Console Monster's Scores

  • Games
For 921 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 59% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Dark Souls
Lowest review score: 10 Crash Time 5 - Undercover
Score distribution:
921 game reviews
    • 37 Metascore
    • 28 Critic Score
    It is playable, but only just for a few minutes.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 27 Critic Score
    The story is very lacklustre and plays out very poorly, like the movie. The gameplay is great if you're judging it against a game from the previous generation. The lack of multiplayer is an unforeseen positive and it's generally a game I never want to play again. My top tip, avoid and stick to the old school Battleships game. It's far superior.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Sniper: Ghost Warrior is a terrible FPS.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    At 800 points it’s difficult to recommend Coffeetime Crosswords to anyone but the super bored Crossword obsessive, who desperately needs those extra gamer points and achievements.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    There are far better games available for Move currently, pick up the Move edition of Heavy Rain for the same price and embrace the goodness. Hell, spend £4 on Flight Control HD and the rest on beer whilst you smash jumbo-jets in to each other – just don't buy this or we'll have to send the lads around and have a word. I grade this title an A-F: Abject Failure.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Overall, as with many KOEI games since Dynasty Warriors launch in 2000, you’d have to be an avid fan to fork out £40 each time, but sadly for Warriors Orochi 2 it’s going to take much more than an avid fan to buy this title. Apparently Orochi is reborn, don’t count on it.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Overall, Monster Jam brings nothing new to the genre. It feels like a direct port of the PlayStation 2 version with added achievements, and with the release of Race Driver: GRID at the same time, Monster Jam will never really get off the starting line.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    With a poor story, out-dated graphics and no real depth to the puzzles and with so many great titles in the genre already available for the same price, I would suggest you steer clear of this one.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Overall, Ice Age 4: Continental Drift – Arctic Games is a major disappointment. The unresponsive controls, the weak storyline and the poorly executed ideas are just a few of the reasons why this game isn't enjoyable, not even for kids. This is a title to avoid at all costs.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Mars Rover Landing may not be out of this world, in fact it's nowhere near, but it's something that will keep gamers occupied for a few minutes. It's a great tribute of NASA's achievements and, for the very cheap price of free, there's no excuse not to download it.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Overall, I think the idea of a Tour de France game appeals more than it does in reality. The reality is the game is extremely slow, tiring and offers very little frills.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    In recap, Omerta is a poor attempt at making a turn based mafia game and this is truly a shame, it looked like it could have been so much more. The idea is quite novel, Omerta though was poorly executed and has left the door open for someone else to come along, use the same idea, refine it and produce a much better product.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The problem that crops up with Buku Sudoku is a matter of value. There are literally hundreds of sources on the web where you can play Sudoku for free. Why would you pay money to play something that you can play for free?
    • 30 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The game was just so bad, I could just about get halfway through. Unless you are desperate for a few miserable hours to waste then I would steer well clear. As I said before - try Bioshock, F.E.A.R 2 or Left 4 Dead instead.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Overall, Truth or Lies: Someone Will Get Caught is a rental at best and even that is being generous. The game is more frustrating than fun but will earn achievement junkies easy points.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The massive kill counts and lack of any allied AI once again leaves you as 'the one guy who can defeat an entire nation'. The war was won because of team work, not one single person. I realise that this can never truly be conveyed through a video game, but for that notion to be so crudely thrown to one side is very disappointing. Their lack of understanding extends to their apparent obliviousness to such facts as the US Air Force not even being in existence when you supposedly join up in the story, to the addition of missiles, that were barely on the drawing board by the end of the war. It seems that the developers have taken on a 'that'll do' approach to Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII, well I can tell you now, that simply won't do.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 17 Critic Score
    Overall Sports Island Freedom is probably the worst game I've ever had to review. The best advice I can give you is don't purchase this game and instead purchase Kinect Sports or Motion Sports, either or will be a thousand times better and much more fun.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    To put bluntly, Pool Party really is a load of balls.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 14 Critic Score
    It’s squarely aimed at children yet a frustrating change in difficulty for each game will see you trying or just turning the game off after loosing a few lives.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 11 Critic Score
    Magnificently reproduced in a way to feel terrible even for a port of a 1982 arcade title.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    This is a horrendous game and there are so many other racing titles that do the job far, far better than Alarm Fur Cobra 11. There is no online, it is a graphical nightmare, the gameplay is pointless and the campaign both dull and dubbed over by a bunch of teenagers it seems. The crashes, which should have been the games saviour, only add to its woes and the unlicensed vehicles makes Crash Time 5 feel cheap and tacky.

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