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For 4,836 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 47% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 47% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Lowest review score: 10 Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma Volume One
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,684 out of 4836
  2. Mixed: 1,725 out of 4836
  3. Negative: 427 out of 4836
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Escapists
    A game for a certain kind of player. If you love the idea of getting thrown on a desert island and figuring out how to survive for days on end, you'll probably enjoy it. If you find that prospect trivial, knowing that a lot of that time will be spent doing menial tasks, you may not enjoy it.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Swords of Ditto
    The Swords of Ditto is charming, humorous, and fun to play. It's not the biggest game, but its generation-crossing story makes you feel like you're a part of its world's history.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
    It might not blaze the trail on anything new like a few other recent Inti Creates projects have, but it does exactly what it needs to do, and helps bolster the new legacy of Bloodstained proper before it's even out.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
    Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight is a remake that's perfectly timed and well crafted, despite the fact that the formula isn't quite as fresh as the wholly new Etrian IV (I really miss the more open-ended maps).
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Metroid: Samus Returns
    Maybe the next 2D Metroid will take more chances, but Returns is far better than I expected it to be.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
    I've spent a few work nights staying up way too late playing, just to see what it would throw at me next. With the replayability built into each mission, I can imagine a few more of those nights on the horizon.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Birthdays the Beginning
    Even though certain design elements aren't as streamlined, fleshed-out, or user-friendly as they could have been, part of me is just thankful Birthdays even got greenlit. Niche as it might be, I've wanted something like this for years, and despite my admittedly high expectations, I still came away impressed. I hope the game is able to find an audience, because it so clearly deserves one.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stacking
    What Stacking winds up being in the end is a bright and cheerful little romp which should bring a smile to anyone who doesn't require someone to be shot in a videogame before they have a good time. With minimal pressure and a strong focus on creative thinking, it's an ideal game to play with someone else in the room and perfect for families to play together.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
    It’s a game you can play for 20 hours and feel like you didn’t make any progress at all. That’s a type of punishment some gamers just can’t handle. For me, it’s a type of punishment I can’t get enough of.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mario Tennis Fever
    With a new set of gameplay mechanics, additional characters, and updated graphics for the Switch 2, Mario Tennis Fever appeals to longtime fans of the franchise, as well as those who may have never even considered picking up a tennis racket. Though the game’s Adventure mode leaves much to be desired, its diverse modes and fun gameplay loop make it a title to get lost in for hours at a time.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dead Cells: Fatal Falls
    I can't say that Fatal Falls will keep Dead Cells at the top of my rotation for all that long – it's bound to be a short-lived resurgence given where I'm at with this game – but I'm perfectly happy as is...A genuinely great game just got a bit more fleshed-out for the right price. That's good enough for me.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus
    Nexus is short, sweet, and to the point, with hardly a dull moment in sight, making it a fitting conclusion to the Future series. When you add in the fact that the game is budget priced and you get Quest for Booty for free, it only sweetens the deal.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lumines Remastered
    Lumines didn’t need to reinvent the wheel for its remaster as it already had its base down pat.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sonic Mania
    Sonic Mania is short but sweet. It even functions as a proper Sonic 4 if you don't count the episodic Sonic 4 (remember that one?).
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition
    The setting and characters are wonderful, and anyone looking for a meaty, densely plotted RPG will find a lot to like. Simply put, games like this rarely get made, and seeing one on a console is like finding a unicorn egg in your cornflakes.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Burnout Crash!
    If you can embrace Burnout Crash!'s design with open arms and wave the few annoyances away in the scope of a thousand retries, submit to the Autolog addiction with a bunch of friends, and devote yourself to hours upon hours of fighting for that high score, I can't recommend it enough. Still, Burnout Crash! can be entirely different things to different types of players.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Worms Revolution
    Worms Revolution is as good as the franchise has ever been. It's good old psychotic fun, and that's all I really wanted. Yet, after 17 years, it's still very much the same game.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Forager
    Despite some unevenness, Forager is absolutely worth a look. If anyone ever asks me for a relaxing game that they can throw themselves into and become obsessed with for a week, this is my pick.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree
    Towa is a beautiful and unique game, with innovations hiding under every rock and shrine, but with poor design choices and inconsistencies, it's definitely a very rough diamond.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Edge (2011)
    A great pick-up-and-play title; the controls are simple and levels can be completed in a couple of minutes, but the desire to improve my ranking kept me coming back for more.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
    Black Ops 6 proves that the Call of Duty series is here to stay, and hopefully, it’ll get even better from here on out.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
    Blossom Tales might be a bit heavy-handed in its homage to the Zelda games of the past, but it brings a certain charm and fun to the Switch library. It also makes for a pretty good substitute as long as I still can't play A Link to the Past on my Switch.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hyrule Warriors Legends
    Personally, I don't mind paying for Hyrule Warriors all over again with Legends. I got hundreds of hours of enjoyment out of the Wii U version, and being able to relive that is fine with me. But not everyone is as keen as I am, so if you're not a superfan already, it's a tough sell -- because really, this series deserves to be immortalized on a big screen.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
    The game's stunningly beautiful visuals, coupled with a decently funny script made for an enjoyable adventure.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gauntlet (2014)
    Gauntlet is a polished game that does right by its predecessors. It's a great mix of both old and new school sensibilities, and despite the fact that the art style isn't as pronounced as it could have been, the actual core of the game is very sound.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Warlords
    More than just an HD remake, Warlords adds enough new things while keeping the core gameplay at its heart to make everything fresh and fun. It may not be a perfect game with the (thankfully occasional) framerate dips and a story mode that could honestly have been left out, but it's certainly an entertaining one, and a blast to play with others.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
    Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is fairly simple as a fighting game, and has evolved little mechanically over past iterations.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Deus Ex GO
    Although Deus Ex GO may feel too straightforward, it's still in the top-tier of pick-up-and-play puzzle games. It may not feel thematically coherent to the standard previously set by Square Enix Montréal, but it's still worth your time.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Good Job!
    If you want to get the most out of Good Job!, forget trying to get the best score possible and just have a blast wrecking up your dad's company as this commentary on nepotism slowly plays out. That's when the game is at its best. Save those "S" rankings for a second run through.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Terra Nil
    When all’s said and done, you leave, and nature remains. It’s a fitting end to Terra Nil. It’s a small-scale, unique city-builder that is short and sweet. It does just what it needs to, and moves on. Maybe that’s not as in-depth or infinitely playable as some strategy heads might want from a city-builder. But I personally loved that even Terra Nil itself is about entering, making a positive impact, and leaving. It’s easy to be pessimistic about our future, but Terra Nil is at least a small slice of hope amidst it all.
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