CGMagazine's Scores

  • Games
For 2,617 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 40% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 The Messenger
Lowest review score: 10 Vroom in the Night Sky
Score distribution:
2629 game reviews
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Darksiders: Warmastered Edition only works if you look at it as a time capsule of a bygone era.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Doom is just as violent and mesmerizing in VR, but a number of concessions were made in this truncated version.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Expedition: Viking is a fun slightly strategic RPG that utilizes an interesting theme to great effect. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take enough chances to really be memorable.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – From the Ashes tries to tell a poignant story of loss from a Na’vi perspective, but lingering gameplay flaws mean only the most patient fans are likely to stick with it to the end.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Street Fighter V employs complex and engaging mechanics, but it lacks enough content to keep the casual player interested.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dolmen is a massive achievement on a small Indie team of 30 developers and is a solid recommendation to those familiar with FromSoftware’s titles but shouldn’t be recommended to the more casual gamer.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Lords and Villeins is anything but a simple sim game. Strategy is key or your town will suffer. It is an easy game to get completely lost, but its already active community speaks wonders for the longevity of the game.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    9 Years of Shadows is a solid 2D action-adventure title that is very pretty to look at, and could be recommended to those who don’t focus on combat.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    EA Sports FC 26 is a fine entry to the annual football title from EA, featuring responsive gameplay and in-depth menus, but it’s not necessarily enough to make everyone happy.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Kingdom Hearts fans - particularly those who can justify the game's astronomical price point of $60 for about five hours of new content - will definitely enjoy their brief time with Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ultimately, Kingdom Rush: Vengeance provides players with a competent tower defense title that stands out from the saturated genre thanks to its colourful art style, quirky story beats and its role-reversal on good versus evil.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The world of Elderand tickled my fancy from the beginning to the end, and kept me coming back to pick it up with its fairly standard battle mechanics and replayability factors.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ghostbusters: The Video Game is the ultimate fan-game—that is to say, a game for the fans. It captures everything that made the original film great, and puts you in the starring role; really making you feel like a Ghostbuster. With everything that this game does right, it’s a wonder how more Ghostbusters games weren’t made, excluding the terrible Sanctum of Slime, and Ghostbusters (2016) game.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Even though I'm not the biggest Star Trek fan, Resurgence did a great job of getting me interested in the world and lore.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is an enjoyable experiment in melding Soulslike conventions onto a Final Fantasy skeleton. However it undercuts itself by not daring for more complexity, setting up great narrative and gameplay turns that never come to pass.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Shin-chan: Shiro and the Coal Town doesn't reinvent the wheel but instead takes you on a cozy stroll through the idyllic countryside through the lens of a child.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    While a little unpolished, Vikings – Wolves of Midgard is over-the-top fun.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Described as "Dark Souls underwater," this tactical action game is a brief, but fun little journey.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Stellaris: Console Edition has a long way to go to catch up to the PC version, but its intuitive controls make it a compelling strategy game on consoles nonetheless.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Overall, Thirsty Suitors is a fun experience. If you can overlook the rough skateboarding sections and repetitive encounters, there is a good coming-of-age story and some fantastic music and mini-games.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Rebellion hits the target again with Sniper Elite 5, but the game could benefit from smoother gameplay.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Miasma Chronicles brings some solid evolution to the turn-based strategy genre. While making itself approachable to newcomers and fans alike. The gameplay is really good, but the story is, for the most part, forgettable.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Outriders’ stellar gunplay and abilities make for a standout take on the cover-shooter genre, even though the overall experience is dragged down by server instability.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Super Robot Wars Y is another solid entry into the series that brings several exciting new properties that fans of the series will appreciate.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Whereas it is a worthy experiment and a cozy game deserving of a recommendation, Wanderstop ultimately struggles to live up to its creators’ illustrious reputations.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Though it doesn't have all the perks and features of bigger games, The Gunk remains gorgeous and engaging. A short but sweet adventure full of puzzles and fantastic scenery.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    While not quite a homerun, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is a fun, tactical space combat experience with some nice story to boot.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    If you’re a fan of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and are looking for a new fighter in the same cloth, a fan of anime looking for a new series to get into (it’s on Netflix), or just a fan of fighters looking for something other than Mortal Kombat to play with a friend, I’d say this one is definitely worth a look.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Assassin’s Creed Nexus manages to successfully pull off a fully-fledged VR game set around its fast-moving traversal mechanics with minimal motion sickness. They have, in a way, set a new standard for comfort options.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    In its current state Jurassic World Evolution is entertaining, but barebones as a business sim. Where Frontier really got things right was the dinosaurs themselves, they are simply the best versions of these prehistoric creatures in video games to date.

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