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
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Disney is a powerhouse when it comes to licensing their products but even these prices seem a little overboard. If it weren't for the fact the campaigns are fun and suitable for the pre-teen crowd and the Toy Box modes offers a lot options, I'd probably be steering parents away.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Some features could still definitely use some refining, but basketball gamers will still find plenty of hoops dreams fulfilled with the overall quality of NCAA Basketball 10.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Resident Evil: Revelations is less of a "fans of the genre" title than it is a "fans of the series" title. For everyone else, it's like that B-movie that does just enough things right to be entertaining.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Value for the buck-wise, Baten Kaitos is awesome. The main game takes between 35 and 40 hours to play through and side quests could add maybe five to eight hours to that.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A ridiculous variety of games coupled with hundreds of Easter eggs and other bells and whistles. It is easily the best such collection to come along yet.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I’m a fan of the Red Alert series, warts and all. It’s just too much fun for me, whether playing with people through the co-op campaign of Red Alert 3 or the single-player aspects of Uprising, it’s all goofy fun. And that’s mainly what I want from my games: fun.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The camera and the linear fashion of the levels didn’t make me a Rayman convert but I did have fun – especially with those drug-inspired transition sections. Far out, man!
    • 75 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    If you've been away from the Tony Hawk franchise for a few games and just dropped a bunch of cash for a 360, it's time to get re-acquainted with the King of Extreme Sports Games.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The real downside, other than a relatively steep learning curve for newcomers to the genre, to Blitzkrieg 2 is the poor choice of music.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Barrels explode, smoke, environmental damage (i.e. bullet holes), flying bodies… it’s all good. Provided you have the hardware that can handle it.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There’s some trial and error early on that could have sunk the whole game, but the depth and style overcome that stumbling block.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    But with a strong story (a hallmark of all three episodes) a refreshing setting change to the carnival grounds, and a starring role for Gromit, a few stumbles (especially at the end of the game) aren’t enough to trip up Muzzled! as the best of the three episodes yet.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This genre is notably absent from the console world. A number of real-time strategy games have made in-roads in establishing this almost PC-exclusive genre on consoles but until mouse and keyboard get the nod, it has hit a wall. I'm just glad it has done so with a steel drum beat.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    NPC reaction isn’t all that diverse, as it would be in a real MMORPG. The visuals, aside from the character designs, aren’t all that impressive.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It does provide a short bit of fun, but that quickly ends as the repetition sinks in its claws.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    It’s the perfect melding of classic old-school gaming on the newest generation of video gaming consoles.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Only the lack of a rich multi-player section and some odd design decisions keep Unreal 2 from being one of the best FPS’s in recent memory.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With a good assortment of modes and wrestlers to unlock (and hopefully some DLC wrestlers as well) the hardcore fan should be appeased, and with the focus on movement rather than grappling less hardcore fans will find something to love.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    More like a puzzle game interspersed with fighting than anything else.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    While Savage may not be supremely addicting, it is still an excellent game and I can see it quickly becoming a favorite among online gamers.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    One facet worth mentioning is that although I was using the same exact machine as I had for the previous Sims games, I actually had a crisper performance on my system compared to when "Hot Date" had last been played.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At the end of the day, I’m looking for fun from my games and NBA 08 has enough options to suite whatever mood I might be in when I start it up. All of that and a decent basketball game? It’s a no-brainer for basketball fans on the go.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    If you are a fan of Tetris or Bejeweled and are looking for something a bit meatier, give this one a try.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    In terms of Star Wars games it’s probably the most complete Star Wars package the gaming world has ever seen.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Whether you're an oldschool vet of the Hulkamania era or a devout follow of Stone Cold's gospel, you're bound to have fun having both sides smack each other over the head with chairs.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Heck, even I was able to place bets on my single-player experience would heighten the competitiveness of even the most mundane courses and then I might even forgive all those darn menus I have to wade through to get to the racing.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's not overwhelming in what it offers in addition to what the original game offers already, but it does have enough interesting points to make it worthwhile for fans of the original.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    The game is gorgeous, features great depth and affords some neat strategic elements. But as time wore on I couldn’t stop myself from thinking that I’d like to be playing a game that is less boring and includes more in the department of "doing things".
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The game sounds just as good as the visuals, except for some voice acting. Voices are a real mixed bag between great or ridiculous. Sound effects are good and the music keeps things tense.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Manhunt is sick, but it deserves both the success, and the revulsion it receives.

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