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 FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction
Score distribution:
694 game reviews
    • 71 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Warlock is just a failed attempt to reproduce Master of Magic.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    For an official game, UEFA Euro 2012 is chock-full of unlicensed teams. It's easy to swallow false strips and fake player names in a team from, let's say, Lichtenstein, but when the tournament's host nations, Poland and Ukraine, get the same treatment, it's just bad.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    Advanced ballistics system, Sniper Elite's saving grace, does not hide the game's flaws, but rather puts them out for all to see.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Swordigo is a prehistoric platformer without a single new idea; a hardcore journey through dark fairytale worlds, and a bow to arcade hits of the 90s.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    A relatively successful attempt to liven up a (still) mediocre game.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A solid expansion pack, although it is not as game-changing as Victoria: Revolutions was.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    So far, Cubemen is the best "tower defense" of 2012.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    MLB 2K12 is a classic case of "more of the same".
    • 78 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Modern Times is a good excuse to return to the familiar world of Tropico, but, frankly, the game has almost outstayed its welcome.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Stacking is a great "sandbox" game for kids and adults alike. It tests your patience rather than wit, though, and after defeating The Baron, there is no reason to come back to it.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Get hooked up on Legend of Grimrock, and it will not let you go until the end.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 5 Critic Score
    Even a great graphics engine can become a basis for a horrendous game.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 18 Critic Score
    The worst thing about JASF is not that it's an unrealistic arcade game. It's just very, very boring.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    You will not remember Risen 2 when you're done with it. No exciting moments, no pleasant surprises, no great one-liners, not even hilarious bugs… Twenty hours of your life will drown in dark waters.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Warp is a unique example of a stealth-based arcade game.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A simple, yet very endearing game. If Botanicula were a living creature, you'd want to hold it in your arms and pet it around the neck. What a cutie! If only it were a wee bit smarter.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    A couple of hours into the game, monotonous running back and forth, punctuated with repetitive encounters, will inevitably put you to sleep.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    A Valley Without End is your typical ugly duckling; an intriguing concept marred by shoddy execution. It's worth a brief look just to see how they managed to mix all these genres, but not exciting enough to play it.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Crow is just like its titular character – dark, gothic, and unfriendly. It's an uninvited guest that you can't stand in your house, but something compels you to get to know this person better.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Don't trust the bad first impression. Napoleonic Wars is not a re-skinned version of Mount & Blade, but a self-contained game. Give it a chance, if you're interested in the 19th century history.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Binary Domain has its share of weird concepts and one-dimensional characters, but they're better than "let's kill some terrorists who stole nuclear warheads".
    • 88 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    I'm sure that for some of you this product will be more than enough to kill some time after a hard day's work, to meet up with your friends online, to drown in nostalgia, reminiscing about great action/RPGs of yore... Yet it's a Blizzard game we're talking about, and, as such, it was expected to be better than just a rehash of old ideas. Instead of bringing the genre to the next step of its evolution, Diablo 3 dwells on the past.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    An urban version of Split/Second from the creators of FlatOut. This sentence evokes two distinctly different feelings, depending on when you read it, before or after playing Ridge Racer Unbounded.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Angry Birds Space introduces enough changes to avoid being called stale, but, ultimately, it's more of the same.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    If all you have ever wanted is to create a superstar of your own and to socialize with your friends without leaving the Sims universe, then, by all means, have at it. But there is nothing else.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Paradox Interactive still cannot produce a decent third-party game (see also: Majesty 2, Sword of the Stars 2, Magicka).
    • 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.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Hunters is a good strategy game, but this jewel needs a good setting. Rodeo Games doesn't have to create something epic like X-COM or Jagged Alliance 2, but it would be nice to see a captivating campaign that takes more than 3 hours to finish it. With a multiplayer cherry on top.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    In its current state, MotoHeroz cannot rise above the crowd of faceless short-lived arcades that fill App Store every day.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Yesterday is an underripe, silly, laughably short adventure. It's as if you're watching a cheap thriller on fast forward.

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