G4 TV's Scores

  • Games
For 2,715 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 28% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 70% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 10.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Mark of the Ninja
Lowest review score: 0 Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Score distribution:
2715 game reviews
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    If you're already a fan of point-and-click adventure, then you'll probably dig it. If not, then get out the tissues and be prepared to be bored to tears.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Isn't a complete disaster, but it's undoubtedly the worst outing in the franchise's history. Its unresponsive controls and shallow gameplay are what holds it back from seeing its true potential.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Maybe if the characters were more iconic. Maybe if this would’ve been a true sequel instead of a party game. Maybe if the game were fun. Maybe if monkeys could tango.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Constant camera-fixing is still a big problem, however. Add to that the uninspired gameplay, and it's just not enough that the game looks good.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    If wandering through endless hallways and engaging in unsatisfying, three-move combat for countless hours with no indication as to your progress or your objectives is your idea of a good time, then Baroque will satisfy you to no end. If you find yourself tearing your hair out just reading that description, stay away…far away.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Even by side-scrolling basher standards, the gameplay here is weak and uninspired. The lack of complexity in the fighting system, combined with the lack of variation in the action itself leads to a game that, despite being gorgeous, is still a total snooze.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The series makes a blind leap into a new genre, only to fall flat on his face satisfying neither the fans of puzzle or action games.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    AMY
    Amy is bad, sloppy, and seems as if it was released in an unfinished state. Make no mistake: It's not good-bad. It doesn't have the loveable cult vibe of a game like Deadly Premonition, a goofy-fun gaming experience with similar last-gen graphics and terrible voice acting. Amy is alternatively throw-your-controller frustrating and deadly dull.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Battleship is little more than a checkmark on a to-do list; a completed contractual obligation. Just a handful of red pegs on a board, signifying a failed effort.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    A half-baked, incomplete, predictable, buggy, broken mess of a game that punished players for purchasing it. It pulls together to be one of the most improperly executed titles in recent memory. There's no getting around the fact, 007 Legends is a bad game.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Fails on its own with boring level design and sloppy, unsatisfying gameplay. The vulgarity of the setting just makes it worse.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The game tells its story horribly, your character is both improbable and without any personality, the AI is terrible, the gameplay lackluster, and graphics middling. Even as a budget title, which Turning Point is certainly doomed to become, the game is hardly worth the bother.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    What's more troubling is the absurd number of glitches littered throughout the game -- in gameplay, graphics, and sound.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    They made the world, but forgot to put a game in it. There's so little friction here that a sharp gamer can easily blow through the game in four or five hours.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    I think Boogie is a horrible game. It’s so bad; I’m nearly offended that I even had to play it. Sure it’s aimed squarely at the casual market, but casual gamers aren’t necessarily stupid gamers.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A poorly conceived, poorly executed mess. It’s an insult to the intelligence of gamers everywhere, and that’s no mean feat.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The great selection of poker styles is ruined by limited play options, a horrible presentation and crappy player A.I. Save yourself some cash and just buy a deck of cards instead.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Play the first level of Cake Mania and you've played them all.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    At least we now have a low bar for Grand Theft Auto clones.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    If you’re yearning to do something other than dress your cat as Baby for the tenth time, then I highly recommend checking out your local internet provider for a slew of better flash games that won’t cost you a dime. Dirty Dancing – The Videogame is a cheap attempt to cash in on a twenty year-old movie.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    We could go on to describe the pointless level design, sloppy controls, and graphical glitches galore, but how much more convincing do you need? Don't buy it!
    • 28 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Bad Day L.A. aims for the biting wit of the "Dave Chapelle Show" but ends up more akin to the jackassery of "Mind of Mencia." Just sort of sad and unfunny.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A simple, unpolished action game. The music is comprised of simple, repetitive loops that are just begging for the mute button, the voice acting is absolutely atrocious, the plot of each campaign is held tenuously together by the slimmest of threads, and the most important part of a game, the gameplay, is shallow and unsatisfying.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The game isn’t completely without merit, just seriously lacking in fun.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It moves really slowly through some of the most boring levels in the history of the genre, and constantly drops new enemies into the scene completely out of nowhere. It’s just not fun at all.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Awful plot, abysmal gameplay, crappy graphics, and spartan sound bytes: these features do not a winner make.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A short diversion at best -- not something you should spend your hard-earned cash on.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The game fails on every level. The controls are a mess, the camera is terrible, and the presentation is offensively bad.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It’s difficult in a mean, nasty way. I’m sure there are some people out there who are up for a challenge like this. Those people are idiots who have no life. If you really like to be punished this much, I recommend checking out your local S&M bar. You’ll likely find the developers of this game there holding a whip with your name on it.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Evil incantations have adversely affected the game's characters and the game engine itself. Simply put, Nightcaster II has problems.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A series of frustrating elements add up to an overall inferior experience.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Sneak King is the gaming equivalent of the Whopper – tasty at first, though nothing special, and it makes you feel kind of ill by the end.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Crossfire wouldn’t pass muster as a PS2 game, let alone a PS3 launch title. Onlookers will probably mistake it for a PS2 game at first glance. It’s not like we expected a Gundam game to set the world on fire, but even for a Gundam title, Crossfire is a special kind of bad.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This is some of the weakest, button-mashy gameplay you'll ever experience.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    If you like boring, repetitive, badly done combat, then run, don't walk, to the store and pick this bomb up.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Strictly for Barbie collectors or fans of the show who have no understanding of what makes a good videogame, American Idol is a cheap rip-off of other, much better games, and an overall unimpressive attempt to cash in on a popular TV phenomenon.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A steaming pile of unplayable cel shading.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It's fun to set up teams and track standings, but the soccer is lackluster.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It looks appalling, contains some absolutely egregious gameplay, and subjects the player to some downright execrable dialogue. Whatever it is, Bad Boys is nowhere near good.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Infuriating and boring.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Nothing short of a total disaster.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Lousy graphics, terrible gameplay, and no other redeeming values make Dragon Booster one of the worst DS games on the market. Trust us, don’t buy it, and if you see someone else trying to buy it, fling yourself at them.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This is the most low-rent sports game this side of "NRA Varmint Hunter."
    • 32 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It's rare to find a game this poorly conceived and executed from top to bottom.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The experience is a little like being served greasy fast food from an employee that really hates his job. Not only is the product prepared to the lowest possible standard, the bun is mashed, the ketchup and mustard are in one big glob off to the side, and the meat is soggy.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    An aggravating save system makes the game almost completely unsuitable for taking on the go, and popping Surma in your Game Boy only amplifies the game's audiovisual ugliness.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Basically, Drift 2 feels like a repackaging of the original Drift, with almost nothing done to improve on the myriad problems of the prequel.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    We can only recommend this to people who are interested in quitting videogames completely.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Perhaps the most disappointing martial arts adaptation to hit consoles since "The Karate Kid" on the 8-bit NES.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This benchwarmer fails to meet the minimum requirements for a modern sports game and will continue to ride the pine until next year.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Lockups were frequent enough to be annoying, and since the game only saves at certain checkpoints in a level, you'll probably be replaying more of this game than you'll ever want to.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Titillation just for its own sake seldom works in gaming, but here, it’s been taken to new low. This virtual bikini romp suffers from poor graphics, primitive level design, and controls that will make the player feel like an idiot (or worse). If you really need to see Japanese girls in cosplay outfits to feel manly, just buy some tissue and browse the internet.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    One of those games that wastes the best material on cutscenes.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Not funny, despite its pathetic attempt at being so. The jokes are racist for the sake of being racist, confuse fecal references with wit, and are just generally asinine.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Yes, lucky shots are really the only way you will kill or be killed in Renegade Paintball.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    In the end, it's almost physically painful to try to wade through this game, especially if you've already played it in its previous incarnations.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This is the most low-rent sports game this side of "NRA Varmint Hunter."
    • 49 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The soundtrack is the only thing in Castlevania Judgment that does proper homage to the series.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Woefully inadequate. Cleavers and cleavage, sadly, aren't enough.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    In general the mini games aren't entertaining or educational. Most of them involve a lot of running around and pressing a button. They're very short and basic but they all seem kind of pointless.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The basic mechanic of the game, building bigger and bigger stuff, is the same as it is in just about all the other Tycoon games; it just happens that in this case you’re building things that are very disinteresting.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Incredibly repetitive.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Shining Tears is an applicable title for this game, because anyone who spends their time and money on it will break down in tears... Avoid it like a proposition from a girl walking out of the VD clinic.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    At the end of the day, what you’ll find in the box is a bunch of nice extras that are packaged with a horrible batch of code that barely qualifies as a game.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A disaster. It's a mile-long train wreck in Gotham City's dirtiest and most rat-infested train yard.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Finally, there’s multiplayer. It doesn’t work. There’s a multiplayer button on the main menu, but it just takes you to the Speedco Web site. That’s ok guys. The game sucks and I doubt shooting varmints along side critterlover678 will make it any better.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Even if you can look past the uninspired visual presentation, Farscape is a somewhat tedious and boring affair that is likely to compel only die-hard fans of the show to play it to the very end.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The gameplay isn’t remotely interesting or entertaining and neither is the subject matter. It’s crass and juvenile, but not in a good way. There’s no way to rehabilitate this piece of garbage.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    By far the worst part of Smart Bomb is the loading screen.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It’s not involving enough to be a simulator, nor enough fun to be worth your time.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This one is too vacant, tries too hard to be cool, and fails to be compelling in either single- or multiplayer.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Introduces far more gameplay problems than solutions.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It's hard to imagine that Corvette, though it's priced to compete with a case of Bud, will be able to satisfy. There are much more competitive racers that also feature the fabled 'vette, along with decent physics, AI, and play modes.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The fielding controls are slow and unresponsive, the baserunning interface is a mess, you can't check your swing, and-for a nice dose of creepy-the wispy-voiced but obviously adult announcer casually mentions that he's got to run because his mom is coming to pick him up.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    With its kickin' mid-'90s visuals, unintelligible voice samples, and total lack of coherence, Mobile Light Force 2 is the videogame equivalent of a cheesy, late-night kung fu flick.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A terrible game... It may not be the worst game of the year, but it is the most disappointing.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The single-player mode is a painful and sometimes laughable experience. Multiplayer fares much better, provided you can find people to play with online, but there are much better titles out there to choose from.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    All of these clichéd mission objectives wouldn't be so bad if the play mechanics were compelling. Instead, you just bolt around trying to shoot at enemies with weapons that are entirely too lame.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The controls aren't nuanced enough to please hardcore fighting or boxing fans. The frenetic pace and cheap shots will clearly alienate the more casual gamer. If your sole reason for getting this game is to enjoy multiplayer with your friends, it might be worth a look. Otherwise, stay away from this stinker.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    If ever a game deserved the term "played out," it would be this one.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, while hitting porn stars with weed whackers to the finely articulate tunes of the Insane Clown Posse might sound like a dream come true to some, the junior high-level execution of this game just brings down any possibility of a truly good wrestling title.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Even at a scant five hours, it's hard to believe that playing this game will be a worthwhile experience for any gamers, no matter how fond they are of the series.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The sloppiness of the gameplay is matched by the bland, glitchy graphics. Environments are simplistically rendered, with muddy colors and blurry textures.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    As far as we can tell, Mamodo Battles was made for stupid, uncoordinated kids with poor taste in gaming and a big love of all things Zatch Bell!
    • 47 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The whole game is embarrassingly shoddy. From the glitch that prevents sound from playing during the opening cutscene, to the finger-cramping control scheme, Conflict Zone fails to ever become fun.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Practically unplayable and should be avoided at all costs.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    MOO3 collapses under the weight of its own ambitious design. We doubt this can be fixed in a patch. Gamers need not apply. Masochists, you're on your own.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Do yourself a favor. Take that money and go buy an old Sega Genesis and a copy of Streets of Rage. You'll spend less money, and have a much better time. Honest.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The game tells its story horribly, your character is both improbable and without any personality, the AI is terrible, the gameplay lackluster, and graphics middling. Even as a budget title, which Turning Point is certainly doomed to become, the game is hardly worth the bother.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    At the end of the day, what you'll find in the box is a bunch of nice extras that are packaged with a horrible batch of code that barely qualifies as a game.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It looks appalling, contains some absolutely egregious gameplay, and subjects the player to some downright execrable dialogue. Whatever it is, Bad Boys is nowhere near good.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    What possessed Sega to go in this direction is beyond us. Maybe maintain the edgy appeal that Sonic never had in the first place. In doing so, they betrayed the very thing that makes Sonic well...Sonic.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Practically unplayable and should be avoided at all costs.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    From the typo-riddled tutorial to the mind-numbing elevator music, there’s nothing good about this game.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, while hitting porn stars with weed whackers to the finely articulate tunes of the Insane Clown Posse might sound like a dream come true to some, the junior high-level execution of this game just brings down any possibility of a truly good wrestling title.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It's over-ambitious, poorly implemented control setup puts it squarely in the rank of games that tried too hard to utilize the hardware rather than offer a fun, interesting experience.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The controls aren't nuanced enough to please hardcore fighting or boxing fans. The frenetic pace and cheap shots will clearly alienate the more casual gamer. If your sole reason for getting this game is to enjoy multiplayer with your friends, it might be worth a look. Otherwise, stay away from this stinker.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A hollow, stripped-down experience.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The fielding controls are slow and unresponsive, the baserunning interface is a mess, you can’t check your swing, and—for a nice dose of creepy—the wispy-voiced but obviously adult announcer casually mentions that he’s got to run because his mom is coming to pick him up.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It looks appalling, contains some absolutely egregious gameplay, and subjects the player to some downright execrable dialogue. Whatever it is, Bad Boys is nowhere near good.

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