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
    • 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.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The graphics are really chunky and the sound effects are, at best, unobtrusive. Still, you don't necessarily play a game like this for the graphics. You play it for the hyper-cheezy commentary from Retired Sheriff John Bunnell and the modest thrill of keeping the peace.
    • 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.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The story isn't gripping, and the combat grows wearisome, but the game's strength - its ability to make you feel like you really are a part of Gothos - makes for a worthwhile experience.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    In the end it's just a run-of-the-mill action game with few assets and lots of faults.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Think of this game as Tomb Raider Lite-it features a similarly obnoxious control scheme in a much cheerier universe.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    989 Sports should be pelted with sweaty towels for releasing a football game with so many glaring gameplay flaws. When the collision detection is so bad that players can literally run through their fellow athletes, you know something's dreadfully wrong.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    While the game perfectly captures the mood of the Evil Dead movies both graphically and aurally, poor control in combination with tedious combat makes playing this game a real chore.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Rampant slowdown exacerbates the already flawed gameplay mechanics, and the game can be played just as well with or without applying any amount of skill.
    • 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.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    A game that can only generate slight indifference.
    • 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.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Great course diversity and a choice of four vehicle classes should motivate players to ignore the initial frustration and get to the good stuff.
    • 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.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Flawed controls and a counter-intuitive combat system just add to the overall frustration.

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