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On average, this publication grades 1.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 SUPERHOT
Lowest review score: 10 Vroom in the Night Sky
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,690 out of 2616
  2. Mixed: 845 out of 2616
  3. Negative: 81 out of 2616
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Final Fantasy XVI
    Final Fantasy XVI melds the best of the series’ themes with a modern, malleable take on combat—creating a heartrending, generation-defining tale of revenge, fate, and freedom.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Earth Atlantis
    Earth Atlantis innovates by bringing in ideas from the metroidvania genre to its shoot’em up shell, creating an experience that is unlike any other.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
    Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a masterpiece, featuring exceptional characters, stunning environments, engaging combat mechanics, and captivating performances that hold up even after a third playthrough. It is a game everyone should experience.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth
    Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth is a short and sweet game that is beautiful to look at and play. The journey through Moominvalley and the characters you meet make the entire experience worth it.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Diablo IV
    Diablo IV's dark allure combines ingenious design choices to create an extraordinary Diablo that we couldn't have dreamed possible back in 1997.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
    By daring to make a statement, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided succeeds in being a nuanced, mature gaming experience that pushes the medium forward in major ways.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    SUPERHOT
    It’s the most innovative shooter I’ve played in years.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Katamari Damacy REROLL
    Katamari Damacy REROLL is a delightful game that I highly recommend. It’s quirky, charming, extremely fun, and much deeper than it initially appears. I know it may sound cliché, but there really isn’t anything else like it and with it’s wide availability on modern consoles, it’s a game that you should definitely play if you haven’t experienced it yet.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    NieR: Automata
    NieR: Automata is the rare gaming experience in which narrative, aesthetics, and gameplay all complement each other to form a perfect storm of master class game design. A truly exemplary example of what video games are capable of as an art form, and a new personal favorite.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Super Mario Bros. Wonder
    Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a complete reinvention of everything that makes the franchise great, and the best 2D Mario game ever made.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Mixtape
    Mixtape is a greatest hits of gameplay, storytelling, music and animation. Its a true work of art that would be a crime not to experience.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Sexy Brutale
    It is a quality experience through and through with some excellent writing and inventive design that I can’t say I’ve ever seen implemented so well in a game before. It dares to be different and does so with style. I loved every minute of it.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Oxenfree
    Oxenfree takes the best parts of supernatural 1980's teenage horror films and combines it with believable characters, beautiful set pieces, and a haunting VHS synth-pop soundtrack to create a masterpiece.
    • 96 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is easily the greatest open world game ever made, and may well be Nintendo’s finest achievement.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
    Final Fantasy VII Rebirth delivers upon Remake's thesis, increasing a classic's scale and character tenfold to create a new modern-day masterpiece.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Marvel's Spider-Man 2
    Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 builds upon its strong foundation to present a captivating narrative and gameplay experience that stands in the franchise’s upper echelon of tales.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Tetris Effect: Connected
    Tetris Effect: Connected is a must-play game, and should not be missed by anyone.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
    Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth sets a new standard for the Yakuza series with its captivating story, mesmerizing gameplay, and richly detailed side activities.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Cairn
    Cairn is something truly special. A game that makes you climb in isolation, giving you and Aava time for quiet contemplation, enough so that you feel the embodiment of the character and can’t help but face her struggles like they were your own. With an outstanding gameplay loop and so much freedom to climb where and how you like, Cairn is incredible.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Slime Rancher
    I absolutely loved Slime Rancher, from the colourful start to the bittersweet ending that literally had me sobbing—something that is quite hard for video games to achieve.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Resident Evil Requiem
    Resident Evil Requiem feels like the culmination of everything the series has been building to and building on over the last thirty years. The story, gameplay, and sound design are all remarkable.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Hollow Knight: Silksong - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
    Hollow Knight: Silksong takes the masterclass design of its predecessor and elevates it to set a new gold standard in Metroid-like design.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
    Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End will be regarded in the same light as Ocarina of Time and Grand Theft Auto III as a game that pushed the industry to new heights we’ve never seen before.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Half-Life: Alyx
    Genre-bending and hauntingly mesmerizing, Half-Life: Alyx brings the series as it should have always been experienced while doing the impossible: surpassing Half Life 2.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Pokemon Pokopia
    Pokémon Pokopia is one of the most robust cozy games to-date, essentially melding two Nintendo franchises into one content-rich whole that should keep fans pleasantly busy for some time.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Yoku's Island Express
    Yoku's Island Express is the perfect combination of pinball mechanics meets metroidvania, and is not only my favorite indie game so far this year, but my favorite pinball game of all time.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Demon's Souls
    The best looking console game I’ve ever played, and one that can easily stand toe-to-toe with the best the PC world has to offer — and I can play it on a big-screen from the comfort of my couch. Bluepoint knocked it out of the park so far the ball killed someone in a distant suburb.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Messenger
    The Messenger’s intricate platforming and charming world make for a surprising journey that must be played.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World
    Kirby and the Forgotten Land's Switch 2 Edition is the best paid upgrade yet, and a worthy addition to one of the Switch's finest platformers.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Path of Exile: Ascendancy
    Considering that it’s both free and quite probably the best ARPG that we’ll ever see, I can think of no valid excuse not to give it a whirl. To be honest, every time I get lost for a weekend in refining a new build, only to die and start again, I wonder why I bother playing anything else. There’s always been something for everyone in Path of Exile; now there’s even more.
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    • 80 Metascore
    • Critic Score
    Inkbound
    Inkbound fuses unique concepts together to create a good story and a better video game, a must-play for those looking for a new adventure. [Early Access Score = 80]
    • tbd Metascore
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    Ranger's Path: National Park Simulator
    Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator fundamentally works, even with some minor bugs and a lack of gameplay variety—the game has a lot of work to create the ultimate virtual park ranger experience. [Early Access Score = 65]
    • tbd Metascore
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    Second Extinction
    Second Extinction disappoints as an unoriginal multiplayer dino shooter with an uneven difficulty, unbalanced weapons and mind-numbingly repetitive missions. [Early Access Review Score = 60]
    • tbd Metascore
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    007 First Light
    I did not know what to think when I first heard IOI was working on a James Bond game, but having played 007 First Light, I can think of no studio better for this. It nailed the experience and the tone, and used its expertise in a way that feels fresh, engaging and fun. The team knows what it is doing and has gone all out to build a game that is unmistakably James Bond while feeling like a natural evolution for the studio. [3-Hour Hands-On Impressions]
    • tbd Metascore
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    inZOI
    As it stands, big caveats aside, inZOI is an interesting experiment but not one that I would readily recommend, at least not at the launch of Early Access. What is here is, again, intriguing, yes, but far from feature-complete and optimized for performance. [Pre-Early Access Impressions]
    • tbd Metascore
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    SpellPunk VR
    SpellPunk VR’s magic fizzles out from barely-working controls and limited engagement to keep players coming back after the first time. [Early Access Score = 50]
    • tbd Metascore
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    33 Immortals
    There is a certain sense of feeling like a wandering soul in 33 Immortals that the title captures in a way that I haven’t experienced in a game before, making the experience truly feel unique yet familiar within the roguelike genre. [Early Access Impressions]
    • tbd Metascore
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    Masters of Albion
    The big differentiator in Masters of Albion is its focus on industry: the game is one part city-builder and one part god game, smashed together. [Early Access Impressions]
    • tbd Metascore
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    Blightstone
    Blightstone brings a charming roguelike strategy game to the forefront of early access, an easy recommendation to fans of the genre. [Early Access Score = 80]
    • tbd Metascore
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    Disney Dreamlight Valley
    Despite borrowing heavily from other life sims, Disney Dreamlight Valley feels unique and charming enough in its own right. However, the Switch version has some glaring pains at launch. [Early Access Score = 70]
    • tbd Metascore
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    GALAHAD 3093
    The attention to customizability and accessibility of Galahad 3093 showcased how a mech-shooting game does not need to prioritize great graphics over a game playable for everyone. [Early Access Score = 70]

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