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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:
  1. Positive: 1,443 out of 2214
  2. Mixed: 648 out of 2214
  3. Negative: 123 out of 2214
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mario Party 4
    If your house is party central, you can’t go wrong with Mario Party 4. It’s got everything the previous games had (plus more) to keep GROUPS of two or more happily playing.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Urbz: Sims in the City
    Takes the Sims series in a new and good direction.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
    The target audience for Tales of Valor is the completest, the sort of person who's been jonesing for a fix. The problem is that this particular hit of RTS goodness isn't all that great because there's so very little to it once you get down to the actual gameplay.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Scurge: Hive
    A good first effort from Orbital Media -- with some tweaks any possible sequel could be turned into a franchise of sorts. It's a decent enough game, but it could use even more new ideas to truly stand out.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nervous Brickdown
    In 30-minute stretches it’s a fine challenge.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    TimeShift
    With TimeShift, the price of admission gets you a very challenging shooter with a lot of fantastic special effects and excellent graphics, but not much else.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Air Command 3.0
    Expect to get some enjoyment out of Air Command 3.0, especially if you're tired of Solitaire.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Worms 3D
    Is Worms 3D as good as its predecessors such as Worms, and Worms Armageddon? No, but that sure as hell doesn’t mean that Worms 3D should be overlooked.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps
    The raw elements of DRvAK should please hardcore strategist, but it needs a little more polish in terms of pathfinding and formation options (which are extremely limited).
    • 70 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    World Tour Soccer
    Bland and non-involving.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Tomb Raider: Underworld
    Jumping from cliff to cliff overtop of a deep ravine in South America can be a lot of fun, but it gets lost in all the times you died retrying a leap not knowing that there was a hidden ledge far off to your right.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cooking Mama 2: Dinner With Friends
    Overall, Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends is entirely inoffensive fun, even if it lacks in the challenge department.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tenchu: Return From Darkness
    About average for a stealth-action game.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Trace Memory
    As an adventure game on-the-go for younger gamers, Trace Memory offers a solid challenge and a very good presentation and use of the touchscreen.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Brink
    There's very little question that Brink is highly geared towards the multiplayer crowd. The SMART system and the well done visuals are very attractive, but the level design imbalances and small map variety don't offer much in the way of longevity. There's a lot of promise in the game but only the most patient of players might be willing to see that promise realized.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Overclocked: A History of Violence
    At any rate, Overclocked: A History of Violence has a good story going for it, you just have to know that will only come after some "digging."
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad
    Simply put DSII is your average squad shooter. There is nothing breathtaking about this game but it can provide you with some hours of enjoyment.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bomberman Jetters
    If nothing else, it should satisfy gamers looking for a good party game and a little more lighthearted fun during their breaks away from their more serious games.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Dustforce
    For those who can overlook the controls to appreciate the complicated game design behind the plain wrapper, you will enjoy your find. For everyone else, I'd recommend holding on to your money.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    The Urbz: Sims in the City
    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.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Wizards & Warriors
    The visuals are just too dated and will be tough for some to swallow and the unintuitive controls can be a real pain.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Batman: Vengeance
    Scores big points for recreating the animated series in video game form with you in control of Batman.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Disney DuckTales: Remastered
    But despite that brevity of gameplay, DuckTales: Remastered is a fun flashback with modern flair for both those that quack-attacked in its 8-bit incarnation or those totally new to the duck tales of Scrooge McDuck.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lollipop Chainsaw
    The longevity of Lollipop Chainsaw relies on how much time gamers want to practice combos to finish levels faster and more cleanly than other players on the leaderboards or earn enough silver coins to purchase a closet's worth of outfits for Juliet. Otherwise, the game is a quick experience that doesn't dwell too much on one particular thing for too long before throwing something else at the player.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy
    For a first attempt at an established franchise, The Bourne Conspiracy makes good on its promises and gives us the chance to become the perfect weapon.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Skate It
    While the quick menus help you get on your board as soon as possible and the camera never gets in the way of your next trick, this game would have benefited so much from better controls that didn’t cause you to miss rails and slam into walls.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Making History: The Calm and the Storm
    Despite the steady stream of real historical events, Making History seems strangely outside of history, inhabiting some alternate universe where nations go through the motions, behave erratically or simply do nothing at all. It’s hard to feel immersed in such a situation. And it’s hard to really care.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Killzone
    Your allies are invulnerable for some reason, but that doesn't make them any more useful.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 2
    That's pretty limp, but the games themselves are good enough to stand on their own as a worthy purchase for collectors and those that may be curious about the series.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Remember Me
    Remember Me has an interesting concept and single-player-only storyline, albeit somewhat confusing and vaguely familiar (it has some similarities to Total Recall in many respects). It's a good action-adventure gamers won't forget too quickly (although a lack of multiplayer makes it fade from memory sooner rather than later), despite some of the core elements being not as innovative or unique as they might seem, or as in the case of the memory remixes, not quite as unforgettable as they should be.
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