Electronic Gaming Monthly's Scores
- Games
For 2,307 reviews, this publication has graded:
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31% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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65% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.3 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 69
| Highest review score: | Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 | |
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| Lowest review score: | Ping Pals |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 952 out of 2307
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Mixed: 1,045 out of 2307
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Negative: 310 out of 2307
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Despite recycled levels, repetitive enemies, chaotic combat, and unbalanced characters, just controlling four X-Men and using their powers is usually enough to make up for Legends' flaws. [Holiday 2004, p.100]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Each stylish set piece is matched by two or three (or ten) ignoble deaths from cheap bosses or bottomless pits. [Apr 2003, p.128]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Prepare for some frustrating deaths. [July 2008, p.79]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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The Xbox version has superior graphics, sound, and control; and the features unique to the Cube are unremarkable. Without multiplayer, Pandora goes from "must-buy" to "solid rental." [Sept 2004, p.108]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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In its silly simplicity, Cooking mama does what many can't: keep me heading back to the kitchen for one more snack. [Holiday 2007, p.86]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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No game encapsulates that apocalyptic dichotomy like Dead Rising, a million-zombie-march brawler that just happens to be the best s***ty game you'll ever play. [Sept 2006, p.92]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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A huge improvement over last year's "Heat," but still not good enough to quiet EA's "Thunder." [Dec 2002, p.204]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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The campaign's quick-paced action and violent nature will entice any FPS fan. [Jan 2009, p.75]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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This is the first game to successfully mix death-on-the-freeway antics with a plot you might actually care about, and it's worth a shot for that alone.- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Forget about doing this game with the CPU. Grab a friend and play this disc the way it’s meant to be played. [Oct 2001, p.146]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Online is a blast, but I think the new targeting system limits its long-term value; while the automatic lock-on keeps aiming smooth in the solo campaign, in multiplayer it removes two of the series' most enjoyable aspects: precision shooting and the use of camouflage.- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Music aside, SR2 made all the right tweaks to the original formula. [Jan 2002, p.220]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Sonic's tables aren't especially innovative, but they do offer quite a bit of variety, and the gameplay is fast-paced and fun. [July 2003, p.117]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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While this hectic pace isn't realistic, it does make your palms sweat. [Apr 2002, p.143]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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If you can get past the learning curve, you'll find a rich, deep RPG - by PSP standards. [Aug 2006, p.94]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Contact offers a creative island-hopping adventure that stands taller than many recent portable RPG's. [Oct. 2006, p.119]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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A solid, fun racer, but its repetitive single-player events and limp four-player online multi (Xbox only) sap its power. [Jan 2006, p.120]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Curse is thus leagues better than its PS2 predecessor, but it still doesn't reach the legendary status of its 2D forerunners, mainly because of a lack of Metroid-style open-ended level progression.- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Aside from the boss battles, not one of those stages offers any kind of depth or variety; 10-year-old Bomberman games were more interesting. Multiplayer, however, delivers.- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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When you get into the game you're gonna experience a major case of "been there, done that" if you're an experienced Tony Hawk player...Other than that, Mat 2 is a killer game. [Sept 2002, p.148]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Every room is like an Easter Egg hunt filled with surprises that’ll make you tingly all over. [Dec 2001, p.256]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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This is the first game to successfully mix death-on-the-freeway antics with a plot you might actually care about, and it's worth a shot for that alone.- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Except for a few totally jive songs, this game is as solid as a rock-steady beat...It's deceptively simple. [Nov 2004, p.151]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Prepare for some frustrating deaths. [July 2008, p.79]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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It won't light the world on fire, but this playground offers plenty of things to do and destroy. [Nov 2008, p.69]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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If you're a stealth-action fan who's still ignoring the Syphon Filter franchise, you're doing yourself a disservice. [Nov 2007, p.118]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Mario Strikers Charged isn't a soccer game. It's a chaotic war of dispossession, body-checking, and garbage goals. [Sept 2007, p.80]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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A really good game. The brighter, more varied environments range from nice-looking to simply beautiful. [Dec 2002, p.216]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Relatively short for an RPG - just around 25 hours - but the sheer character and locale variety make up for it. [Apr 2006, p.102]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Until you begin to understand how each of the weapons work and learn when and where to use them, the game just seems outrageously difficult and often frustrating (on the Normal or Hard difficulties, that is). Once you figure out which weapons work best in given situations however, things begin to get much more tolerable and you start enjoying the game a lot more. [Oct 1998]- Electronic Gaming Monthly
