blade has nothing to worry about.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Of Orcs and Men
    Of Orcs and Men is based on a great concept that should have been tackled by a bolder, more talented team.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
    Lush visuals are the only saving grace of this Sherlock Holmes. It pains me to see so much style and no substance.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Borderlands 2
    Borderlands 2 is awfully simplistic as a first-person shooter, and it's not deep enough for an action/RPG game.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
    PES 2013 continues the course that Konami charted three years ago. It's more confident, makes less mistakes, but still, it lost the final battle for soccer domination in this generation of gaming platforms.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Black Water
    Black Water is too peculiar to warrant an "instant buy" recommendation, but if you're into westerns, this is a great find.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
    It is almost a masterpiece and a horrifying example of bad Japanese game design at the same time. But, if you want to be challenged, get Dark Souls, and you will discover a very captivating RPG.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Rise to Fame: The Music RPG
    Rise to Fame is a typical "mobile game" - cute in its own way, but way too simple and shallow.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    I Am Alive
    The final cinematic of the game ends with a character crying. There is a good reason for that – I Am Alive is such a waste of a great concept.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    Death Rally (2012)
    Compared to the original, this Death Rally is twice as better, but that is hardly a compliment. We've played many great racing games since then, both with and without shooting, but this one still tries to party like it's 1996.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tower Wars
    Tower Wars looks colorful and steampunk-y, but doesn't offer much. Three maps, one race… And this is in a multiplayer-oriented game?
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sleeping Dogs
    The title Sleeping Dogs is a reference to "let sleeping dogs lie". Well, the developers should have heeded this ancient wisdom and let True Crime: Hong Kong die.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Horn
    The first fruit of Zynga's "new model of partnership" really shows what modern mobile devices are capable of, but as far as the gameplay goes, the world of Horn is empty and lacks fresh ideas.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    The Sims 3 Supernatural
    If you never missed a Twilight premiere, if you know the lineage of the Stackhouse family and follow the adventures of the Salvatore brothers, then this expansion pack is for you. For the rest of the world, it's just a content pack that adds nothing new to the game's mechanics.
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