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For 571 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 36% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 60% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
Lowest review score: 20 The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 282 out of 571
  2. Mixed: 240 out of 571
  3. Negative: 49 out of 571
571 game reviews
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    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Forza Motorsport 4
    At no point does Forza Motorsport 4 feel as impactful as its predecessor did two years ago, but that certainly doesn't mean it's an inferior game. In fact, its refinements and production values are executed so well that it is arguably not only the best game in the series, but the best driving simulator on the market. If you missed out on the third entry, then Forza 4 is highly recommended. But if you're not quite ready to delve back into an experience that is largely unchanged from the last outing, then you might not find much worth coming back for.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
    Despite its unquestionable quality however, the praise we can lavish on Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is tempered slightly by a sense that the template might be reaching its breaking point and that even more treasure could be found with a little more diversity to accompany the astonishing moments of technical and cinematic wizardry.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
    All this adds up to a game that feels somehow stuck between being a full blown new Ratchet and Clank title, and a smaller co-operatively focused side story, and as such it doesn't quite satisfy as either.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Adventures of Tintin: The Game
    The Secret Of The Unicorn is an extremely successful tie-in to what is a controversial film.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Danger Alliance: Battles
    Overall, Danger Alliance offers a good looking, well produced and accessible turn-based strategy experience that can be recommended if you're looking for a light-hearted strategy-based distraction.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Spider-Man: Edge of Time
    Both Spider-Men deserved better than this, but avid fans might want to consider a weekend rental if only to hear the performances. Everyone else should flush this particular spider away.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
    On the surface, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record has more than enough content to satiate, but the question really comes down to this: are you sick of Dead Rising? If the answer is 'yes', then it would be wise to avoid this re-imagining of the previous game in the series. For those who say 'nay' however, it's still good advice to remember that this game, in spite of its better parts, is still something you've mostly experienced already.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Battle Group
    Best played in short bursts, Battle Group is a fine example of how to make a game designed to slot into short lulls during your day, with each level supplying a snappy and quickly finished slice of naval carnage.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
    It looks great, has a suitably OTT plot, plenty of explosions, a solid online experience and has enough depth to reward committed pilots – all of this adds up to make it a very tempting alternative for anyone who fancies kicking off the bloody, muddy boots of the foot soldier to instead soar high into azure blue skies.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Crysis
    PC users have no reason to make a purchase here, but for everyone else, Crytek's smash hit is one of the best downloadable offers to date.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    F1 2011
    For now though this is the definitive Forumla 1 videogame, and pretty damn essential for fans of the sport.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Aliens: Infestation
    Aliens: Infestation is slickly produced and generally fairly engaging, but it's not quite an essential experience.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    God of War: Origins Collection
    God of War Collection Volume 2 is an absolute must for fans that never experienced the games on the PSP, and the HD reworking has been so successful that even those who did buy them – and have played them fairly recently – are unlikely to regret this latest purchase.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Resistance 3
    Overall Resistance 3 is a notable step up in the series and has a lot of offer; it is highly polished and c some enjoyable set-pieces and encounters.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
    The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection does an excellent job of re-mastering the original games, but its greatest success is that it does so without the tweaks ever taking centre stage; it is the original games that make the package so essential.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Dead Island
    Playing Dead Island is similar to going on holiday – it's nice to try something a bit exotic and different, but after a while you begin to yearn for home.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
    Through its boldly chosen subject matter, ravishing good looks and slick mechanics El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is without question a title that deserves to be played – the big question mark that hangs over it is whether you'll engage with it enough to care or to want to come back for second helpings.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
    Through its boldly chosen subject matter, ravishing good looks and slick mechanics El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is without question a title that deserves to be played – the big question mark that hangs over it is whether you'll engage with it enough to care or to want to come back for second helpings.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Star Fox 64 3D
    There can be no doubting he pleasure in revisiting the wonders of gaming past, and Starfox 64 3D still stands today as a beacon of impeccable design, but at this present moment the 3DS's balance seems too heavily skewed towards looking back, retromania over reinvention. On the other hand, this is a superb package, and a robust reminder of just what the 3DS is capable of. Starfox 64 3D, then: it's the console's second-best game, just behind Ocarina Of Time 3D.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Bodycount
    With a short, linear and derivative campaign plus a multiplayer offering unlikely to distract for long, Bodycount just doesn't have enough going for it to warrant a purchase, even at a bargain bin price.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Deus Ex: Human Revolution
    Make no mistake though Human Revolution, for all its modern trappings, remains a game that requires commitment, offering the sort of long and deep single player experience that seems to be so rare these days.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Driver: San Francisco
    The series might have been written off by many gamers after the lacklustre Driv3r, but in embracing the fantastic and relocating the series to San Francisco – arguably the spiritual home of the car chase – Ubisoft Reflections have re-acquired John Tanner's mojo, and his tires are well and truly smoking again.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition
    As a whole, SFIII: 3rdS – OE is a celebration of a threequel that wasn't content to merely stand on the shoulders of the giant that preceded it and that in doing so delivered a fighting game that to this day feels incredibly vital.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition
    As a whole, SFIII: 3rdS – OE is a celebration of a threequel that wasn't content to merely stand on the shoulders of the giant that preceded it and that in doing so delivered a fighting game that to this day feels incredibly vital.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fruit Ninja Kinect
    At 800 Microsoft Points, some might turn their nose up at this Kinect-enabled version of the mobile favourite, but Fruit Ninja Kinect genuinely doesn't deserve such quick dismissal.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
    Should you find yourself with an abundance of MS points this summer and not much to play, you could still do worse than give this a whirl.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Call of Juarez: The Cartel
    It may be time to close the saloon doors for good on this one – we've just witnessed the fall of Juarez.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Disney/Pixar Cars 2
    Overall then Cars 2 is a loveable excursion into the world of Pixar. Built with all the efficiency and character that you'd expect from the movie studio's cinema work, it demonstrates that what may not work so well as a film (unless of course you are six, in which case Cars is the best thing ever) does just fine in the style of a knockabout children's action racer. Grown ups can play as well.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    From Dust
    It's pure, ambitious, rewarding, challenging, surprisingly visceral, utterly engaging and proof positive that from even the basest of materials, genuine wonders can be wrought.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
    But ultimately Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D, for all its combo streaks and rank awards and nods towards arcade addiction, can't quite shake off the feeling that it's a game that, like its predecessors, would have been more satisfying as a bonus mode, perhaps to the forthcoming Revelations (a brief demo for which is included here). Isolated and presented in the way it has been here, the limitations of Mercenaries are exposed.
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