Destructoid's Scores

  • Games
For 4,835 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:
4909 game reviews
    • tbd Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Play and enjoy the Monster Hunt mode, but stick to the Arena and Tavern Brawls when playing against others if you don't want to open your wallet. I still enjoy playing this game, but the busted meta means I'm enjoying playing against other people less and less.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Some might consider it repetitive, vulgar and may even be left wondering what all the fuss was about. But, for those of you who ever fell in love with arcade brawlers, fantasy storytelling, and tabletop RPGs, then Dragon's Crown Pro will shine oh-so-brightly as the unique and sublime treasure it is.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Not every aspect of the game is perfect, but that beautifully mirrors how complex love can be.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    I love the look of City of Brass and its combat system, but after only about three hours I felt like I'd seen all it had to offer. It's a great way to kill an afternoon, I just wish it would give me a reason to keep coming back.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It's an emotional roller coaster that will likely leave you more defeated after "winning" than when you first started, and that is incredible.
    • 86 Metascore
    • Critic Score
    Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a platformer that needs to be experienced by as many people as possible.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Agatha Knife isn't a perfect game, and definitely won't appeal to all. But if you can stomach some of the monotony and awkwardness of gameplay, you'll be rewarded with a charming and quirky little title that's got a lot of heart. Just don't let it get cut out of you.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    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.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I'm still tooling around in skirmishes in BattleTech, and it's done its part in getting me interested in the bigger picture. Harebrained Schemes should be proud, as it's mostly done right by the various tabletop licenses it's worked with for the past five years or so.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    By the end, you'll feel as if you cleverly solved this murder. In all actuality, you only watched the murder solve itself. That is The Invisible Hours' greatest theatrical feat.
    • 77 Metascore
    • Critic Score
    Building these toys back-to-back in a rush just doesn't seem like what it was made for. It's made for creativity, thinking on your own, and a million other things that you would have never have thought a video game console could do. My only worry is where I'm going to store all this cardboard, and if the games will continue to hold the interest of both myself and my son beyond the initial impact of how cool it is to make something like this.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Oddmar, even as an abbreviated experience, is one hell of a game and easily one of the best platformers on the App Store.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It’s a really f.cking stupid game, and that’s what I loved about it. It seems like it’s almost doomed to be overlooked, but this is a classic case of the pros outweighing the cons. Super Daryl Deluxe has cult classic written all over it.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Metropolis: Lux Obscura is another entry in the crowded Match 3 market, albeit one with a decadent coating of sleaze and brutality. Fans of the genre will have a fun time while it lasts, but anyone disinterested in such games will find nothing new here. Though it certainly isn't without its merits, namely in its great art, branching pathways and low price, Metropolis suffers due to its unoriginality and short lifespan, which may be enough for some to give this otherwise interesting release the hard goodbye.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Sony Santa Monica has made it clear that there’s more story to tell, and I hope the exact same team is able to tell it.
    • tbd Metascore
    • Critic Score
    Despite its promise, we really need to see where post-game support and server population is going to be in a few months.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    If Gal*Gun: Double Peace was Times Square before Giuliani with all the porn stores, go-go bars, and occasional double homicide, Gal*Gun 2 is Times Square after Giuliani where the most immoral thing you’ll see is the lingerie section at Forever 21.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    WWII's DLC is slipping into a comfortable skin, which is great if you've already nabbed your season pass, and meh news for everyone else.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Extinction is a good blueprint for a more interesting game.
    • 68 Metascore
    • Critic Score
    Despite these nitpicks that are unique to the console editions, TERA is still absolutely worth trying out if you've never delved into it before. It's something I plan on sticking with on the side rather than as a main course, but those of you who are already chowing down on TERA should probably stay with the PC version.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Everything about Minit should feel overwhelming. It doesn't. Instead, everything feels attainable in due time. There's this weird and perfect harmony about knowing you're rushed and also not caring. It's liberating. I could keep gushing about Minit but, given the source material, this review is already too long.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    NIS delivers the weird yet again with Penny-Punching Princess, a fun little arcade romp that just escapes the danger of staleness. Stretched a little too thin but a lot of people are going to be enjoying this one with a price drop.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's campy fun and that's perfectly fine. Just don't expect too much more.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Episode Five: Same Stitch is a worthy finale. It also has genuine replay value, given its two distinct acts and multiple climaxes. With the focus fixed squarely on its brilliant leads, the final episode makes for a taut, satisfying conclusion, even if I did arch an eyebrow at how my alleged "choices" for the past ten hours ultimately played out.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The story and characters of The Alliance Alive will stay with me far longer than anything else in the game. Yoshitaka Murayama has proven '90s-style storytelling is still as enrapturing today as it was two decades ago. His work just needs to be paired up with a better game. I respect all of the new gameplay ideas present here, but without fine-tuning, they bring down what should be one of the last great 3DS games.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    That clash of bucolic, frontiersman-like Americana and end-of-days gloom brought on by the cult informs every aspect of Far Cry 5, but also highlights some of its biggest shortcomings.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Ghost of a Tale is a gorgeous, fun adventure that can occasionally be bogged down by frustrating and repetitive mechanics and it's come a long way since entering Early Access in 2016.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The foundation is great. The fundamentals are there. It doesn't take much imagination to see how this game could blossom into something magnificent. But so long as it's missing long-term depth and incentives to stick around past the first few weeks, Sea of Thieves will feel like a missed opportunity.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    I want to see a lot more of Detective Pikachu despite my misgivings with his 3DS debut.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    There is a great blend of RPG and narrative mechanics here, it just isn't worth muddling through everything else to experience.

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