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For 245 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 81
Highest review score: 100 Law & Order: Dead on the Money
Lowest review score: 35 Stronghold 3
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 186 out of 245
  2. Mixed: 53 out of 245
  3. Negative: 6 out of 245
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    Unreal II: The Awakening
    The bottom line is that Unreal 2 is saddled with unmemorable weapons and enemies, disappointing AI, a dull lead character, underdone level design, and a lack of technical polish, all wrapped around the same old stuff you’ve seen in so many first person shooters, most of which are better than this game.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    SimCity 4
    SimCity 4’s biggest flaw is that it’s not a SimCity. It’s some third-party interpretation of what SimCity should be like, with some grand new features. The new features are implemented but the designers totally missed what makes a SimCity.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    The Sims Online
    The chat interface is a poorly organized mess. Guiding your sim through necessary activities requires too much real time hand-holding and should have been better automated.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    007: NightFire
    I like James Bond. I hated this game. As a stealth-action shooter, Nightfire has no redeeming qualities.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings
    Just one of those strange games that has it all on paper, executes the design properly and yet doesn’t capture the imagination.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries
    Everything was handed to the development team on a platter – a working engine, complete with all basic content (textures, models, terrain) and this is the best they can come up with?
    • 68 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    O.R.B.: Off-World Resource Base
    The end result is a jigsaw puzzle where many of the pieces don’t fit with the others, and a substantial chunk of the picture seems to be missing.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Age of Mythology
    Felt tired in its singleplayer campaign – though it was still far better than "WarCraft III."
    • 89 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
    Quite simply, Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin has smashed preconceived notions of what defines the wargame genre.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe
    From the interface, through performance to the actual gameplay, it fails someone, somewhere, at every level. The missions are too simple, the campaign usually ends up looking strategically dubious, and there aren’t enough rewards for the prestige the player earns.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
    The ability to be the cop and call up backup such as the chopper and spike strips is a noble attempt but just not enough. They are fun to use but a few tweaks do not make a game.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
    A worthwhile game, but its stability, length, and a number of the gameplay dynamics hold the game back.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
    Game of the Year...Like "Deus Ex" two years ago, there is simply nothing on the same level.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Unreal Tournament 2003
    There is no excuse for a game to perform so badly at the lowest settings, especially on a system which meets the recommended system requirements. Unless you have all the latest hardware, don’t bother with UT2K3 for a while.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Law & Order: Dead on the Money
    Dead on the Money is one of the finest police procedural or detective adventure games ever created.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Divine Divinity
    While I typically look upon design appropriation negatively, Divine Divinity’s conciseness and irreverence set put it an uncontested step ahead of the opposition.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Battlefield 1942
    It’s a tribute to the developers that Battlefield 1942 stands head and shoulders above most of its competition, after all these years of real-world shooters.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Earth & Beyond
    It’s balanced, it’s fun, and I can’t wait to get to level 140 again!
    • 83 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Icewind Dale II
    While the original Icewind Dale was a very tight, focused product, the sequel is very rough around the edges, and though the aesthetics are superior to the original, the game itself is undeniably inferior.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Medieval: Total War
    We criticized "Shogun" for a few quirks in the interface, but generally it was very clean. Now, those same quirks have bit its sequel in the ass with a vengeance.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Mobile Forces
    There are plenty of great, free mods out there. Paying money for a sub-par mod like Mobile Forces isn't fair.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 2003
    If you have an Xbox or PlayStation 2, those are by far the better platforms for Madden 2003.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
    [The single player game is c]ertainly not comparable to the evolutionary changes we expected Blizzard to put it through.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Neverwinter Nights
    Once you toss in the graphics, sound effects, quality core rules and the toolset, it’s easy to understand how we came up with 91.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Gore: Ultimate Soldier
    No one in their right mind should bother playing this game. There are so many better alternatives out there right now.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Grand Theft Auto III
    There’s more senseless violence in GTA3 than there are bleeps in an episode of "The Osbournes."
    • 90 Metascore
    • 96 Critic Score
    Sid Meier's Civilization III
    Complex combat, climbing the tech tree, and resource management (commonly found in RTS games) make Civ III a deep strategy game – far beyond a simple Simulation game.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Red Faction
    A lot of great ideas with poor execution. The premise for the story is good - a lone gunman rebelling against an oppressive corporation - but the storytelling and characters are so thin that you're never drawn in.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Max Payne
    There is enough repetitive, standard fare about Max, coupled with its short play time, that makes it hard to flat-out recommend.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Half-Life: Blue Shift
    Too short to justify its current MSRP.
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