CalmDownTom's Scores

  • Games
For 204 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 12% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Lowest review score: 10 Natural Doctrine
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 94 out of 204
  2. Negative: 20 out of 204
204 game reviews
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    My issue with My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant isn’t its not-quite-great writing or anything about its content at all, really. My issue here is that My Ex-Boyfriend is a point and click adventure game that’s fairly poor in its execution.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hyrule Warriors looks great, sounds great and plays great. While hack-and-slash games have never been my personal preference, I lost an entire weekend to Hyrule Warriors without even realising it.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    This is not a buggy or broken game: this is a game without any aspiration.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The music fits in perfectly as well. It has a great synth sound straight out of the 80’s, and nothing else would have done this game justice.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    All in all with the great graphic novel level intros and the nice little story and wit the protagonist displays, Veocity 2X is an engaging experience. I was glued to it till I was at level thirty six, then I realised I should really write something before I get to the end and spoil it for everyone here.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The revised skills trainer makes it a perfect entry level game for us on the other side of the pond who are interested in the NFL but need help in the concept and rules department of the game.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Depending on your choices Hatoful Boyfriend can be a light-hearted dating sim set in a completely ridiculous setting, or a crazy ridiculous visual novel set in a ridiculous setting.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Believe me when I say you will sink days into this game. I got so wrapped up in playing it that I forgot to write the review and if that doesn’t say much for it’s wonderful mix of minecraft style building and RPG then I don’t know how to convince you.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The game is simple to get to grips with but complex enough that it can be challenging.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There’s a lot about NHL 15 to be happy about, especially when it comes to actual game time. However, NHL 15 is not a finished product and as such this review score reflects that.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Yet in the light of some truly sickening behaviour by so-called ‘gamers’, a title that looks to humanise the affected should be applauded.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I loved Commando Jack. I don’t think I can recommend it enough. Sure it has some rough edges and it won’t appeal to everyone. But I think it will appeal to the masses thanks to the amount of fun that is to be had.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    On PS4, this is the same great, addictive title that left me nostalgic for the skateboarding version of the nineties I never really knew: it’s just that OlliOlli’s mobile heritage begins to become apparent when played on a home console that it was probably never intended to grind, flip or spin its way on to.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It requires some mastery of its quick pace and barrage of enemies to fully enjoy the game. Due to its repetitive nature and its design primarily targeting those with a strong arcade past – particularly platformers – I would recommend this game, but I feel it is targeted at a small market.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The improvements to the graphics (did I mention it looks gorgeous on the iPad?), sound and overall presentation of Chapter Two ensures that The Journey Down can still be regarded as a solid example of a good point and click adventure game.
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    • 80 Critic Score
    If you’re hungry for Walking Dead, and moreish pinball games, this is a no-brainer.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    I can’t say I warmed to the soundtrack, but I confess it’s cheery enough, and I can’t really identify anything offensively bad about Aritana. I think the dev team could make something really great in the future, but for the moment I could only recommended this game to a very patient platformer fan. And it would have to be on sale.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It’s certainly not going to be a game for everyone but it undoubtedly resonated with me.
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    • 50 Critic Score
    The game could be so much more with a little extra work though. The combat and poor voice acting are just too much for me to seriously recommend the game.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It’s the strength of the storytelling that makes Danganronpa 2 a veritable tour-de-force, even with its somewhat quirky gameplay mechanics.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I can’t find much wrong with Toast Time due to the sheer simplicity. All that I can say to do Toast Time justice is buy it on mobile then you will have a good little one thumb game to whittle away dull traveling, and it is half the price of the Steam version.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I really like Halfway. As a turn based strategy game with a great atmosphere that offers a steep but engaging challenge, it’s a good game. It’s still a bit limited, but I want to play it. Again. Right now. And that’s surely a good sign.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Playing this for the first time gave me a similar feeling to playing the first Bioshock, where you were scared about what was around the next corner, but still intrigued to find out.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Size DOES Matter then takes a solid game idea (puzzles and music) and mixes some traditional rhythm actions elements in for good measure. The result is a rhythm puzzle game that will delight and frustrate in equal measure.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The course designer adds a huge amount of depth to the game as you will never run out of new courses to play.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The advertisement was not subtle at all with the pop up adds coming up every two minutes. This can really ruin the playing experience overall as well as the waiting you have to do to gain energy.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A strange curio that offers something different, and what it gets right should be applauded.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Disgaea 4 is the best game I’ve ever hated.
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    • 80 Critic Score
    Graphics aside Colin McRae Rally keeps the “realistic” handling of its day.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As difficult and repetitious as Lovely Planet gets however, rarely is it frustrating. It’s hard to hold a grudge against a game so whimsical, especially when it delivers even the most nefarious of its tricks with such stone-faced innocence.

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