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
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    There's not enough in terms of modes, maps, or weapons to rescue the multiplayer from its slicker competition. [Feb 2006, p.58]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    In the GBA version you have a set of skills that level up, each useful in different types of interaction. [Mar 2006, p.88]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dark Corners weaves a spellbindingly scary vibe. [Feb 2006, p.89]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Little more than a shooting gallery, especially in single-player mode. [Feb 2006, p.88]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 75 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Left unattended, they are pale shadows of their more vibrant PC counterparts. They seem more vacant and literally dispossessed. [Feb 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Left unattended, they are pale shadows of their more vibrant PC counterparts. They seem more vacant and literally dispossessed. [Feb 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Anyone shelling out for Land of the Dead is in grave danger of buyer's remorse. [Feb 2006, p.64]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The problems with Sam have nothing to do with the bad guys; there's a lot of them, and they're all weird. [Jan 2006, p.42]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Worth a family session or two. [Feb 2006, p.66]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 68 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming. [Mar 2006]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The kind of design innovation that could make this game great, yet ends up demonstrating the game's schizophrenia. [Jan 2006, p.56]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    it just goes to show that not every game has to be an 80-hour sandbox of something for everyone. [Dec p.87]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The result is a fast, flashy exercise in steering, shooting, and squinting. [Dec p.93]
    • 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
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming. [Mar 2006]
    • 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
    • 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
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's the requisite little Goth girl with long black hair to 'creep you out.' Thanks to its overuse, it's become the lens flare of horror. [Jan 2006, p.48]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Everything awful about the modern football player is showcased in Blitz: the League. [Dec p.87]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's not bad, but some straightforward tweaks and adjustments could have resulted in a much better game. [Feb 2006, p.60]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There are some minor additions here and there, but the real selling point here is the scenario design. [May 2006, p.56]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Everything awful about the modern football player is showcased in Blitz: the League. [Dec p.87]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Luckily, it has that challenging, supremely polished, turn-based gameplay to fall back on. [Jan 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's too bad Midway is so caught up in the me-too game when it's just children like the Rush series who get hurt. [Dec p.93]
    • 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
    • 80 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dear Tricky, we miss you. [Jan 2006, p.91]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    For both better and worse, Quake IV parties like it's still 1999. [Jan 2006, p.40]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Most certainly a pleasant console role-playing game of a faded breed. [Jan 2006, p.89]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 44 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming. [Jan 2005]
    • Computer Games Magazine
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's too bad Midway is so caught up in the me-too game when it's just children like the Rush series who get hurt. [Dec p.93]
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