DC Swirl's Scores

  • Games
For 117 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 27% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 69% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 10.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Lowest review score: 20 ECW Anarchy Rulz
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 117
  2. Negative: 18 out of 117
117 game reviews
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Drops the ball in pacing, rewarding gameplay, technical use of the system (read: LOADING) and even the storyline. It's still moderately fun, but the potential for a blockbuster new franchise is not evident.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A commendation for a game which really shows the heart and soul from the movie made it to the game console.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If it weren't for the extra $10 you have to pay for the privilege and the Sega/Dreamcast boot-up sequence, there's no way you would know that this is a DC game from looking at it on a TV screen without the PSX version nearby for comparison.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Much as "Final Fantasy 7" was the catalyst that launched the PS into the RPG world, Skies of Arcadia does the same for the Dreamcast and is truly a must have RPG for ANY RPG fan regardless of their system of choice.
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's not the greatest 2D fighter on Dreamcast, "Marvel vs Capcom 2" and "Alpha 3" hold that crown but by all means this is another great Capcom fighter.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Dreamcast is running on all cylinders with this one, a game that has awesome visuals- the best on the system, control smooth as silk and super realistic handling.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Max Steel isn't bad, just insultingly average and unimaginative... as seen on TV every Saturday morning these days.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The single player expierence still fails excite me as much as VC's NFL 2K1, but it is certainly improved.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Red Dog is the best tank shooter the Dreamcast has seen so far in its brief existence, and hopefully it won't be the last.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A supremely replayable action game that is fun, cool, relatively challenging, very edgy in tone (cops shooting at graffiti-spraying teenagers?) and very unique.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Where's my "Medal of Honor" CD for PSX? I've got some bad leftover "Sarge's Heroes" taste that I want to wash out of my mouth with some Nazi-killing antics.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If that sounds like your wettest 4WD dream come true, suit yourself. Me? Oh, I have "Smuggler's Run" for PS2, thank you very much. I'll pass.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The rock stars featured in this game might still be getting gratitude from female fans, but gamers that buy into "Psycho Circus" are getting screwed with a plain old snow job.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    If console Rally racing games were gatherings for S&M-catering aficionados (read: racing junkies), then Test Drive V-Rally for Dreamcast is the dominatrix to which you should gratefully submit yourself as its bitch of choice.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Super Runabaout would benefit tremendously if it were offered at a much lower price than its $40-45 asking price.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Does too many things right... but unfortunately buries them underneath some pretty piss-poor flaws (crummy graphics, insane difficulty, awkward control, unrewarding non-existent learning curve, etc.).
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's two-player mode still impresses, but the trump card of "No Exit" is the reckless abandon with which it embraces total vehicular manslaughter.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Control, using regular controllers for the respective systems in the absence of lightgun support, slightly favors the PS2's Dual Shock 2 due to analog/d-pad handling that FEELS a tad more precise than with the DC's stock controller.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    More of the same delicious cake but with new frosting.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Everything about the Dreamcast port of QIIIA came together supremely well at the end: graphics, ambient BGM, sound effects, control, lag-free internet frag-a-thons (most of the time anyway), everything!
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    One of the stunning differences between Bass Fishing and Marine Fishing is the beauty of the locations and fish.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The real star of this game is the music, and SOA has wisely licensed a truckload of popular latin songs (or very good covers) that would liven up any party.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Slightly higher-than-average entertainment on Dreamcast, but only as high as it has to be and not an inch higher in quality or creativity.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With "Third Impact", the Cadillac model has been given new features (System Direction, five new characters, 'Grade Judge System', etc.) but has suffered a slight alteration to its flawless body (the washed-out colors and backgrounds on SOME of the stages).
    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ultimately a disappointment.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fun for all, and all for fun I say. A rental at least, and a reasonable buy for the family-friendly gamer with kids.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Your mileage may vary, but this is one heck of an enjoyable game IF you're into competition more than racing, and into challenging one-player challenges than racing thrills.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    You'd think KCEO Japan would start the new millennium with better control schemes than the one's they pioneered seventeen years ago, but NOOOOOOOOO!
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    BLSC has one heck of a stiff control that makes turning around or moving Buzz more painful and unnecessarily cumbersome than it should.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    One of the best driving simulators ever made, effectively giving to the masses what until now has been the privilege of the racing elite or the very wealthy.

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