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For 307 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 63% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 79
Highest review score: 100 Dawn of Discovery
Lowest review score: 20 World War II Combat: Iwo Jima
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 229 out of 307
  2. Mixed: 70 out of 307
  3. Negative: 8 out of 307
307 game reviews
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
    For all the things that don't work well, the exciting combat and deep world make KAR a very worthy game to play. It's a shame Electronic Arts is doing such a poor job of promoting it, as there is enough here to make the foundation of a very solid franchise.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
    It’s got 26 levels of outstanding Star Wars continuity, awesome gameplay, a fricken sweet multiplayer mode, and above all else you’re a Jedi (obviously) and you get to use and learn the force throughout the game, not to mention wield a lightsaber.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Crimson Skies
    The only downside so far is that Microsoft is making the sequel only for the Xbox which sucks if you don’t have one.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Area 51 (2005)
    If "Half-life" and "Serious Sam" were combined, I have a feeling that Area 51 would be the result.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Penumbra: Black Plague
    It properly addresses criticisms from Overture and ties up the story arc rather well.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hitman: Blood Money
    There’s very little luck to the missions, and a skilled hit man can beat any level efficiently on the very first try. Anyone up to that challenge should get this game.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
    The other thing that got incredibly annoying is Irving Lambert, your debriefer and operations coordinator and hearing him say “this missions over”….. “this missions over”.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
    The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena has a lot of content to shuffle through, especially if you’ve never played Escape, so it’s totally worth getting.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sam & Max Episode 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die!
    I do have to admit that this episode appeared more focused, better paced, and almost felt like it had a bit more of a challenge/content level than the previous episodes.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Red Faction: Armageddon
    Red Faction: Armageddon to me is a good B movie.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Painkiller: Overdose
    A fun and challenging game that is good to play for maybe a half an hour at a time. It’s an extremely intense game that provides several hours of entertainment.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
    The content is in abundance, the gameplay is mostly solid, and the child-like humor is all there, but it just feels like something is missing to make the whole experience great.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai
    It very much feels like Creative Assembly has peaked creatively.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
    The presentation of AC may feature some of the best graphics and sound effects seen in a PC game in some time.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: World at War
    Buy it for the multiplayer.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Black & White 2
    Its biggest issue may be its release date: there are simply better games competing for your dollar in the marketplace right now.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Tycoon City: New York
    Graphically, Tycoon City is gorgeous.
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Mafia II
    While that may be one thousand words of criticism, overall I would recommend Mafia II. It's hard to deeply explain the positives because I'd hate to give away some of the more jaw-dropping ain't-that-cool aspects to the game.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
    It’s the multiplayer portion that is worth your money.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Homefront
    By far one of the shortest campaign experiences that I have played in some time.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
    What I didn’t love was the mediocre multiplayer component, which was purely a deathmatch fest with a single game mode.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
    If it were a thirty dollar expansion pack it would have been lovely... but... it’s just not a good deal.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Fantastic 4
    A solid 3 rd person action brawler with responsive controls and enough fun included to force me to play through the game more than once and then to play through the more difficult bonus levels.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Quake 4
    Raven took all the good things first person shooters have been doing since Half-Life and Unreal...it works--sort of--but the end result is a bit messy nonetheless.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Dungeon Siege III
    One of the biggest differences in this game is that you exert a lot of control over your main character.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Titan Quest
    Boasting over 30 hours of play time, multiple difficulty levels and an online component, Titan Quest offers enough gameplay content to make it worth a look.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
    Probably the best soundtrack ever produced for a game.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Prey (2006)
    Prey is a good game, but I think it will underwhelm people’s expectations because those expectations were astronomically high.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Scrapland
    A gripping story, brutal violence at times (well, machine violence), superb graphics, and clever adult humor are all things this game shares with "Alice." Repetitive flying and ship battles with too few on-foot missions add negatively to the game.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
    It’s a good game that has many bugs and doesn’t seem to be appropriately optimized.
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