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For 334 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 49% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 47% 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 Dragon Age: Origins
Lowest review score: 10 Postal III
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 231 out of 334
  2. Mixed: 72 out of 334
  3. Negative: 31 out of 334
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
    As the multiplayer is the only reason to play Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days and as the multiplayer is almost pointless without a group of people you know aren't idiotic yelping pre-teens, there is no point in purchasing the game - unless you can convince your friends to purchase it as well.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    ModNation Racers: Road Trip
    With the extensive customisation, robust level editor with instant access to the PS3 library, and overall polished track design, it doesn't really matter where the ideas in ModNation came from. It's one of the more complete packages in the Vita launch lineup, and also one of the safest bets in terms of having fun.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic
    In all, the game seems to alternate between a wonderful, engrossing experience and a frustrating, incomplete one - and while we can hope that upcoming patches fix many of these (often niggling, sometimes major) problems, for the moment, Silent Hunter 5 remains a interesting but partially-broken game.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Jagged Alliance: Back in Action
    It's still a little distressing that a game with all the potential in the world to be one of the most spectacular gaming experiences of the decade is instead... a middle-of-the-road title. It may not crash, and it may not really bore you, but it isn't polished, and doesn't fully engross you.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Blood Stone: 007
    If you're after the definitive Bond adventure, Blood Stone 007 isn't it, stick to GoldenEye 007 instead.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
    When it works it really works well and its attention to the canon and lore of the Lord of the Rings is phenomenal, but it does too many things poorly to put it in the same league as a game like Dark Souls or The Witcher 2.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dead Island: Riptide
    With the all new and exciting bugs Techland have added, you are paying seven times as much for a worse version of the game.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Shaun White Snowboarding
    Shaun White Snowboarding just isn’t very good. With completely uninspiring mountain designs, a pitiful single-player quest and awful controls, there’s really no reason to pick this one up.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Dark Void
    At the end of the day it may be trite and an unfunny pun, but unless you’re a massive fan of Battlestar Galactica and have the ability to put shonky gameplay to the side, I’ll offer this one piece of advice… Avoid the Void.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
    Playing through Disney's Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two was one of the most irritating and unrewarding experiences I've had the misfortune of completing in over 30 years of gaming. It should be banished to The Wasteland where other unfinished and incomplete ideas wait in limbo to be restored into a functional, more complete version.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sega Bass Fishing
    If fishing in your underpants is your idea of a cool way to kill some time, or you’re just trying to get your dad into playing the Wii you could do a lot worse than Sega Bass Fishing. Otherwise I’d kiss this one and throw it back.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Bleach: Soul Resurreccion
    Die-hard fans of the anime can feel free to throw an extra [10 points] onto the final score, but with repetitive cannon fodder enemy types, a nonsensical plot and some of the blandest and most repeated ad nauseum backgrounds I've ever seen in a video game, it's hard to justify going any higher. A little more care could have really made a difference. Pity.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Breach
    Breach is barely worth the effort, a plodding experience that sucks you dry of your time offering very little long term reward and a minuscule amount of instant gratification.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Spider-Man: Edge of Time
    Rather than build upon Shattered Dimensions and further refine the Spider-Man experience, Spider-Man: Edge of Time takes a step back and feels like something that was quickly rushed out the door while still trying to trap consumers in a badly tangled web.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Don King Presents: Prizefighter
    The unfinished, unpolished story mode, the average graphics and worst of all the frustrating, annoying gameplay make me think the Quality Assurance team on the game must be either punch drunk or non-existent.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Deadliest Warrior: The Game
    An outstanding game for the asking price.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
    Compared to The Force Unleashed’s Duel Mode, Lightsaber Duels is too simplistic and shallow to warrant purchasing – while it would suit younger fans, the wait continues for the rest of us Star Wars fans for a game that lets us unleash our inner Jedi and use the Wii-mote like a lightsaber in a realistic manner.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor: Warfighter
    While I had a better time than expected taking Warfighter online, its singleplayer remains a well-crafted imitator in a year of new ideas.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Reality Fighters
    Crippled, but not useless. Even though its main story mode presents no challenge whatsoever - you can find that elsewhere - going through all the special moves was fun enough for the first little while.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Duke Nukem Forever
    They would have been better off just remaking Duke Nukem 3D, as it had some interesting level design at least. If you took Duke Nukem out of Duke Nukem Forever it would have been one of those games you see for sale at discount stores, the kind you didn't know existed and people only buy as a joke.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    No Time to Explain
    Each level looks so enormously different that aside from a very distinctive 2D style, it very rarely seems like the same game at all.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    FaceBreaker
    Looks great, is super fun for about five minutes, then every second you play beyond increases the chance that somebody is going to get hurt. If you need to see some terrific visuals and brilliant animation, rent it out then breathe a sigh of relief you didn’t pay full dollar.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Blade Kitten
    Do not buy Blade Kitten. The best case scenario is Krome didn't know what they were doing with this first game but have the experience to make the second one decent. The worst case scenario involves the developers slapping round robin high fives for their excellent work and retexturing it for a 'sequel'.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
    Operation Raccoon City gets fifty percent of the way there. It has some really cool ideas and core concepts that deserve acknowledgement and recognition counterbalanced by almost half-cocked development choices. I hoped that this would set a new benchmark for the series and usher in a new direction, but this isn't the title to do it.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ninja Reflex
    Oh, it’s fish catching again. Fly grabbing. The same damn training I’ve done countless times now. It’s the same six mini-games ad infinitum.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Stormrise
    The game's worst enemy is the clearly rushed production time. You can feel a decent idea inside Stormrise, yearning to get out.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Call of Juarez: The Cartel
    The most forgettable, bland, fractured game I've played this year which only gets points for some interesting concepts albeit extremely poorly executed. In a year boasting Duke Nukem Forever, that's really saying something.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Stronghold 3
    Some people - die-hard fans of the sub-genre spring to mind - might be able to get some entertainment from it, but for me and (probably) most gamers it simply gets bogged down in its hundred and five minor flaws and doesn't have enough 'fun' to make it worthwhile... it dies the death of a thousand tiny paper-cuts.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tank! Tank! Tank!
    What it lacks in variety it makes up in sheer insanity.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
    If it's the genre you're after, grab Lara Croft instead, or maybe dig up a copy of Hunter: The Reckoning from last-gen. If you're a die-hard Ghostbusters fan, there's a passable fix to be had here – just don't expect too much.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Aliens: Colonial Marines
    The saddest thing is there’s still a lot of fun to be found in Colonial Marines. As much as I loathed it at times, this was mostly due to the fact that when the game gets it right, it really gets it right. Last-gen graphics, poor quality control and sloppy writing further taint an enjoyable co-op experience that otherwise goes a long way to making the player fe
    • 43 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Terminator Salvation
    The biggest issue I have with Terminator Salvation is that it doesn't even try. It's resigned to the idea that it is a shameless movie tie-in, and it's not going to try at all to do any better.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Naughty Bear
    It could have piqued interest and numbed the pain of the incredibly dull gameplay. In the end, Naughty Bear gives you the bear necessities, and very little else.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Postal III
    Postal 3 wanted to offend me and it succeeded. It wasn't the racist stereotyping, the rampant sexism, the spankerchiefs or the laughable gore. All of that is done in a manner so pedestrian that I'm more embarrassed for them than I am offended. What offended me was that people are actually selling this. That RunningWithScissors/Akella would have the balls to slap a 'finished' label on this title and start taking people's money.
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