Cheat Code Central's Scores

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For 6,324 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 63% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Lowest review score: 0 High Rollers Casino
Score distribution:
6324 game reviews
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The textures are so low-res they will give you a headache. The two-player mode is even worse as it compresses the graphics into two halves to facilitate a vertical split screen making everything distorted and elongated, it's like sitting at the front of a Drive-Inn movie screen.
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    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Compared to last year's game, this is last year's game. There are so few improvements that whatever you hated or liked about the original is what you'll hate or like about this sequel.
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    With battling monsters and cards to collect this is really just another Pokemon game in disguise and not a very good disguise at that. Come on Nintendo, your slip is showing.
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    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A big round of disappointment will be had by all that play Monster Garage. Perhaps Jesse and his crew should try their hands at developing a videogame. It can't be much worse than this.
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    If you've already been-there-done-that, move along - there's nothing to see here. But if you must have Pokemon then just get one of these games. Don't fall prey to Nintendo's cheesy marketing scheme.
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    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    In its defense, the enemy AI is more intelligent than ones in your average shooter. If they were any more intelligent they would pick up and find a better game to play in. I advise you to do likewise.
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    In terms of value, this is one of the worst fighting game re-releases yet.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The only thing this game has going for it is the novelty of creating your own hybrids of dinosaurs.
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    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This is a lousy simulation of the televised version. It looks terrible with its blocky graphics and herky jerky animation. The poker gameplay is about as average as you can get. There are better, more realistic poker games available on the net for free.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The only good things I can say about this game is that it's short and you won't want to replay it. It might, however, inspire a developer to make a better version of this concept.
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    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The best way to describe Rock Revolution is like a Xerox copy of fine art. Sure, it looks like the real deal, but there is nothing unique about it and in the end it’s just a cheap imitation of something that truly is revolutionary.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    I don't care how good the gameplay is - it's been done to death. It's like releasing the game of checkers over and over with different colored game pieces.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This is a lousy simulation of the televised version. It looks terrible with its blocky graphics and herky jerky animation. The poker gameplay is about as average as you can get. There are better, more realistic poker games available on the net for free.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Once you get past the uber-violent novelty of killing innocent civilians with everything from Molotov cocktails to weapons of mass destruction, you'll find the gameplay rather repetitive and shallow.
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    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Unfortunately the accuracy of the weapons is low. The controls are loose and sometime they don't even register a command. Very sloppy.
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    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This game is a shining example of what happens when a license is the only thing that sells a game.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    You may have read this review and wondered, where's the cool stuff? Good question.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    187 Ride or Die is bad - but it's not so bad that it's good. There's nothing good about it, period.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Even if you got this game as a gift, you should return it immediately. There are far too many moments that make it unplayable. Go play Gears of War instead.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Even if you got this game as a gift, you should return it immediately. There are far too many moments that make it unplayable. Go play Gears of War instead.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Most of my complaints have to do with the shoddy graphics and technical glitches. But the gameplay is also suspect and will not escape my wrath. I can't think of one positive aspect of this game to recommend even renting it.
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    You may begin to find yourself suffering from the Too-Much-Sameness disorder. Symptoms include boredom and the unwillingness to complete the game.
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    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Even though the controls and gameplay are basically broken, the game isn't entirely without merit.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The problem with this game is that the controls are terrible.
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    All around there's just too much repetition in this game. It's fun for half-an-hour tops and that's it.
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    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It features lots of characters from the series, perhaps all of your favorites, but if these fighters were real they'd be on the phone with their agents trying to stop this game from getting released.
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    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The half of the games that are actually playable can be fun, while the others are simply broken. The single Wii-mote option is nice for social gatherings.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Even if I were a hockey fan, the game would still suffer from bad camera angles, jerky animation, magnetic puck-pulling sticks and unrealistic AI performance.
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    I've played better games on the PSX, in terms of appearance, gameplay, sound, graphics and re-playability.
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    All in all, Resident Evil Zero doesn’t even come close to being called a remastered version because it offers nothing but minor visual upgrades.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The gameplay mechanics mutiny against what might have been an enjoyable, mindless, first-person shooter.
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    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Don't confuse this game with the console games however. Console games good; GBA game bad.
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    If real Fords performed the way they do in Ford Racing 3 we'd all be driving Toyotas.
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Imagine an aging Max Payne with debilitating rheumatoid arthritis, failing eyesight and prone to fits of epilepsy. That's what you can expect when you play as Jack Slate in Dead to Rights: Reckoning...This game gets no points for trying. Dead to Rights: Reckoning, in no uncertain terms, sucks.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's not the most challenging of games but there are some side-scrolling moments that liven up the pace.
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The end result is a game that features the 3Ds - less depth, less detail and less difficulty.
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    I hereby decree Dredd vs. Death to be an inferior product. My ruling is that the game should be executed.
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There's some fun to be had in the Time Trial mode, but only because you don't have to struggle with the inadequacy of the rest of the game. Online play may eventually offer some fun as well, but right now it doesn't seem to work.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    What you're really fighting in this game is the rules - and boredom. It's boredom that drives me to consume fried delectables, and I can tell you I must have gained eight pounds playing Empire of Magic.
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The entire presentation is flat and uninspired. With the exception of color, this game looks like it was destined for a watch.
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    If this game were available for free in a cereal box I still wouldn't recommend it - but it would make it easier to swallow.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Lego is trying to change its image with the futuristic racing game, Drome Racers. It's like Barney doing a porn movie - but much less interesting.
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This new difficulty didn't make the game any better, it just made it more difficult. It's like having to make friends with an asinine neighbor just because you feel obligated to be nice.
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Punch, punch, punch, jump - and throw something. That seems to be the extent of the gameplay.
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A collecting RPG in the tradition of Pokemon - shamefully so. But instead of expanding on this style of gameplay that's already been done to death, The Shaman King sees fit to simplify it so that it offers a challenge akin to turning a water faucet on and off.
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    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's doubtful you'll find six other online players but you can set a trap and invite six of your friends to play via LAN. It will be the last you ever see of them. Make sure you take their keys.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There is no doubt that it gets challenging near the end but you should be able to breeze through most of the levels in a day.
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    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There is something about this game that just feels completely outdated. This is extremely disappointing for a PS2 game, and I think perhaps it was simply rushed.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    From the gameplay to the graphics, this game screams budget title. It not only looks generic but it acts generic. The developers really missed the mark with this one.
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The concept is gimmicky and the gameplay mechanics don't do anything to deliver a satisfying experience.
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The game just feels sloppy and unfinished. It controls poorly, looks bad, and completely misses the point of the Resident Evil franchise. Honestly, I wouldn't even recommend this game to Resident Evil fans. If you want a better co-op zombie shooter, you should probably just go back to Left 4 Dead.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    How difficult it is to get your ass to a real bowling alley and play a damn game? C'mon man, this is ridiculous. Next thing you know some developer is going to come out with a videogame of a videogame.
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A dated game that is today belittled by the very games that it helped inspire. I can't believe that this game hasn't been tweaked. It's nearly identical, warts and all to the DC port.
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    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Apocalyptica may not accurately portray the end of the world but it does nothing to preserve the future of gaming as we know it. Let us hope this is not a sign.
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Just about everything about this game is below par. The script is lame and does little to highlight the characters' personalities or the almost adult-oriented context of the comic book theme.
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Multi scrolling levels give the game a 3D appearance which will fool some gamers for a while but it's hard not to get bored playing on the same plane.
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    • 33 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    From the gameplay to the graphics, Van Helsing is one poorly developed game. I don't even care what the excuses are, this game should not have been released in the state that it's in.
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The presentation is hideous. This is so bare bones I'm sure even a Russian would feel a little embarrassed about the lack of options, detail, story and gameplay. The music is terrible.
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    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Children can't be fooled!
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Don't expect much help from the interface. It's a confusing mess that after some 20-hours of gameplay still makes little sense as to its existence - I thought these things were meant to be helpful.
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Does not even come close to capturing the fun, speed and total recklessness of the original.
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    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Where Flight of the Falcon goes wrong is in trying to make the GBA display 3D environments for an entire game.
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    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Slot car racing is bloody boring enough without have to replicate it in a videogame. What's next? Snail racing?... It stinks.
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    An uninspired action adventure game that rehashes the same old elements that we've seen throughout the series. There is little combat and what is offered is limited by a few moves and combos which are all practically divulged at the outset.
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 39 Critic Score
    Gives the white trash population what they want: more crap. This game is just bad.
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    • 46 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Were it a $10 WiiWare title, we'd still have to give it a thumbs down. There's almost no focus, there's little reward for your time and money, and the production exhibits an extreme lack of care.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    There are songs to play you can't get anywhere else, but you should really ask yourself if you to play them on a "real-fake" guitar.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    There are songs to play you can't get anywhere else, but you should really ask yourself if you to play them on a "real-fake" guitar.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Fans of WWII will no doubt seek it out since there is a rabid market for such games. But once they get it home and find out that it sucks, they feel shocked, betrayed, angry and bitter at the very industry that they have come to love and trust.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    I thought after the growing pains of the first few levels, the game and I would fall into our groove and things would improve...Try as I might, it just never happened.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    As a mainstream game, Garfield's Fun Fest is absolutely horrendous, and even as a kid's game it fares little better. A complete lack of effort on the part of the developers has led to a title that has boring, repetitive gameplay, poor sound and visuals, lack of humor or even a mildly entertaining storyline, and a total dearth of value.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Repetitive, short, and uninteresting are good ways to describe the play experience found in Cybertron Adventures.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Boring. Everything about the game seems to be crafted in such a way to make the experience as un-engaging as possible. The graphics: poor. The voice acting: dry. The combat: repetitive. The story: uninteresting. In fact, the only thing this game has going for it is the Game of Thrones IP it is attached to, which is par for the course for licensed games.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    With bad controls, a terrible camera, and an unforgiving life and checkpoint system, don't expect to play this one for very long.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    The game isn't funny, and that's inexcusable.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Even though I saw serious potential for the game to be fun, I lost interest with it barely a half hour in.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Almost unplayable by oneself and difficult to find others to play with online. 0 Day is a really short game that you'll likely not come anywhere close to getting fifteen dollars worth of enjoyment out of.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Shellshock 2 is incredibly short, largely unsatisfying, and even painful to play at times.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Although there are plenty of modes, the poor controls hamper any play value this title might have had.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    While this Space Chimp's platforming is fairly solid, its linear nature and numerous problems succeed in removing any enjoyment that could possibly be derived from this movie tie-in.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Shellshock 2 is incredibly short, largely unsatisfying, and even painful to play at times.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    The real crime of FaceBreaker is that its gameplay is so bad and the A.I. is so cheap that the game's excellent create-a-player feature can't really be enjoyed. Who cares how many cool characters are available in a game that is insanely frustrating to play?
    • tbd Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    At only twelve levels, this game is incredibly short. But, in the case of ATG, that's a blessing.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Not only is the price outrageous for the amount of game you're getting, but the game you're getting is absolutely terrible.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    It’s just a quickly thrown together mess of mechanics that feels like it’s trying and failing to be an open world American style RPG. Frankly, you aren’t missing anything if you totally pass this title up.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    The real crime of FaceBreaker is that its gameplay is so bad and the A.I. is so cheap that the game's excellent create-a-player feature can't really be enjoyed. Who cares how many cool characters are available in a game that is insanely frustrating to play?
    • 50 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    If you're not a kid, I can say with certainty that this game is not one of those kid-friendly games that also appeals to adults. If you have or know a kid, she or he might be temporarily diverted by the cool Invizimals, but I suspect that most kids who are old enough to read the game's text will be quickly bored.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    unless you are really into dragons then I would not buy this game. Rent it, you may enjoy it more than I did, but for a game that lasts around five hours it should not have felt stale long before the final dragon was slain.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    Gameplay and control, unfortunately, are the worst aspects of the title. I can usually live with poor graphics if gameplay is good and the controls are solid. Alas, you will become bored very quickly. This game is a real snoozer.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    The movie is good; the game is not, so save yourself the heartache, the pain, and a few hours. I, on the other hand, was not so lucky, but that's life.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    D1 as a budget title is practically a joke, but as a premium title, this game is too ridiculous for words.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    So, the conclusion is this: you got a free game with your Wii when you bought it right? Just play that.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    If you're a huge Mr. Driller fan, I urge you not to purchase this title. Namco doesn't deserve to be rewarded for their less-than-lackluster effort. I truly feel that this game is a complete rip-off!
    • 58 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    Painfully low production values, unsatisfying action, and outright confusing controls.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    With its incredibly short play time, lack of any reason to play through more than once, horrific camera, and just overall feeling of being rushed to the market, Jumper: Griffin's Story is unlikely to make anyone glad for the experience.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    And why has so little respect been shown to this mythology. Granted, it’s going to be difficult for anyone to make an interesting Zorro game in an age where fragging rules, but The Destiny of Zorro is a total mess of a game.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    Despite the game's great sense of humor, respectable graphics, and well crafted child-friendly horror-themed atmosphere, frustrating and monotonous gameplay make HorrorLand virtually unbearable.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    A boring Breakout/Arkanoid rip-off in a long line of boring Breakout/Arkanoid rip-offs.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    There's a good amount of content and game modes, but it's all based on the terrible core gameplay mechanics.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    With just one substantial game mode, poor controls, and tacked-on unlockables, you'll get bored with this game in less than an hour.

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