Core Magazine's Scores

  • Games
For 197 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 41% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 56% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 NHL 2001
Lowest review score: 0 KISS Pinball
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 24 out of 197
197 game reviews
    • 69 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Gameplay is pretty shallow stuff, but it's also somehow more intense, and much more challenging, than recent games in the series.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    It's always interesting to have the option of being the bad guy, but truly bland gameplay and a relatively short quest sap the fun and make this a rental at best.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Most of the time, it's duller than a bread knife, and even when it's supposed to be exciting, it's just tedious.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Presentation, however, cannot makeup for poor gameplay, something that Heavy Metal has in abundance.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Slightly above average graphics, bland and repetitive gameplay and little to no innovation combine to make this arcade racer quite forgettable.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    I've never read the novels this game is based on, and thanks to the suffering that I called playing Dragon Riders, I never will.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    All Sports Jam delivers are loose interpretations of one or two facets of all your favorite sports in one smallish game that grows tiresome after only a couple hours.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    Reaching into new depths of crappiness that few developers have dared explore, Konami has tried to hide a poorly-made PSone RPG in PS2 packaging.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    An inferior adventure game compared to just about any of the Sierra or LucasArts efforts of the last decade. Unless you're one of the cartoon series' handful of fans, steer clear.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    Motor Mayhem has outstanding graphics and an impressive arsenal of weapons. However, the good stuff ends there.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    It's just plain awful. Even the most rabid of KISS fans would do well to avoid this piece of junk...Squeeze all you want; there's no possible way you could wring even a drop of enjoyment out of KISS Pinball.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    A game that can only generate slight indifference.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    A mixed bag of game design that's too complex for casual gamers and far too irritating for hard core RPG fans.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    The visual effects in the game look amateurish, which compliment the wretched gameplay rather nicely.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    A spiritual descendant of the Bushido Blade series, Kengo is a pretty bad game that doesn't live up to its fine heritage.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Load times and boring mini-games will have this one appearing in the used game bin faster than you can say "ugh." It's my duty as a human being to warn all against even thinking about buying this game.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    The absence of the sniper rifle peripheral, which made the arcade game exceptional, sucks the life out of this title.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    The combination of uninspired settings, generic enemy designs, and spotty visuals makes Dragon Valor the very definition of a forgettable game.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Flawed controls and a counter-intuitive combat system just add to the overall frustration.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Realizing that you have just spent 40 hard earned dollars on a game that is barely more enjoyable than reading a cereal box really takes the cake in terms of excruciating actualization.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    A grim reminder of how lackluster sequels and apathy can kill even a promising franchise.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    Murky, poorly defined graphics, an atrocious frame rate and terrible level design culminate to produce a title almost completely lacking in entertainment value whatsoever. Avoid like the black death.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The inspired concept is wasted by it's dull and monotonous gameplay, resulting in a disappointing game. While the graphics are great and the game is fun, the replay value is nearly nil.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    The pitcher-batter interface works well but an enormous list of bugs and flaws probably related to a shrinking development budget are just too much to bear.

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