Computer Gaming World's Scores

  • Games
For 711 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 26% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 71% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 13.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 61
Highest review score: 100 The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay - Developer's Cut
Lowest review score: 0 Postal 2
Score distribution:
711 game reviews
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's the perfect setting for the players' own stories of daring rescues, bold ambushes, and swashbuckling high adventure. [Mar 2003, p.88]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Anyone who gets off on the violence in this game is reveling in violence solely for violence's sake. [Sept 2002, p.78]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A fairly standard action game redeemed by some true suspense and fear. [Oct 2004, p.79]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The new economic system is marvelous, with more load types than in previous games. [Feb 2004, p.74]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Myst V isn't a rosebud twist ending to the series but rather a distinguished, picturesque, and more-than-sufficient finale.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Empire Earth II builds upon many of its predecessor's strengths to deliver a sprawling RTS conquest game that is still remarkably user-friendly.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If Divine Divinity had come out for Christmas 1992, we'd have raved about it unreservedly. [Dec 2002, p.128]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Superb physics, killer graphics, and an agreeable price point. [Feb 2002, p.96]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unlike most adventure games, you'll often find multiple solutions here. [Apr 2005, p.88]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While I found the game a refreshing diversion from the usual slash-and-loot online fare I've become a little worn out on after years of play, I did find the heavy focus on interaction with other players to be too much of a good thing. [July 2003, p.82]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    We’re lucky enough to be blessed with two Kohan games in one calendar year that both deliver some of the best RTS action we’ve seen in a while. [Feb 2002, p.102]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Perhaps the best part of living the life of a celebrity is the luxuries--spa treatments, sushi dinners, and a butler await you in Superstar. [Aug 2003, p.87]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The humbling slam-dunk competition attempts to cement EA's street credibility but fails. It's just too unforgiving to be considered anything other than a flashy extra. [March 2005, p.77]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It has flaws, most notably unimpressive graphics and an agonizingly slow start, but it has everything that made "Privateer" great, and then some. [Mar 2002, p.84]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The newly redone character models are quite detailed, and the sound, with whizzing bullets and explosions adding real tension, is fantastic. [Aug 2003, p.76]
    • Computer Gaming World
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    With its low price tag, it's definitely recommended for shooter fans with even an inkling of interest in WWII. [Mar 2003, p.103]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The world feels less generic and more immersive than even "Morrowind's." [Feb 2004, p.88]
    • Computer Gaming World
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Offers a great blend of combat and economic strategy. [Aug 2003, p.79]
    • Computer Gaming World
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The undisputed heavyweight champion of boxing sims...Title Bout has a phenomenal database of more than 3,600 boxers rated in 39 categories. [May 2004, p.92]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, the game shipped with its pay-to-play multiplayer unfinished and nonfunctional, so the only groundbreaking you'll do until that's fully completed is the kind that results from plummeting off cliffs.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    By impacting the micro and macro of Sims life, Unleashed isn't just a great addition, it's essential. [Dec 2002, p.122]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This last bit of fuel injection for the aging Battlefield engine is worth the money. [Dec 2003, p.138]
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Auran graphics engine is flat-out stunning. [May 2002, p. 77]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The AI, for both team and enemy, is absolutely atrocious. [July 2002, p.64]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This system lacks some of the tension of a tactical game, but it bodes well for the follow-up scheduled for this wiwnter. [Sept 2002, p.88]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The new focus on transportation adds substantially to an already excellent game experience.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Surprisingly strong Star Wars combat. [Jan 2005, p.92]
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Just competent, not compelling. [Sept 2003, p.92]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    More monsters to kill and guns to shoot them with. You were expecting, maybe, a love story? [Aug 2005, p.72]
    • Computer Gaming World
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A definite improvement upon its predecessors and is loaded with playworthy features. The efforts to reach a wider audience are laudable; however, with the new features still in need of work, hardcore drivers should look elsewhere.

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