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For 872 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 74% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 21% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 7.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 82
Highest review score: 100 The Next Big Thing
Lowest review score: 18 Rogue Warrior
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 698 out of 872
  2. Mixed: 162 out of 872
  3. Negative: 12 out of 872
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Star Wars: Battlefront (2004)
    Star Wars: Battlefront may sound like a bad idea, but Pandemic and LucasArts have delivered a polished experience with some seriously fun action, the opportunity for real strategy during the battles, and a new take on the Star Wars gaming experience overall.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: United Offensive
    While the overall package lacks originality, it's still a solid experience and almost surely will be fun if you enjoyed Call of Duty.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Burnout 3: Takedown
    Criterion has done it again with Burnout 3, as this is about the best you can get when it comes to arcade racing.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    DOOM 3
    DOOM 3 smashes through all the hype and delivers a grand slam of action, story, atmosphere, and pure terror.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Spider-Man 2
    Spider-Man 2 is a genuinely fun game, as it has you swing from building to building, beating up criminals and chasing Doc Ock.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
    The 150-player battles mostly live up to the hype, and the atmosphere and visuals rival the best stuff seen in first person shooters this year.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
    Riddick does lack in replay value, but the gameplay we do get is worth checking out.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Thief: Deadly Shadows
    Any fan of stealth games needs to pick this one up and try to look past the technical issues to the excellent gameplay and sense of style beneath.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    River City Ransom EX
    River City Ransom EX is a hilarious, complex beat-em-up with a ton of options and plenty of options for fun combat.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    City of Heroes
    City of Heroes is a great MMORPG with solid, fun gameplay and a style all its own. It doesn't seem like high level players have much to look forward to, but time will tell if new and exciting stuff will open up for them.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots
    Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots blends so perfectly with the original game that it's hard to tell that you're even playing it.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle
    Lineage 2 is a brilliant game with a few very brutal rules that will wind up being its undoing.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Painkiller (2004)
    Painkiller delivers satisfying gameplay, excellent visuals, and a visceral feel that veteran FPS players will feel right at home with.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Fight Night 2004
    Fight Night 2004 makes huge strides compared to EA's previous Knockout Kings games. While there is plenty of room for improvement, EA has done an excellent job making those who want a sim-style boxing title happy.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Far Cry
    Far Cry's excellent graphics, decent multiplayer, and good single player combat make up the meat of this game.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Unreal Tournament 2004
    It's hard to find any real fault in Unreal Tournament 2004.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Champions of Norrath
    This game has little to do with Everquest, but it has everything to do with simple hack and slash action and plenty of features to keep you coming back.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Metroid: Zero Mission
    Metroid: Zero Mission offers a perfect balance of retro gameplay with new graphics, sounds, story, and a few surprises.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vietcong: Fist Alpha
    Vietcong: Fist Alpha is a tough expansion pack that's going to frustrate the hell out of many players, even with its many virtues.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
    Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 builds on its predecessor with new characters, challenging gameplay, plenty of new items, and the workshop system.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
    Interplay's Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is an action/RPG title that seems like it's less than the sum of its parts. Not only is the action disjointed, but it's just a bit too much of a chore to bash your way through it.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
    Simply put, the price tag is too high for what amounts to little more than a patch for a four-year-old game.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a well-made revival of the classic action/adventure series with awesome graphics and jumping puzzles that are far less frustrating than you might expect.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Beyond Good & Evil
    Ubisoft has delivered a great sleeper title with Beyond Good & Evil despite a couple of control and technical issues.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
    Bioware's awesome RPG Knights of the Old Republic feels right at home on the PC with high-res graphics and an excellent control scheme.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Underground
    A few moderately big shortcomings aside, Need for Speed: Underground is a solid racing game with an easy learning curve, arcade-like racing, online play, great graphics, and a distinct style.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Double Dragon Advance
    Beat-em-up fans would do well to try Double Dragon Advance, a well-made and greatly enhanced port of the arcade classic.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Rarely does a game boast this sort of cinematic appeal while actually being fun to play, but Return of the King delivers.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
    Max Payne 2 retains or expands on almost everything great from MP1 while adding new features, an intense story, an insane amount of detail, and even more wonderful gameplay.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Halo: Combat Evolved
    Halo PC is a fairly functional port of an excellent game. The lack of co-op and the sluggish frame rate are the big disappointments, but the solo campaign is a must-play for any respectable FPS fan.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
    Jedi Academy is an evolution of Jedi Knight gameplay with more customizability, cool new sabers, and plenty of fun to be had.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Dungeons & Dragons Heroes
    Atari has mixed old-school dungeon hack games with modern gameplay to make D&D Heroes a pretty decent success.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    SoulCalibur II
    Soul Calibur 2 is an evolution of the original on all levels - it might take you weeks of play to figure out all the changes made from the first game.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Tron 2.0
    Tron 2.0 is a great example of a well executed movie-based game that exploits our nostalgia in all the right ways.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
    The PC version of THPS4 is a by-the-book port with one major upgrade: the online mode.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
    Knights of the Old Republic is a near-perfect execution of a new and bold idea: a traditional computer RPG, done in full 3D, brought to a console, imbued with the Force.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
    Star Wars Galaxies could be a great MMORPG in time, as it has some excellent potential and a solid technology base. But if you want a balanced combination of exciting combat, quick progress, and fun PvP, and you want it right now, then SWG is not the game for you.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Pirates of the Caribbean
    Pirates of the Caribbean is a tough game; it might mislead some buyers into thinking it shares much more than a name with the Hollywood movie.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Midnight Club II
    The high difficulty is a bit of a problem, the interface is a bit too console-like, and the multiplayer internet games could be set up a bit better, but it's still a fine game.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Star Trek: Elite Force II
    Elite Force 2 is a solid FPS sequel that improves on the original game in all areas.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Will Rock
    Combat frustrations, silly switch hunts, and a barebones multiplayer all combine to make this one somewhat disappointing to play.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon
    The Elder Scrolls 3: Bloodmoon is a fine expansion for an already excellent game; it strives to push the Morrowind gameplay system to its limits, adds new good/evil options to quests, and supplies a fully-detailed new island to run around on.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rise of Nations
    Rise of Nations is a great fusion of several recent and classic strategy titles. It combines Empire Earth with Age of Empires, puts in a dash of Civilization and Risk, and then mixes it all together with a ton of options for you to play around with.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    PlanetSide
    The action is not always constant or perfect, but a big battle here is a unique experience that you just can't get in another FPS.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Enter the Matrix
    The presentation is excellent overall, but this does not make up for what seems to be yet another rushed movie-license game. Rent it first.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
    The PC version of Vice City is just as much fun as the original, with great frame rates, better graphics, more control options, and all the content that made the PS2 version an instant classic.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Vietcong (2003)
    Even though there are a few infuriating missions and some out-of-place voice acting, it feels fairly genuine and is a high quality, unique addition to your shooter collection.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Shadowbane
    Wolfpack's idea of a MMORPG is unique and wonderful, and in some areas they delivered perfectly; in others, the delivery was a big letdown.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Freelancer
    The mixture of both story-based and open-ended gameplay comes off with a decent effect, and while the interface could have used work in some areas, it is great in others. Throw all this in together with a fun multiplayer mode, and we have a very good - but not exactly classic - game.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
    While the gameplay is somewhat linear, the gadgets are fun to mess with and there are plenty of different moves to do to finish the missions.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Unreal II: The Awakening
    For anyone who is looking for an old-school action FPS experience with solid production values and lots of explosions, this is your game.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
    It's a decent game with some pretty fun volleyball, although only the diehard sim fans are going to keep going after the first few days of play.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    The Getaway
    The Getaway is a pretty decent game with a few bad design decisions but some cool driving and action.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Panzer Dragoon Orta
    Panzer Dragoon Orta is a fine action game in a classic style with some new bits of gameplay thrown in. If you are a fan of arcade-style shooters, stop reading now and go buy this game.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    It's hard to believe, but EA has finally done a great job in taking a movie license, converting it to a fun game, and then delivering it to all the major consoles roughly in time for the movie's actual release.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Metroid Fusion
    Despite my complaints about the sound and music, and my half-hearted desire for a less linear style of play, Metroid Fusion is a great game that should be checked out by anyone who owns a GBA.
    • 97 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    Metroid Prime
    Prime is an excellent single-player game that successfully follows the classic Metroid formula while modernizing the graphics, atmosphere, and non-linear style.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
    This game can definitely hang with the best of them, though, which may come as a big surprise to those who thought that Mortal Kombat was dead. MK:DA has enough for both old MK fans and more "modern" fighting game players to keep most everyone entertained for quite a while.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead
    The fun vehicle levels, tons of weapons, gun emplacements to use, and scripted, cinematic gameplay all show just how short the single player mode is, even if it's generally really good stuff.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal
    Many of the things that made me love Morrowind so much are simply missing in Tribunal. For your dollar value, this expansion just doesn't add enough to what is already a massive, excellent game.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
    Rockstar Games have managed to do something very unique for a game: they captured the atmosphere of an era better than most movies could do, and simultaneously managed to pack in a wonderful, open-ended game.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
    I would definitely recommend this one to anyone who has enjoyed a previous THPS game, as it is easily the biggest and best one yet. There are a ton of goals to complete, insanely hard challenges that'll keep you coming back, and the best online play yet.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
    Still, it's immense fun for two players, and the game is easy enough for anyone to pick up and get immersed in. If you like D&D games and are up for some monster killing action, this is your game.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Battlefield 1942
    BF1942 is an impressive game that's great fun in multiplayer.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Mafia
    Even with its problems, Mafia was a joy to play, and I really hope we see more games that expand on the Grand Theft Auto formula. But if you are going to do a GTA3-alike game, a unique setting as well as a few major gameplay additions are absolute musts. Luckily, Mafia delivers in those areas.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a classic beat-em-up in the Final Fight style, with a few of its own twists thrown in.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
    People who were expecting a revolution in strategy games should realize that Blizzard wasn't aiming at this. They simply made another solid game with their tried and true style of gameplay and some great visuals at the same time. They've delivered on that.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Neverwinter Nights
    If you've never played the Baldur's Gate series, Planescape: Torment, or Icewind Dale, it's a fine single player game with the possibility of some very engaging multiplayer action.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Aggressive Inline
    I find that Aggressive Inline is definitely one of the greats, and that it raises the bar for the genre. It's not revolutionary like the first THPS was, but it certainly offers higher replay value and more crazy places to trick from than any other game of its kind.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
    Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind is an excellent game that should keep most players busy for weeks. Its open-ended gameplay style is revolutionary, and will surely be emulated by future RPG titles.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
    Raven Software has taken a big chance, trying to cover all the bases with Jedi Knight 2. Luckily, it has paid off, as this is an excellent game. It's got tons of stuff that players have been wanting since the first Jedi Knight, includes an engaging and fun multiplayer game, and delivers it all on the very stable and solid Quake 3 engine.
    • 97 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    Grand Theft Auto III
    Multiplayer modes would have made this game even better, but it seems Rockstar Studios didn't find it worth the time it'd have taken to finish it (plus, there's the chance they're planning a whole separate multiplayer GTA game for later). Despite its problems and lack of multiplayer, GTA3 is a wonderful title that'll keep you whacking gangsters and cops for weeks.
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