Computer Games Magazine's Scores

  • Games
For 1,338 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 29% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 68% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 11.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Command & Conquer
Lowest review score: 0 Drake of the 99 Dragons
Score distribution:
1338 game reviews
    • 85 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    In Daxter, you get great graphics and not much else. [Jun 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 84 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    As ridiculous and entrenched as its name. [June 2005, p.87]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 82 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's like any flat stretch of road in the country, nice and smooth with some decent scenery that gets you where you have to go. [Jan 2006, p.89]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 81 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dear Tricky, we miss you. [Jan 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 81 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    EA Sports apparently loved last year's game so much they they've repackaged it. [Jan 2006, p.59]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 80 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    An excellent game. For your PC. [Oct 2005, p.90]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 80 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dear Tricky, we miss you. [Jan 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 80 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It matches intense, fast-paced action with a squirrely camera and imprecise aiming. Needless to say, that isn't a particularly compelling combination. [Feb 2004, p.77]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 80 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The real missed opportunity in Ground Control II is that such great visuals are built into a game design that smothers you in too much busy work to enjoy them. [Sept 2004, p.64]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 80 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dear Tricky, we miss you. [Jan 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 80 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There's simply not a sound gameplay model at work here. [Feb 2004, p.70]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 80 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's designed for people to whom the prospect of merely taking off from LaGuardia and landing at O'Hare is exciting. [Jan. 2007, p.66]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 79 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Games like this are the reason micromanagement is a four-letter word. [July 2005, p.57]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 79 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Black may not be terrible, but it's repetitive and mundane. [May 2006, p.89]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 79 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    They don't feel much different from regular guns and planes. [Dec 2003, p.86]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 78 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There just isn't enough new here to make FIFA 07 a worthwhile purchase. [Jan. 2007, p.63]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    All told, it's no big loss if you decided to give Tony Hawk a rest for a year. [Jan 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, in the few sad stabs it takes at being its own thing, Field Commander misses the point. [Sept. 2006, p.81]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Thanks to your dumb teammates, you'll be on the new island forever. [Oct 2002, p.74]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    All told, it's big loss if you decided to give Tony Hawk a rest for a year. [Jan 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Black may not be terrible, but it's repetitive and mundane. [May 2006, p.89]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The gameplay is just monotonous, which slams the nail in its coffin. [Dec p.57]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The worst thing any game can be is predictable, and FIFA Soccer 2004 is one of the most predictable sports game in recent memory. [Feb 2004, p.72]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 77 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Don't be fooled: Your score is not an accurate measurement of intelligence. But whether you buy this game is. [July 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    All told, it's no big loss if you decided to give Tony Hawk a rest for a year. [Jan 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The only addition is Online Everywhere, which lets you check out the live ESPN ticker while still in the game, and it's hardly essential. [Apr 2006, p.93]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    All these great features are thrown out the window due to a suspect simulation engine that simply doesn't make a lot of sense. [June 2003, p.85]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, unless Crypto's race is looking to harvest tedium and repetition from our earthly minds, he's better off just harassing than destroying them. [Sept 2005, p.90]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The only addition is Online Everywhere, which lets you check out the live ESPN ticker while still in the game, and it's hardly essential. [Apr 2006, p.93]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The cow is missing a lot of the inscrutability - and therefore personality - had in the last game. [Jan 2006, p.49]
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