Armchair Empire's Scores

  • Games
For 2,214 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 31% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Lowest review score: 10 Fear Factor: Unleashed
Score distribution:
2214 game reviews
    • 87 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Overall, I couldn't be happier with MVP Baseball 2005. For next year, all I need is more mini-games, more un-lockable content, and a couple of pitchers who don't give up poorly-timed gopher balls.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    For all its flash, it still begs the questions: Do visible nipples add anything to gameplay? I’ll let you decide.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Exquisitely detailed, satisfying, immersive, and challenging – worth buying.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    The defense and prosecuting attorneys aren't merely suits with expensive educations, they're presented as warriors fated to opposing sides due to their professions.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    It’s good, even fantastic at times, walking the line between reality and fantasy in a pleasant mix that’s really hard to put down once you start playing.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    So dying isn’t quite the frustration it was in the arcade.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    This game has proven to me to be more addictive than cigarettes after all night romps in the hay with my special friend...the most fun I’ve had in playing an RTS since "Dungeon Keeper 2" and "Warcraft 2."
    • 88 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Hell-bent on destruction psycho drivers finally get a game to meet their rubbernecking tendencies full throttle.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Big kudos and thumbs-up to Camelot for an excellent save system. Even if you're in the middle of a match you can pick-up later and start playing from there (in any mode).
    • 81 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    It’s easy to say that the graphics are great or that EA delivered another game with impeccable presentation style, but the pitching and batting engines really thrive here and the game is fun to play.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    My overall experience with Mario Advance was a good one even though it lacks originality. It’s a blast from the past – the control even feels the same – and it brought back some fond gaming memories.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Graphics and sound are, in a word, wonderful.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    But a New York City-sized upgrade to the visual presentation along with the inclusion of mini-games and more focused, goal-oriented gameplay should appeal to the urban-centric Sims fans that prefer console action to the PC.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Hell, it’s even fun at times.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    What makes this game a real standout, though, is its production value.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Throws in some streamlined role-playing elements such as basic item gathering and earning experience points. But you'd never mistake NG for a role-playing game because most role-playing games don't require the reflexes of a mongoose.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    In this reviewers opinion it meets or exceeds Halo 2 in every category.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Not only is it an intriguing game, it’s also fun. It’s like a good book – one that you’ll want to return to again and again.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    The game completely over-delivers and will surprise you at every corner with its diverse mission design.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    One area the game is really stellar is the challenge given by the CPU artificial intelligence. This game pushes you and makes you sweat to win, especially when it comes to contests against ranked opponents and when squaring off in a rivalry game.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    The animation is first rate and there are no load times to speak of.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    There was enough original action and story line to keep me playing right to the end and wanting more missions.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    And besides all the above, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast is fun. No matter how many times I died, either by my own misstep or some surprise awaiting my entry into a room, I kept on playing even when I was stumped on a puzzle or figuring out how to get out of a room alive.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Each environment is fully (and gloriously) destructible and more "alive" than ever. The graphics are fantastic! Equally so for the animations.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    With the refinements and enhancements the team has made it's definitely worth a look if you missed the previous title.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Open for Business will require you to put aside the leisurely pursuits of your Sims, roll up your sleeves and put in a hard day’s work to succeed. But in gameplay and fun, this is the most rewarding payday you’ll find in any Sims game.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    And that's what Mercenaries is all about. No, not democracy to a downtrodden people. Cash. And plenty of it!
    • 80 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Hardcore RPG fanatics might want to try this before a buy solely because the real-time battles may not be as appealing to them.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    A great, rollicking adventure with some integrated action and worth your time if you’re in the “Adventure Games are Dead and I Miss Them” camp.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Has it all: fun, adventure, good-looking graphics, awesome sound, quirkiness, challenge, and an innovative inventory system. It's not as open as it could be and the constantly respawning bad guys are likely to grate on some nerves, but that's not enough to bring it down.

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