ActionTrip's Scores

  • Games
For 1,095 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 77
Highest review score: 98 Grand Theft Auto V
Lowest review score: 10 Dungeon Lords
Score distribution:
1095 game reviews
    • 63 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The remake to one of my favorite games of all times brings some colorful characterization and narrative, along with great voice acting and flashy particle effects, but it fails to sufficiently advance the original's simplistic gameplay.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    It can be completed in less than six hours and that's even if you do your best to find all the poorly hidden paper slips that unlock the development team's concept art and such (yaay!).
    • 54 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Is Homefront: The Revolution the worst thing I have ever played? No, in fact it was far from it. However, the fact still remains that the end product is a mediocre interpretation of what could have been, and by all accounts should have been, something far more enjoyable.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    What can I tell you about the AI? It's UNBELIEVABLY scripted. It's so scripted it's not even funny.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    PC players will somehow have to cope with the pathetic controls and camera in this obsolete game.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    It took me less than two days to complete the single-player campaign and unlock all of the vehicles. After that, the game pretty much becomes a drag, since there will be no further challenges for the player and given that the game's graphics are not all that impressive either, there's nothing left to draw you back into that "fast and furious" racing atmosphere.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Despite the fact that this dish spent a bit too much time in the oven to begin with, it still managed to hit the market as a half backed product.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Short is never good, no matter which context you put it in. And this game is short. It's penis-envy short. It's the shortest single-player FPS game I've ever played. A four hour gameplay experience for a retail product is like a 20 second sexual intercourse. It just doesn't feel right, and you feel cheated.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    As a nice little freebee to include with the Dead Island Definitive Edition, this is a perfectly fine add-in. Please just whatever you do, don’t buy this at retail. They are giving it away for a good reason.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    A game that will certainly leave no mark on the gaming scene.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Ugh...these controls are AWFUL. I have no idea what it is that I'm doing.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    It’s a fun distraction for the short term but unless this is the kind of meal you’d like to eat three times a day for the next twenty five years, you are going to find yourself not quite sated by what The Crew has to offer.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Even though Catwoman offers a feisty and stylish superheroine, some neatly designed platform puzzles, coupled with fluid animation and fighting action, the game ultimately takes a nosedive by making the very thing it focuses on the most frustrating to the point of wanting to strangle small kittens. And it does so by basically not taking extra care of the camera, controls and other important design aspects that would've made the game play a lot more enjoyable.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Much to our chagrin, EA Sports has once again proven that they can’t make a quality basketball game. Like the Toronto Raptors, it is hard not to speculate how much more of a beating NBA Live can take before they just throw in the towel permanently.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    We regret the developers didn't devote more attention to this game. The gameplay is flawed, though it does have some potential and relatively entertaining combat.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    Diving into the game's competitive multiplayer modes is practically all there is to enjoy. Even that sentiment won't last long. To be completely honest, I can't recommend much beyond that.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    I intend to play "Gran Turismo" as long as Polyphony decides to make new sequels simply because it's fun. Juiced, on the other hand, is not.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    A game meant for gamers who are a bit younger and who enjoy cute sarcastic babes for main characters. So, it all boils down to jumping around bashing recurring enemies with your staff and listening to your un-witty sidekick.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    I’ve played a lot of decent horror games and out of all of the classics like Resident Evil, Silent Hill and the more recent ones like Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Outlast, I just cannot seem to find a place in my heart or in my brain for The Evil Within. It’s not worthy to tackle any of the aforesaid games. Not on any level.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    Not only will you have no desire to play it again once you finished it, but you are also highly unlikely to be sufficiently motivated to finish it once, in the first place.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    Sadly, it's patently obvious that the programmers focused heavily on the stealth elements, leaving the other aspects like combat, weapon balance, and AI inadequately unattended.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    When all is said and done, Need for Speed: Undercover is a shallow experience unworthy of predecessors like Need for Speed: Underground or Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    An off-road arcade rally game with little substance and a rather slim budget to boot. The result is a mediocre, at times entertaining arcade rally game with at times outrageous vehicle handling, a few flashy visual features, and a whole lot of repetitiveness.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    One of the most discouraging facts about this expansion pack is that the AI still wasn't tweaked properly. No matter how you adjust your unit's behavior, they still act aggressively; blindly rushing forth to battle and disregarding the orders they've been given.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    The shooting, hand-to-hand combat and sneaking segments can all be fun, but for a very short time. Apart from that, the game has little of true value. It's probably best to avoid it.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    The predictability and low AI of your opponents do their best to wreck the game completely. So although some missions tend to be fun, the effect is completely ruined by the monotonous process of rebuilding your kingdom or performing a set military attack.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    A rather heartless gesture was made with the fabulous soundtrack, which is, for some strange reason, in MIDI format.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    The classes and the huge amount of skills are mildly entertaining. You could rent the game and try it out, but that's as far as I'd go.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    The simple truth is that Velvet Assassin is a mediocre game that made its way onto the market earlier than it should have.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    Although there's enough action and a few cool RPG elements, the whole shebang doesn't appear to involve any engaging or innovative gameplay moments that might brighten up today's gaming scene.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    The terrain deformation, a few cool weapons and the multiplayer salvage this from being complete junk. All in all, there must be at least 100 better ways to spend 60 bucks.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    It's a technical shambles, overshadowing an excellent concept pathetically executed.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    C'mon guys, you are the reason we have excellent games such as Monkey Island, Knights of the Old Republic, Sam & Max, Indiana Jones, the Jedi Knight series and so on. Surely, you can do better than produce a half-baked franchise-milking action adventure.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Everything it has to offer has been seen many times before in older RTS games. Old-fashioned gamelpay, lackluster AI, and obsolete graphics with a huge resemblance to the good old AOE are the main downsides to this title. Really not enough to make me ever want to load up America again.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    One more malignant tumor in the blasé cancer eating the videogame industry. It's derivative from the start, and the game's concept is as poorly thought out as its execution.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    However careful you may be, you simply cannot sneak up to the enemy. And that is only when they are in their normal state. When they get alerted they simply know where you are and shoot at you with deadly accuracy.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    As far as intuitive interfaces go, this one is about as user-friendly as the Russian "Lada" service booklet.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    While it does an okay job presenting what it is really like to have depression, it sets the player down the exactly same depression path, no matter what is chosen.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Although you will be involved in an interesting and chilling story, there's really nothing more to grab your attention throughout the game. Not to mention it took me less than two days to complete the entire game.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Kyn
    A game that showed great promise, but suffers from a severe lack of polish.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Everything about TMNT reeks of a rushed product.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The main problem with Tactical Ops is that it can capture the player's attention, but not for long.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    If senseless, over-the-top violence can keep you entertained, you'll be done with the single-player portion in several hours, after which you might want to get into the multiplayer. Yet, this is just another mundane aspect of the game, featuring nothing beyond the traditional deathmatch, CTF and so on.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    There's nothing distinctive about the world we're allowed to explore.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Conquest isn't a very fun game. Thanks to all the aforementioned drawbacks, there's virtually nothing to enjoy about the single-player (we strongly advise you skip that).
    • 67 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    With very little effort Harry Potter the Prisoner of Azkaban can be finished in a single evening which indeed stands out as a serious drawback. Once you complete it, chances are slim that you'll want to try the whole thing again.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Veteran FPS players won’t waste more than an hour on it. Everyone else should scream in contempt at the developers; rightfully so. Ideas such as the ‘Escape’ mode are cool, although whether you choose solo or multiplayer, be warned that the novelty soon wears off as Aliens Colonial Marines shows its true colors, unveiling an excruciatingly dull first-person shooter with all the entertainment value of tap-dancing hermit crab.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Low "immersion factor". Two-bit, two-frame main character animation. Sluggish and awkward combat mode. Completely unoriginal puzzles. RPG elements are nothing more than a decoration - something to put on a box.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Though the visuals have their upsides, the camera is ATROCIOUSLY AWFUL.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Inquisition could've been a solid third-person sneaker if the developers took enough time to work on the visuals, the enemy AI, controls, as well as the camera movement.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    The franchise took a disastrous plummet into the world of broken, mediocre shooters, where it blatantly doesn't belong.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    The original is not without its faults but still excellently done, while Spearhead resembles a Space Invaders MOHAA mod with occasionally well-directed semi-interactive action scenes.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    A dreary atmosphere, blatantly outdated visuals, AI bugs, and many other issues inherited from the game's predecessor, all contribute to an overall disappointing experience. Also, if you happen to be a fan of Battlecruiser Millennium, chances are you'll be bored with facing similar gameplay and practically the same content (same universe map, same ships, etc.).
    • 54 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    There aren't any significant improvements over the original; it's essentially the same old enchilada.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    In short, the game is a complete turd that wastes the idea of its central mechanic and couples this with platforming gameplay that would have been woefully underwhelming a decade ago. Nothing else is anything to write home about, from the characters to the story to the sound design.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    The only thing good about this game is the scenery and the weapon mechanics, but even that isn't going to rescue this game from fading quickly into obscurity and the bargain software bin.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    All I got out of The Bureau was stress on the battlefield and boredom in the base.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    If you’re bored out of your mind and you need an RPG fast, well, then stay bored. You don’t want to be even more bored. it’s probably best to return to games like Diablo 3 and Divinity: Original Sin, both of which offer ten times the content and ten times the fun.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 44 Critic Score
    Nothing more than a total cock-up, an uninventive and technically poor copy of several games, primarily Counter-Strike, which was meant to achieve a lot and actually achieved nothing.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 43 Critic Score
    After all that's said and done, Medal of Honor: Warfighter is nothing more than a broken action game that falls way behind other shooters.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 43 Critic Score
    The environments are practically lifeless, with poor textures and hardly any additional detail in the background, the characters are uninteresting, the narrative has been oversimplified and, finally, the hack'n'slash combat isn't different from the average generic console game we often see today.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    If you are willing to go around the many gamepleay weaknesses, however, and after several patches, you just might have a passable RTS experience on your hands. But chances are most of you won't tolerate the frequent technical issues, AI glitches, etc. Even though the game uses a unique setting, its lack of originality and gameplay depth might easily dissuade many gamers from playing.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    This game can be completed, from start to finish in two hours. I am not joking. What's more is there's no incentive to go back and replay anything in this game. All in all, the PC version of this magnificent film, with an equally magnificent console game does not measure up to either side of its namesake.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Hey, Bunny wanna trade your Extreme Paintbrawl 2 CD, for my copy of Sydney 2000 Games?! I'll even throw in Deer Hunter! No…? You little #$&##!!!
    • 72 Metascore
    • 41 Critic Score
    The whole game feels like an insipid GTA clone that overemphasizes mindless destruction. For some games, this is enough, if it's done with style. In Mercs 2, it just feels pointless and without soul.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 41 Critic Score
    The real trouble with Resident Evil: ORC is that the underdeveloped gameplay and technical issues keep getting in the way of multiplayer fun, which was the point of the game.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 41 Critic Score
    The graphics are good, but cannot seem to compensate for the overall lack of gameplay depth, or the godawful framerates.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The good things about this game were only so-so, and the low points could almost redefine low. For all the effort I put into playing this game, in the end I was left very unsatisfied.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    You won't find any lasting qualities in Duke Nukem Forever and it doesn't have anything to compete against numerous modern games that have so much more to offer.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A good concept ruined by shoddy programming and pathetic design, technical flaws all over the place (choppy framerate, lag issues), terrible Bot AI, dated visuals, some of the worst voiceovers and sound effects ever.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The game’s one saving grace could be the wealth of content, like items and stuff you can do. That seems irrelevant in a game that has little depth and very few elements that could keep you playing.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The game sucks so badly I cannot seem to recover from the terrible and debilitating side effects.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The controls handle like utter crap and will remain a continuous nuisance throughout the entire game. Seriously, when it comes to character control I've never witnessed such a badly managed a port.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Even if the controls on the PS4 weren’t so terrible and I could have finished the game on the console, the story and puzzles in the rest of The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 still would have brought the game down.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Many of "Evil Dead" worshipers will want to try this game; I wouldn't recommend it however, simply because it might make you hate the Evil Dead trilogy for the rest of your life.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 39 Critic Score
    In the end, it's not a question of taste or player skill. Dark Void is filled from top to bottom with lousy design choices, technical flaws and overall crappy and uninteresting gameplay mechanics.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 39 Critic Score
    A feeble attempt to imitate one of the best CRPG games ever. It can, however, in no other way be compared to "Baldur's Gate" thanks to its many gameplay drawbacks and numerous technical flaws including the countless bugs which will soon kill any desire to play this game.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 37 Critic Score
    A Machine for Pigs takes Amnesia's formula and shows us how to screw it up. The idea had huge potential, but it's squandered on what frankly is a cheap and uninvolving game. This was an extremely disappointing experience.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Its graphics and challenging gameplay make it more fun to be on the field than reading box scores.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 34 Critic Score
    Much to our discontent, Iron Man joins the long list of crappy movie tie-ins, sinking lower than Treyarch's "Spider-Man 3" and even lower than Shiny's "Enter the Matrix."
    • 56 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    Shallow, lacking any gameplay. Made me wanna kill somebody.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 32 Critic Score
    The bottom line is that it doesn't come even close to the open-ended gameplay of GTA and the overall quality of Max Payne. Drawing any further comparison with these two well-known titles would be a waste of time. In fact, the entire game is a waste of time and money.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 32 Critic Score
    This game's no fun to play at all. And it's frustrating, too, in a bad way. It's as simple as that.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 32 Critic Score
    It's short. Shorter than any other game we've played this year or indeed the previous year. It's over before you can say: "endoskeleton." Not only that, but it lacks replayability and anything that would drag you back for another round. There's a co-op option, but it suffers the same, degrading facets that can be experienced in solo play.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 31 Critic Score
    The spirit of the series isn't there anymore. They've streamlined the gameplay to better suit mainstream tendencies. By doing so, they killed off the very spark that made this series stand out from heaps of generic action games. To sum up, Ninja Gaiden 3 sucks in so many ways, it's almost impossible to find any redeeming features.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 31 Critic Score
    Nothing more than a mediocre "Diablo II" clone, with several "Baldur's Gate"-like elements - a 2D isometric action RPG.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Slicing and dicing is all very well, but Blade & Sword simply cries out for more depth. Occasionally enjoyable combat surely won't be enough for the game to compete against similar games on the market.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 29 Critic Score
    Asking for $30 for this is a waste of $25.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 28 Critic Score
    In light of the game's ambitiously advertised, but ultimately disastrous technology, one has to wonder just how many hours were actually spent on testing this shambles of a game.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    As much as I’d like to describe this game as ‘challenging’ I really can’t, in all good conscience do that, because I’d rather use the word ‘frustrating’. Not just because the game’s technologically underdone and has dumb AI, but because of the monotonous gameplay.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 19 Critic Score
    A frustrating experience that treats you to many bug-infested levels, freakish AI, monotonous plot, and a tedious atmosphere.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 18 Critic Score
    Guys, I'll be honest with you here. I really gave my best shot at finding some redeeming feature in Damnation. Truth be told, you couldn't find such a feature if you spent several days playing this tragedy of a game. And if you do take it upon yourself to play it for more than one day, I fear for your sanity.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 18 Critic Score
    The game is a slap in the face, to people who like video games, to people who like comic books, to people who like Germanic paganism.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 15 Critic Score
    I lack words to properly describe my disgust with this game. This game looks like somebody made the developers design it at gunpoint.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    In a word, I hate this game. It is horrible crap. Stay away from it, and if you see it in the bargain bin, pour some gasoline over the bin and burn it.

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