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
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A fun, splashy, albeit short and easy game with some great small touches and a hint of sidescrolling nostalgia.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    For now Lara will continue to be a hot chick in a bad game. The only thing done right in this game was graphics.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Comes up shooting blanks with a very mediocre adaptation that has few redeemable features outside its strong multiplayer Xbox Live presence.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    Sonic Adventure DX should have, could have been so much more than a straight port with a few improvements.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    With well designed levels, and a multi-purpose eye-piece for the game’s main character, there could have been a lot of fun to be had in this game, but unfortunately RTX is riddled with countless tedious fetch quests and a sketchy enemy lock-on system that seriously drags down the enjoyment of the game.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    If you liked the original, it’s hard to imagine why you wouldn’t like this expansion. It is the same mix of RPG action and puzzle-solving and even has a story that is more compelling than the original game.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    The music may be the best feature of this game (And this is a pretty decent game.) The developers did a fantastic job of recreating the series compositions for the small speakers of the GBA.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There’s no diplomatic way to say this, it never feels like you have anything interesting to do across MM3's many missions.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    By and large, GotL just doesn’t bring enough to the table. The new missions are fun, but the fact that this expansion has been divided from it’s evil counterpart and the overall sense of the game actually being Disciples II Gold Edition 0.5 makes the game feel like a jip when you can get so much more out of the original Disciples II for a fraction of the cost.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    A surprisingly deep game; its many features pushes the game’s replay value up into the stratosphere.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    The fun and quality of the single player experience would be enough, but the co-op mode just screams "Activision loves you." With the long, deep career mode, the multiplayer contests, and the cool co-op mode, Wakeboarding Unleashed is a very good value.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    The standards are accounted for: jumping, things to collect, different environment, secrets to find and bosses to defeat. But jumpin’ monkeys is this game hard!
    • 77 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    A great game. While the AI can be extremely tough and playing the Story mode through so many times gets a bit old, these shortcomings are more than made up for with the intensity, presentation, and clean fun that it has to offer.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    With a strong AI, a tried and true game concept, and beautiful graphics and sound, Port Royale is a great game.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Maybe Bloodmoon could have been down as a free, or low cost, download, but the added value of the werewolf alone make the twenty dollar cost seem like a bargain.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Nothing is better then running over a vulnerable pedestrian, drive under an 18-wheeler while going over 100, speed across red lights inching past others, and use your NAS booster, without being pulled over by a cop.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    A stripped down husk of what the other Wolfenstein titles available are. While the level design is nice, and there’s some good audio features, overall the title just fails to engage the gamer nearly as much as many of it’s competitors, or it’s bigger brothers do.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It offers some decent old-shool action and the web stats but the old-school passwords kick it in the teeth.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    A horridly underdeveloped story, too short campaign mode, sometimes weak AI, and no Xbox Live multiplayer support at a time when Microsoft has proclaimed that every first-party Xbox game will have Xbox Live support adds up to a much-less-heavenly-than-Halo experience.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Good, clean clobberin’ fun. It’s got its problems, mostly with the Banner sections, but it’s fun. And sometimes that's all I want.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Like everything and nothing you've ever played.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    What ultimately makes IndyCar Series good instead of great is it’s inability to really target an audience.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A good RPG for adult gamers and possibly even a great RPG for young gamers - especially those obsessed with deck-building card games like Yu-Gi-OH! and Dragonball Z.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The second, more significant disappoint that RON inflicts upon the gamer is the mind numbing singularity of the conquest battles. As much as I love toasting the opposition into roasted marshmallow oblivion, doing so 22 times in a row gets a little old.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As impressive as the stadiums and surrounding aura visuals are, the player and on-field graphical presentation is a huge disappointment.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The fighting sequences had little snap in the punches, the storyline had few surprises, and the world of the Matrix didn’t leave enough to the imagination.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A prime example of a good idea gone bad. If it weren’t for the annoying controls and the ho-hum nature of the game it would actually have been pretty good, but as it stands unless you are a huge fan of the movies this game isn’t worth buying.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    For fanz of the Matrix and those that must simply figure what the Matrix really is, will pick up Enter the Matrix and have a blast. For everyone else, Enter the Matrix is an above-average action game with some cool moves and awesome production values (but repetitive).
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    This is the first time in the Sims that there’s an actual challenge gauntlet thrown down.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    As a whole, Blitzkrieg does deliver a decent RTS that will last for a very long time; however the game isn’t at the stage to compete with current RTS standards, still sporting the 2D landscapes and scratchy infantry movement.

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