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For 7,734 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: 4,806 out of 7734
  2. Mixed: 2,570 out of 7734
  3. Negative: 358 out of 7734
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda
    From beginning to end, it’s an entertaining mix of bracing combat, polished platforming, and a good dollop of humor.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kung Fu Panda
    From beginning to end, it’s an entertaining mix of bracing combat, polished platforming, and a good dollop of humor.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kung Fu Panda
    While Kung Fu Panda certainly isn’t breaking new ground, it’s inspiring to know that studios are still capable of doing quality work in the well-worn platforming genre.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Summon Night: Twin Age
    There are worse things out there than grinding levels, and Twin Age controls better than most DS games in the genre. [June 2008, p.101]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
    The magic just isn’t here. Repeating the success of Star Wars with a radically different license requires more than Star Wars as a foundation. It really never finds Indiana Jones’ pulse, and ends up being somewhat of a mess, albeit a moderately fun one.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
    The magic just isn’t here. Repeating the success of Star Wars with a radically different license requires more than Star Wars as a foundation. It really never finds Indiana Jones’ pulse, and ends up being somewhat of a mess, albeit a moderately fun one.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
    The magic just isn’t here. Repeating the success of Star Wars with a radically different license requires more than Star Wars as a foundation. It really never finds Indiana Jones’ pulse, and ends up being somewhat of a mess, albeit a moderately fun one.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
    The magic just isn’t here. Repeating the success of Star Wars with a radically different license requires more than Star Wars as a foundation. It really never finds Indiana Jones’ pulse, and ends up being somewhat of a mess, albeit a moderately fun one.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2
    This game’s predictable ceiling is mitigated by the fact that it stands on solid ground. If I could find this much reliability in my real life golf game, I’d be in the same league as Tiger, too.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    LOL: Never Party Alone!
    Congratulations, you just spent $20 on 10 minutes of gameplay! [Aug 2008, p.91]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Mass Effect
    Nearly every one of the many praises and criticisms of the console version can accurately be applied to this port, but I'd recommend this edition of Mass Effect to anyone with a good PC.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
    While it's not the next evolution of competitive FPS by any stretch of the imagination, a clean frontend with good party support and matchmaking at least lets those players who can forgive its faults an easy way to play the game the way it was meant to be.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
    While it's not the next evolution of competitive FPS by any stretch of the imagination, a clean frontend with good party support and matchmaking at least lets those players who can forgive its faults an easy way to play the game the way it was meant to be.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition
    In the end, super fans and newbies should definitely give Colonies a look. [June 2008, p.97]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Death Jr.: Root of Evil
    The great art style and smart writing sometimes mask the staid gameplay, but, in the end, the cookie cutter platforming buries the game's strengths.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Age of Conan: Unchained
    Conan delivers the best action in the genre, presents an ­amazingly ­immersive world, and has a lot of room for emergent PvP gameplay at the level cap in the Borderlands. However, its heavily instanced design and lackluster PvE content offer little of note to more socially inclined players and PvP haters.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Haze
    Haze’s saving grace is its co-op gameplay, which can be fun when you shoot a friend’s Nectar tank from behind to watch him freak out. But these short experiences do nothing to offset the major disappointment the rest of the game delivers.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    SingStar (2008)
    SingStar’s karaoke action may be somewhat limited in an era that follows the release of Rock Band, where so many other ways of playing are available. However, for enthusiasts who aren’t looking for anything that complicated (or expensive), SingStar should deliver some amusing Friday nights with friends.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wii Fit
    But if you're curious about blending exercise with your favorite pastime, Wii Fit is definitely worth checking out.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    The swordplay is simple, and dreadfully dull. [July 2008, p.86]
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    The swordplay is simple, and dreadfully dull. [July 2008, p.86]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Castle of Shikigami III
    The mere fact that it fills a niche on the Wii doesn't excuse this disappointing lack of substance. [May 2008, p.95]
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Deca Sports
    The simplistic flick-your-wrist-and-sometimes-press-a-button interface is probably great for testing the motor skills of chimpanzees, but humans should do themselves a favor and use this same arm motion to fling this Hudson game into the Hudson River.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    We Ski
    We Ski tries, and is largely successful, at creating a casual skiing game with a novel control mechanic. Which is great, but the actual content wouldn’t have held my attention for even an hour if it were just some old PS2 game (which, graphically, it sadly resembles).
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Drone Tactics
    Drone Tactics is functional and occasionally fun, but it never gets exciting.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    R-Type Command
    If you dig R-Type and strategy (or just the latter), Command definitely does the trick, but shooter fans are better off waiting for the next one.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Boom Blox
    Boom Blox is one of the best games on Wii, and shows what can happen when a third-party developer plays to the strengths of the console as well as Nintendo does.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Iron Man
    Needless to say, I played this entire game tense, angry, and praying that the next level would be the last. I never really felt like I was in control at any point during the game. The summer movie games usually bring misery, but I never expected them to bring this much pain.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Iron Man
    Needless to say, I played this entire game tense, angry, and praying that the next level would be the last. I never really felt like I was in control at any point during the game. The summer movie games usually bring misery, but I never expected them to bring this much pain.
    • 98 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Grand Theft Auto IV
    I now know how film critics felt after screening "The Godfather." It's been days since Grand Theft Auto IV's credits rolled, yet I can’t seem to construct a coherent thought without my mind wandering off into a daydream about the game. I just want to drop everything in my life so I can play it again. Experience it again. Live it again...Grand Theft Auto IV doesn't just raise the bar for the storied franchise; it completely changes the landscape of gaming.
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