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For 866 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 9% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 78
Highest review score: 100 Figment 2: Creed Valley
Lowest review score: 20 Krut: The Mythic Wings
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 588 out of 866
  2. Mixed: 246 out of 866
  3. Negative: 32 out of 866
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
    Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn tries to chart its own path down the ever-growing souls-lite genre. In some ways, like exploration and its reputation system, it succeeds. In others, especially with its late-game combat, Flintlock shows more rust than polish. More balance felt needed in the grand scheme of things. Simple amounts of grinding or just getting into the groove of things trivialize most challenges that previously made you sweat. Everything together creates a package that at first feels hopeful and intriguing but ends in a chamber full of wet gunpowder.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Miitopia
    Miitopia is a simple RPG with a few very unmodern character-creating mechanics. Whether you are charmed by Miis or not is certainly your own prerogative, but the gameplay itself is perfect for beginner RPG players with its focus on relationships between your party members. Longtime RPG players may find a good time in its relative simplicity.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
    Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a fun fighting game with iconic characters and easy to learn but challenging to master mechanics. They nailed the feel of a good fighting game, but the game still feels like it has a ways to go before it reaches the level of an iconic franchise like Smash. The potential is absolutely there, and after we see a few DLC launches who knows where it will stand, but for now it’s hard to imagine myself inviting friends over to play All-Star Brawl when Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is still around.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Atlas Fallen
    Ultimately, while Atlas Fallen‘s narrative is a bit of a hit-and-miss, it still offers players, especially action RPG fans, a highly engaging gameplay experience in a well-crafted world.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Once Human
    While the quality of every game is ultimately subjective, Once Human is unique in how, other than its serious technical issues, all of its problems or strengths are contentious ones that it is easy to imagine every person feeling differently about. For many, however, I suspect that it will end up being such a mixed bag as not to be worth sticking with in favor of a more focused and refined competitor.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lords of the Fallen
    Lords of the Fallen is a massive improvement over its namesake prequel, and it provides many highs, but there are lows to match. For the masochist action RPG fan, though, there’s plenty to love, and it’s all going to hurt.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business
    RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business is most satisfying in spurts. The gunfighting is satisfying, with enough challenge to it so as not to feel like you’re just an unstoppable machine marching through waves of enemies. But there is too much dead air between fights, making the slow movement annoying after a while.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    In Sound Mind
    But while I enjoyed the visuals, had fun figuring out the puzzles, and had plenty of laughs, In Sound Mind doesn’t quite impress anything upon you. There’s nothing particularly wrong with the game, but it also doesn’t strike me as extremely inventive or revolutionary. On the other hand, if you’ve played any psychological horror games in the past and enjoyed them, you’ll like this one for much the same reasons.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    LEGO Horizon Adventures
    LEGO Horizon Adventures won’t do much for anyone who doesn’t like the LEGO formula, while also being let down by bland level design and an average hub world, it’s still worth an adventure through.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    MOTORSLICE
    Motorslice has some cool moments, but they’re largely lost in stale and dated gameplay and weirdly sexualized beats.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Remaster
    Onimusha 2 Samurai’s Destiny doesn’t reinvent the wheel or dramatically modernize every aspect of the original game. However, with its stylish action, welcome updates, and nostalgic charm, the remaster proves that even a 20-year-old game can still cut deep.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Road 96: Mile 0
    While featuring some great elements and features, Road 96: Mile 0 fails to flesh them out enough to make the game truly great. However, despite this, it still offers players an enjoyable experience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Decarnation
    Decarnation’s story is thrilling and unsettling, and every point the game gets is because of how well-crafted the winding nightmares are in relation to the overall progression of Gloria’s life.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shadow Labyrinth
    Shadow Labyrinth is a great idea. However, poorly defined hitboxes, inconsistent mechanics, and over-inflated difficulty bog down what could have been a great experience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Scorn
    Scorn is a survival horror shooter puzzle game and it uses each of those elements in its own mold.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Code Vein II
    Code Vein II is a deeply entertaining adventure that brings hope and life back to a ruined world, tears down massive beasts, and witnesses the most audacious segment in any action RPG.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pokemon UNITE
    Pokemon Unite is a fun, streamlined entry in the MOBA genre. It has something to offer both long-time franchise fans, as well as MOBA players who may be looking for something fun and rewarding, while not demanding their all to keep up with. And since it’s free, if what you have read sounds at all enticing why not give it a try. You don’t even need the Nintendo Switch Online service to play.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sniper Elite: Resistance
    Sniper Elite: Resistance offers an experience that its series has largely cornered the market on. And it provides that experience very well. But it is disappointing to see just how little it has iterated on the foundation laid by Sniper Elite 5.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Digimon Survive
    Digimon Survive feels like it was made with every kid who wanted to be a DigiDestined. It’s a darker twist on a fan favorite story. While the story is amazing, it is brought down by okay combat. 10 percent of the gameplay weighs down the other 90 percent.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mario Golf: Super Rush
    Despite the mulligans I wish Mario Golf: Super Rush could take, it’s still a strongly delivered game any fan of party games and party sport simulators in particular can enjoy alone or with friends.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Soul Hackers 2
    Soul Hackers 2 takes inspiration from both the Persona and the mainline Shin Megami Tensei series while including new things into the mix to varying degrees of success. As a result, it is best to not compare it to any other title in the franchise.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Gunk
    While not perfect, The Gunk is a fun game that carries a great and important message. We need to save our environment. A compelling story, relaxing yet sometimes boring gameplay, and stunning visuals.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Storyteller
    Storyteller is full of charm, laughs, and head-scratching puzzles. All are made in a way that lets you create the story you want to tell to fit the prompt. With standouts like its hands-off instructions to subtle butterfly effect interactions, this is a can’t-miss game for anyone looking for a new puzzle game to sink their teeth into.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Callisto Protocol
    The Callisto Protocol is my biggest disappointment this year. While it nails the aesthetic and is one of the most beautiful games I’ve played this year, it misses the mark in almost every other department. I think it can be refined to at least be more fun, but in its current state, the story and gameplay weigh down this new entry to the survival horror genre from the potential it so obviously has.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Until Dawn
    Until Dawn for PS5 is very much for a specific audience. Despite its technical issues, it is the way to go for those looking for the newest or best-looking way to play the classic horror game. For anyone else, the original holds up just fine.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Struggling
    Struggling is a very creative and endearing platformer that surprised me with both how much I enjoyed its grotesque universe and how tight its physics-based gameplay is.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Immortals of Aveum
    Immortals of Aveum at its core is a fun take on the shooter genre. Yet it quickly bogs itself down with an over-complicated story and an unnecessary gearing system. Set in a new world that’s fun to explore, Aveum has the potential to be a great universe to revisit in the future.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Enotria: The Last Song
    Enotria: The Last Song is a solid entry to the genre. Its beautiful design, deep customization, and satisfying gameplay invite players to experience its take on the soulslike formula.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles
    Overall, The Hinokami Chronicles is an enjoyable arena fighter with a really intriguing story. There are moments where the game feels a bit too slow or uninteresting during the exploration moments, but the combat makes up for it. Fans of Demon Slayer will love plaything through The Hinokami Chronicles, and even newcomers to the series will enjoy this well-done fighting game.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Outcast: A New Beginning
    The joy of Outcast – A New Beginning comes from the freedom of its nonlinear concept.
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