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 1.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Lowest review score: 10 C.O.R.E.
Score distribution:
2214 game reviews
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    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.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Simply a bad racing game. The only good thing about it is the price but you can find many more quality games in the same price range.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The same features, story, and style of the era survive the port, although the graphics, gameplay, and sound are roughed up.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Yes, The Suffering is one downright frightening game, taking you for a long-lasting and not-for-the-weak-of-heart horror ride that is scarily enjoyable right from the start until it regrettably loses steam in its latter stages.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    MVP Baseball 2004 has the most accurate and authentic gameplay experience and the most in-depth franchise mode setting the bar higher for other developers.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gangland is a good game, with a great mix of real-time combat and strategy, and the economics of crime.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    Two genres thrown together that don’t really try to be better than the games that they’re based on, descending into a mundane exercise in repetition.
    • 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.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    The game runs beautifully at about sixty frames per second with no slow down. Lots of the environments are nicely detailed and well lit.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Although its single-player mode is way too short and the trick controls are completely mediocre, Carve is a perfect arcade-style online racer easy to learn but hard to put down.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    A terrific pick for younger gamers and a great update for older fans of the series.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The fisticuffs get tired pretty fast (as will your right thumb) trying to beat up the bad guys, particularly the later stages that feature god-like AI opponents and extremely trying boss battles.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    It has high caliber production values, mission variety, easy control, and plenty of Bond moments that offset the linear levels and less-than-stellar camera.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Having some smarter AI and more purposeful stealth elements would have gone a long way.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Wrath Unleashed does have nice visuals as far as character models go but landscapes during battles could’ve been a bit better.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    The only really damning thing I have to say has little to do with Norrath and more to do with the license. The world of Everquest is so boring and so derivative that I never got the feeling I was in some amazing fantasy world while playing.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    This game may not be on par with its predecessor, but it has done a fabulous job of becoming a far more accessible game to a number of different types of gamers, be they newcomers or seasoned veterans.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    The turn-based strategy offers quite a bit of challenge but the fighting should be just right, with just enough different characters to keep you going.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's one of those titles that is equal parts nostalgia, new content, and addictive play that is the hallmark of so many "instant" classic games nowadays.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Square-Enix has successfully implemented interconnectivity in a way that not only makes sense, but also works.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Despite R-Type Final’s high level of difficulty’s ability to bring out the masochist in all of us, this title is a wonderful close to an amazing series.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    An aesthetic surprise with great visuals and sound; and a huge disappointment of Gameplay and AI.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    This late in the PS2 life cycle, there really isn't any excuse for a port that is so shoddy, especially when it is coming a year and a half later than the original release.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    The $19.99US price point doesn’t make it a complete write-off.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With plenty of characters to choose from, solid combat, and the ability to customize items without the whole process becoming overwhelming the game manages to be highly accessible to a wide variety of gamers.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    It has its own learning curve, no undo button and a buried interface, but the creative aspects and polish makes VT a recommended title for fans of Tycoon games.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    At a time where Star Trek is at its lowest popularity, an abysmal game like this will not win over any new fans and is a horrid example of the Star Trek franchise.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    This compilation pack may not be a recommended title for beginners because it is so complex.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    I know that there are better games out there today, especially within the genre, but I really enjoyed playing this game.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Although the character switching adds gameplay possibilities to Sonic Heroes, most of them are negated by the too-obvious clues.

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