Absolute Games' Scores

  • Games
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:
694 game reviews
    • 58 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    If you like designing interiors, Hotel Giant 2 will entertain you for hours. Too bad there is nothing else to do but to put overpriced items in rooms.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 37 Critic Score
    All you need to know about the second Transformers: The Game is that it is a humdrum, lifeless thing.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    If not for its poor technical execution, Game of Thrones would have taken its rightful place in the 80+ range.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    Propaganda Games failed to create anything that even remotely resembles the brilliant TRON 2.0.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    In a desperate attempt to stand out in a crowd of silly arcade games, Naval Warfare lost its drive as well as accessibility.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 22 Critic Score
    “If nothing helps, change your tactics”, reads one of the game’s loading tips. I have a better suggestion: change the game as soon as possible.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    A fantasy version of "Star Wars: Battlefront 2" with all the boredom intact. It’s like a poorly made pasty – too little jam, too much unleavened dough.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Severed is not bad for a $6 DLC, but I can't shake the feeling that this (severed) piece is just to whet our appetite for bigger things to come.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's hard to judge The First Templar by the usual standards, since almost everything here has two sides. Fairly good story, but dated graphics. Interesting combat system – annoying stealth sequences. Big levels – linear corridors. But ultimately, you will be remembering these 10 hours of non-stop swashbuckling with a smile on your face.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Do not waste your money on this trainwreck. If you really want to know how it ends, go to the Fallout Wikia and read the article on Ulysses.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Fans of the Men of War series have already had their fill of World War II long before Condemned Heroes, and newcomers will get stuck on the very first mission. There's no life left in this concept.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    It took CITY Interactive just a year to churn out a sequel to Art of Murder (and produce AoM’s clone, Scorpio Ritual, at the same time). Without belittling the many flaws of Hunt for the Puppeteer, I have to admit the studio’s progress. Sleepless nights and the publisher’s whip have pulled up the series to the level of a second-rate blockbuster.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Disciples 3 is a strategy game that is neither appealing nor intelligent. It lacks the kingdom-building aspect so much that it feels like a faux Japanese RPG.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    "Expansions" like this one should be released as patches or included as bonus in reprints of the original game.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Monster Kingdom is too uninspired and weak to entice the veterans of the original Majesty, and it will definitely won't attract any new fans.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Fans of Shrek will be better off watching the movie or replaying Shrek SuperSlam – the best game about the green ogre to date. Fans of platformers, better look elsewhere.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sniper: Ghost Warrior is unlikely to get a storm of applause anytime soon, but at least this CITY Interactive shooter can be played not only by game reviewers.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    CreaVures looks really nice... when viewed as thumbnail-sized screenshots in Steam.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    I'm not sure if we should be calling Iron Front a game. It's more like a huge target range where people can run around, drive tanks and shoot each other.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    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.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Saw
    If Saw were a scary game, we would have given it a free pass for clumsy action and silly endings. Alas, there is nothing to be afraid of in the dark. After a couple of rooms, you’ll be ready for anything.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    I imagine that some of the SpellForce fans will love this expansion. For the rest of the world, it's a weird genre hybrid with horrible graphics, silly premise and dubious gameplay mechanics.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Despite the promising premise, an original character development system and spectacular finishing moves, The Cursed Crusade will scare away many people in just 20 minutes. The problem lies in poorly-placed checkpoints, stiff controls and overly annoying attempts at realism. Rapidly degrading weaponry is a definite buzz-kill.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    «Meanwhile, you'd better spend your money on something better» - we usually reserve verdicts like this for amateur-made games. It's hard to believe that this empty shell of a game was made by a team of industry veterans.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tyler Bates' excellent music, great voice-overs and amusing banter of Jason's companions are the only things that elevate Rise of the Argonauts above value-priced drivel.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 44 Critic Score
    All attempts to turn Duke Nukem Forever into a fancy scripted shooter look pathetic not only when compared to the Call of Duty series, but even to much cheaper games.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 37 Critic Score
    Jurassic Park is trying its best not to spoil the player with variety. Its three pillars of entertainment are "alternate between two buttons", "press one button to fill a gauge", and "press the same button, but very, very quickly". If not for a few primitive puzzles and the ability to select replies in conversations, it would be not a game, but a collection of movie clips.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    "Just another Sonic game" is the best description of Episode 2. A colorful, but flavorless platformer.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 44 Critic Score
    Captain Morgane is a bland story with one-dimensional characters, weak attempts at humor and mini-games that reek of desperation.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Is it worth it to release a Quake 3 clone in 2012? I don't know. In fact, Nexuiz is doomed not because it lacks fresh ideas, but because it lacks people who want to play it.

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