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For 4,843 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 ANTONBLAST
Lowest review score: 10 Ride to Hell: Retribution
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,691 out of 4843
  2. Mixed: 1,725 out of 4843
  3. Negative: 427 out of 4843
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Colors! 3D
    When all is said and done, I found very little to dislike with Colors! 3D and I urge anyone with even the vaguest interest in art, and especially in utilizing the 3D aspect of the 3DS, to give this application a purchase. At $6.99, the program offers an incredible amount of utility and ease for every kind of artist, from the lazy school doodler to the masterpiece painter honing his or her craft. Besides all that, it's a simple and incredibly fun tool with an amazing community of artists proudly displaying their beautiful and funny 3D images.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Space Ark (2010)
    There are Time Trial and Survival modes, along with leader boards to compare your high scores with friends. However, if that doesn't appeal then you may find yourself giving up on the Arkonauts' journey sooner rather than later.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Blacklight: Retribution
    This is not only a great example of a professional and credible free-to-play game, but it's also one of the best first-person shooters I've played.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    FIFA Street
    This reboot takes itself too seriously -- every texture is spit-shined and gleaming, every animation wrought with care -- without the self-awareness to sacrifice technical sophistication for ease of use. FIFA Street is enjoyable only under the best circumstances, before the engine and the sheer density of barely distinguishable, locked-out moves take over.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    World Gone Sour
    With some pretty decent platforming, a dash of shockingly grim humor, and an utterly ridiculous Sour Patch Kids music video courtesy of Method Man, World Gone Sour is far from the worst thing you could waste five dollars on.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir
    Shallow, predictable, awkward and pathetically brief, Spirit Camera isn't worth the paper that its silly ghost diary is printed on. You'll have a scarier time using the AR features already packed into the 3DS and making spooky owl noises with your mouth.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece
    At $20 and releasing in a marketplace filled with viable competitors, it is difficult to recommend Wars of Ancient Greece to any but the hardcore historical strategy fans. Those who can get past its many barriers to entry will almost certainly fall in love immediately, but this title is not for the faint of heart.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fez
    FEZ may not look quite so unique these days, but once you start playing it, you'll notice how its quality, ingenious level design, and lovable personality keep it in the upper echelons of indie gaming.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Legend of Grimrock
    The level design, enemy placement, and especially the puzzles are all, by and large, wonderfully crafted. There are a few instances where the "traps" seem more unfair than clever, but that hardly tarnishes what is otherwise a terrific experience. You'll be hard-pressed to find a modern game like Legend of Grimrock any time soon, but with a game of this quality, you won't need one.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Splatters
    Despite a few nitpicks here and there, I can't compliment it enough. The Splatters is a truly wonderful game, one that reminds us how terrific a platform Xbox Live Arcade was during its prime and still has the potential to be. Go add points to your account and download this immediately.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Devil May Cry HD Collection
    Whether you are exploring the corners of DMC's castle or surfing on a rocket in DMC3, there are a lot of great moments in this collection that will make veterans nostalgic and turn newcomers into fans of the series' unique charm. Bayonetta may have outgunned Dante and Kratos may have outclassed him, but the combat, exploration, and scenarios of the DMC series still offer a thrill to this day.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Tropico 4: Modern Times
    Tropico 4: Modern Times gives the core game a much needed content injection, and turns Tropico 4 into a better game. Some additions have a larger impact on Tropican economic planning than others, but Modern Times is well worth checking out for any fan of Tropico.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Anomaly: Warzone Earth
    In case you don't have a computer to play games on, this XBLA version of Anomaly Warzone Earth is just as good the original, and one less reason to avoid putting off playing this game.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Kinect Star Wars
    Alas, Kinect Star Wars as a package is a mixed, if varied bag of motion tricks. For everything that works well, something else ruins the experience.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Xenoblade Chronicles
    There's no denying that Xenoblade has its low points, but those high points are some of the highest of the genre. If you own a Wii, there's very little room to question -- this is a must-have game for Nintendo's humble little system.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Closure
    Closure's faults can't prevent it from, at times, reaching some of the greatest heights in the puzzle-platforming genre. Once you get to the final ten stages, you are in pure puzzle-platforming bliss. Or hell. I suppose, bliss, then hell, then bliss again.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
    Thanks to the new swing setup, I've had more fun playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 than any previous entry in the series. By putting the onus on you to think like a real golfer and execute every shot, PGA Tour 13 makes successful play more rewarding than ever before and gives you the closest possible feeling to mastering a world-class golf course in real life.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Ridge Racer Unbounded
    Ridge Racer Unbounded simply doesn't manage to make all its separate elements gel together.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Birds of Steel
    Birds of Steel doesn't quite manage to marry arcade and simulator crowds in a single console title, but it does pull off being the best online combat flight simulator on consoles, bar none.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Lone Survivor
    Lone Survivor is easily among the best survival horror games that I've ever played, a feat that's truly remarkable when one considers the 2D perspective and visual limitations.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Warriors Orochi 3
    Warriors Orochi 3 is quite possibly my favorite Warriors game of the series. It's stuffed to the gills with content, featuring enough characters, stages, and unlockables to keep the hardcore fan enthralled for months.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    South Park: Tenorman's Revenge
    Apart from its visuals and recognizable voices (when they're heard at all), there's nothing South Park about it and could have easily been any other multiplayer platform game; a pretty mediocre one at that.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Mario Party 9
    Mario Party 9 features less motion control, fewer board-game rules, and more of a videogame feel, but there's still plenty left to chance. Those waiting for a full-scale overhaul will have to wait a little longer.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Major League Baseball 2K12
    MLB 2K12 isn't a terrible game. But if you've played it before...well, you've played it before. If you haven't played it before, it's not a very good jumping-on point due to little to no in-game tutorials, and the animations won't win any new fans either.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Yesterday
    A good, competent point and click game, even if Pendulo's attempts at a "darker" story don't mesh with the game's art style and humorous nods. The tale the developers have woven with serial killers, satanic cults, and immortality does wrap up in surprising ways.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Armored Core V
    Even once I worked past the game's convoluted, tutorial-free systems and understood how to build a mech, I found myself in a constant state of despondency. I just can't get myself to care about the customization and persistent world when everything surrounding it so poorly designed and not the least bit fun. I mean, at least give me loot. Give me something!
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - The Legend of Dead Kel
    It's quite long, too, easily taking you six hours or more to complete nearly everything there is to do on the new island. Moreover, it offers an excellent opportunity to try out a new build if you've been stocking up powerful equipment in your stash, but never bothered to commit to a full respec of your abilities before.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Silent Hill HD Collection
    Incomplete, glitchy, and visually degraded, Silent Hill HD Collection is Konami's greatest insult to the series.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Blades of Time
    It's sloppy, cheap, and the one central gimmick is exploited to weary degrees. Nevertheless, it still carries itself with a sense of sincerity that I find utterly charming, and its simplistic combat system is perfectly capable of providing some basic thrills.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Ninja Gaiden 3
    Players desperate for traditional action gaming may glean some passing repletion from what is ultimately an inoffensive waste of time. However, the monotonous action long outstays its welcome and a series of this pedigree should be bringing so much more to the table. Instead, it does just enough to be a videogame available for purchase, and not a lot more than that.
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