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For 7,736 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 34% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Lowest review score: 1 Legends of Wrestling II
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,808 out of 7736
  2. Mixed: 2,570 out of 7736
  3. Negative: 358 out of 7736
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride
    Everything else, from collision detection to control to having only three different cars as traffic, adds up to this game biting the big one. [May 2003, p.94]
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters DS
    Absurdly unpolished.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    MLB 2K13
    MLB 2K13 is one of the most embarrassing whiffs I’ve seen. Whether I was playing CPU or human opponents, games frequently hinged on something that shouldn’t have happened on the diamond. Only play it if you have a YouTube account dedicated to archiving video game glitches.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Guy Game
    If youre seriously interested in this "game," you're probably a loser who's embarrassed to buy porn, and way too chicken to actually talk to a real girl. [Oct 2004, p.129]
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    SeaBlade
    Featuring perhaps the worst cutscenes I have ever seen, and gameplay that is tedious at best, there really isn't much SeaBlade has to offer. [Jan 2003, p.114]
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Syberia 3
    The Syberia series is a product of its time, and Syberia 3 doesn’t bring back any excitement. It is plagued by bugs, a disappointing storyline, cliché characters, and puzzles that are more frustrating than fun. This return fails to do the series justice, feeling more like an unpolished and dated adventure game instead of a revival.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Disney's Hide and Sneak
    The environments are bland, the characters have no dialogue, and the puzzles are illogical. [Dec 2003, p.159]
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sprung
    There's good humor and writing to be had here, but it's not so much a game as an interactive comic book with a backlight. [Jan 2005, p.149]
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance
    A dumb, forgettable game and nothing else. [Sept 2005, p.100]
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Strike Force Bowling
    The game fails in the simple task of capturing the excitement of actual bowling. [July 2004, p.112]
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus
    There are even a few lame vehicular bonus stages thrown in for good measure, but none of the various stage types offer anything close to depth or originality. [Nov 2004, p.145]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Call of Juarez: The Cartel
    The game is generic at best, broken at worst, and falls short in its attempts to innovate cooperative play.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
    The only saving grace that this game has is its combat mechanic. By no means is it good, but it’s competent, and successful in making you feel like you clocked someone pretty hard. If you have some friends over, you can delve into four-player co-op. However, like a friend who picks out a crappy movie, there’s a good chance that your buddies will mock you for this spirit-crushing game for the remainder of your days.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Guy Game
    If youre seriously interested in this "game," you're probably a loser who's embarrassed to buy porn, and way too chicken to actually talk to a real girl. [Oct 2004, p.129]
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Smashing Drive
    Being an arcade game, however, fun isn't the problem with Smashing Drive – it's the lack of replay. [Apr 2002, p.79]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Legendary
    Legendary is by no means awful — it’s just about as vanilla as first-person shooters get. It all wraps up with a completely unsatisfying “wait for the sequel” type cliffhanger. We’ll see.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Saw II: Flesh & Blood
    Saw II doesn't just take a step backwards from the first game – it performs a reverse swan dive off a balcony into a swimming pool filled with razorblades.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction
    A mediocre car combat title. [Sept 2002, p.81]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Pac-Man Fever
    The animation is solid, and there's a plot to boot. [Aug 2002, p.79]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The Ant Bully
    Whether you are defending the colony from a hornet invasion by manning goo cannons, racing an obstacle course with a team of ants, or foraging for food, the game keeps things fresh. Too bad none of it is exciting. [Feb. 2007, p.102]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Catwoman
    In short, playing this epic-sized monstrosity is similar to being scratched to death by a house cat...not only is it painful, it's also embarrassing. [Sept 2004, p.104]
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hellboy: The Science of Evil
    Even as the story and gameplay falter, it's hard to argue with the joy of smashing open walls and hunting down demonic threats. [July 2008, p.84]
    • 47 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    MLB Front Office Manager
    The nuts and bolts of gameplay are apocalyptic failures, but the awfulness doesn't stop there. Managing games is utterly pointless. [Feb 2009, p.85]
    • 47 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles
    Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles tries to capture the essence of hard-boiled sleuthing, but it falters mainly because it takes itself way too seriously. [June 2008, p.101]
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Tony Hawk Ride
    The huge level of frustration is not worth the time it takes to master the awkward gameplay idiosyncrasies. Instead, it’s more tempting – even as someone with experience – to just spam the waggle movements for a passable high score.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ice Age
    This game is strictly for kids, and when I say kids, I mean the kind that may in fact still wear diapers. The smelly kind. [May 2002, p.89]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Bionicle
    Unless your eight-year-old has an affection for Legos that borders on obsession, you don't need to bother with this title. [Jan 2004, p.141]
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mage Knight: Apocalypse
    Mage Knight Apocalypse is a lot like eating the generic store brand equivalent of Lucky Charms. It has everything you expect, but doesn’t taste quite right.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Stronghold 3
    I wish I could say something positive about Stronghold 3. The closest I can come is to call it Stronghold 1 with better graphics. Even that is unfair to the 2001 original, which at least worked on a basic level – a task sadly above Stronghold 3's capabilities. As much as I wanted to like this game, I can't recommend it in good faith to anyone.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Risen 2: Dark Waters
    The PC original had the same problems, but a post-release patch made a marked improvement by adding a useful dodge feature that allowed player skill to overcome some of the horrible combat design. Unfortunately, that addition is not included in the console version. Publisher Deep Silver does not have any plans to release it later, citing the space restrictions "certain first-parties" put on title updates. Between that and the inferior graphics, framerate, and interface, I strongly recommend going with the PC version over this lackluster console port.
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