GameBiz's Scores

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For 494 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 71% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 24% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 78
Highest review score: 100 WarioWare: Twisted!
Lowest review score: 23 Super Street Fighter II: Turbo Revival
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 18 out of 494
494 game reviews
    • 74 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    It might be a good present for a lonely mate though, but that's about it.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    An enjoyable game but has quite a few flaws, most of which are graphical.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    It’s a great idea, but I believe all avenues of zombie-rampages have already been thoroughly exposed in many other games, not to mention the movies. Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick will keep you entertained for all of about 10 hours.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The ability copying and multi-routed tracks are smart additions that would be a lot more enjoyable had other infuriating faults not let it down.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Features the backbone and potential of a great first-person shooter: lush graphics, great music and ambience, massive, well-designed environments and a unique storyline. When it comes down to it, though, the story is told poorly and the gameplay is incredibly repetitive, bland and hardly innovative.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The fact that there’s not much more you can do apart from hit a ball over a net makes Volleyball games unfulfilling and extremely limited.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Black Monday has a few glaring faults with control, over your character, targeting and a camera system that hurts the overall game play experience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    There isn't a lot that stands out except the obvious online features a good level design, and decent stealth action.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Graphically superior from the previous 2 titles.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Though there are obvious faults, but Red Dead Revolver does allow you to be a tobacco chewin’, foul mouthed gunslinger cowboy in the wild wild west.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    A nice attempt, but an overall feeling of unfulfilling incompleteness.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    A fairly ordinary game with fairly ordinary gameplay.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Special in its own way, and is a one-of-a-kind in a market full of games that have been done over oh so many times.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    This is nothing on the beautiful little gem I [didn't] played four years ago.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The jump animation seems very stiff and looks like Tanner hasn't stretched in years. Tanner can also swim which looks marginally better than his running technique.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It’s worth a look if you’re a fan of the western setting but keep in mind that it’s nothing special when juxta positioned with the kings of the genre.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It has its ups and downs, but the special moves look absolutely gorgeous and very much like they do in the cartoon series, and the in-flight fighting is an experience not to be missed on a hand-held.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The game follows the movie closely and looks superb.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Overall we gave it a 6.5 because it does have a fair bit of life in it, but there’s a few things about the game that are just too annoying to put up with for very long.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The lack luster textures and collision detection let the game down, it made the otherwise enjoyable gameplay frustrating.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    If you can put up with annoying controls, stupid team mates, and what simply feels like a rushed title, then there are some moments in Close Combat: First to Fight which are rewarding, but overall the game really isn't worth the trouble.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Follows the movie’s storyline quite faithfully.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Chances are you’ll play this game for a maximum of 10 hours, unless you have a mate with the game as well, which could increase the gameplay value if you can put up with a slowed-down battle.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Shark Tale does a fantastic job of representing the film authentically as a whole, but it’s its very basic, mini-game style levels and side-scrolling gameplay that let it down.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    It just has some serious problems with the camera combined with average graphics and sound that don’t spell success for the title.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    The online mode makes up for some of the problems with Omega Strain, but if you don't have the PS2 adapter, or not a fan of the series, there is very little for you in the game.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    The game’s presentation is quite average and what many would call the meat of the game, the racing, falls far below any of the realistic racing you’ll find out there today.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    A fairly unique game that is, overall, quite fun. Its flaws lie, unfortunately, in the largest part of any game - the gameplay.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The game is visually appealing but does also suffer a few problems such as poor AI for your team mates, this is alleviated in multiplayer mode.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A pretty lacklustre game - in both the pinball and Mario aspects.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Been there, done that.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sure, the basic gameplay's there, but even for previous SMB fans, this would have to be a try-before-you-buy title.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The developers did a good job with the graphics putting actual scenes from the movie in the game and sound by acquiring the film’s voice talents.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The graphics are ok but could've been better and the audio is typical TMNT fare.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Eventually you’ll find yourself getting fed up with the repetitiveness of each track.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Pac 'n' Roll proudly stands as the king of mediocrity. Not bad, not good, but just there anyway, pushed out of the door to keep the income coming.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A messy port of the year-old Xbox version, bearing disappointing graphics and sound.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Featuring little to no employment of special effects or lighting, some blocky character models, terrible lip-synch and a whole lot of flat, messy textures, Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo is rarely anything special in terms of graphics.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Frantix is very linear in play, but is good if you have a few minutes to spare as most levels can be finished pretty quickly.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If you love to mod cars then L.A. Rush is the game for you, its a modders dream. Unfortunately L.A. Rush is an average title at best and there isn't much to distinguish it from other similar titles.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Hobbit basically consists of this: Jump here, Shimmy there, Climb up here, and Whack this thing. That’s The Hobbit. If it didn’t have the Lord of the Rings storyline backing it up, we’d be struggling to call it a game.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The idea of bringing fighting into three-dimensional arenas with freedom of movement is excellent, but bigger, multi-floored arenas with more weapon pickups would’ve added more variety and eliminated repetitivity from the simple, round arenas.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fans of turn based strategy games will enjoy this title though, if you aren't a fan then I suggest avoiding this title.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The poor AI is inexcusable and very frustrating.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While Sonic Riders can be fun in the beginning it will quickly become boring.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It just lacks some of the special elements that other Survival Horror and Action Adventure games have that make the game immensely fun, and therefore you won’t pick this over "Resident Evil or "Silent Hill."
    • 45 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Following 6 different storylines works well but I think the developers were aiming for more when they set out and the game just stops short of the goals.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The majority of the games has plenty of replay value and will keep most people playing for ages.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    The disappointing thing about Athens 2004 is the party-style button-mashing gameplay.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    It's repetitive, occasionally frustrating and visually unappealing. Put your cash to good use and grab the cheaper and near-perfect "Burnout 3" instead.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Depending on what you want it for, it doesn’t really impress to the extent of what we expected prior to its release.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The gameplay is too simple, hard and repetitive, making it feel like an arcade game. The graphics are good, as are the sound effects, but the fighting music is just horrible.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    A repetitive and dull First-Person Shooter.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    The attempt at injecting a strategy theme into the series just doesn’t seem to fit in with the game’s arcade feel and the battling is repetitive and generally bland.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    You can't ruin a sport game for the fans of the game but HB Studios along with EA sports really put a lot of effort into achieving this.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    If there’s one game you buy this year, make sure it’s not this one. Don’t even bother picking it up in a shop to view the screens on the back.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    When troops become mentally broken and stop obeying orders they often get themselves killed and there’s nothing that you can do about it, and this becomes quite annoying and frustrating.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Half the time you might find yourself falling asleep at the wheel, rather than getting too excited about Outrun 2. The first time you pop it in, it looks promising, but beyond the slick veneer there isn't much more to it than those first few minutes of excitement.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The words: unfinished, short, below par, and disappointing come to mind after spending a few hours playing around with Spider-Man 2 DS.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The graphics in Robotech: Invasion are, put simply, average at best and very dated.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The whole touch-screen system needs to be reviewed, as there are plenty of better ideas out there that just aren’t being used in a lot of the third party Nintendo DS games.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Although an old game, Sunny Garcia’s Surfing can bring back some good old launch-title quality gaming goodness, and if you’re a fan of surfing games but haven’t checked this one out yet, it’s worth at least a hire.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The game is good for those who are just after a laugh and a fun time with their mates away from 'stat slaves', which have become far too frequent on a little-known FPS called "Halo 2."
    • 80 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    The GBA wasn’t designed to handle this type of game, and trying to force the matter gets you a sub par game.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    A tutorial is ABSOLUTELY necessary for a game of this type, and I really am flabbergasted that there isn't one.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    The game falls short most obviously in the gameplay, with its bland and linear levels and large amount of backtracking used only as an attempt to make the game longer, although it’s still only around five hours long.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    An enjoyable game, but its poor level design, limited array of weapons and numerous glitches keep it from being up there with the best of the genre, and the game seems to lack – in almost all aspects – what other First-Person Shooters have to offer.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Only the true RE addicts should pick this one up.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It will offer you around five to ten hours of solid gameplay.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The poor A.I. and tired looking graphics are inexcusable. The addition of Multiplayer modes, while a nice addition to the series, wasn't enough to save this game.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It’s a shame though that the game only lasts for about 4-5 hours though, as Constantine could have been a good 3rd person shooter adventure if done properly.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    To sum everything up, if this game was released four years ago it may have been successful, but in this day and age there's no room for an average adventure game based on an old cartoon.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The game feels unfinished in parts and unfortunately there isn’t enough content in the game to another play through once you have completed the game.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Just an average game really. Nothing really grabs you to keep playing.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The fact that they deliberately ensured that you can't pick up items until you need them is just a lame attempt to lengthen what is already a short game.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Unfortunately the same problems that plagued it before are back again, and just because it’s now portable doesn’t necessarily make it enjoyable this time around.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Has a great character and car building system and the graphics are nice in places. Unfortunately the frame-rate is below average, the sound effects and music are often horrible and the racing, the biggest part of the game, has not been executed well.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Really, really, really annoying camera angles.
    • GameBiz
    • 41 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    It contains nothing special and brings nothing new to the genre, meaning it falls below the other better Combat Flight Simulators out there.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    While Law & Order 2: Double or Nothing captures the mood and feel of the television show almost flawlessly, deep down it comes off as a slow-paced and bland adventure; it lacks excitement, action and animation.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    If you're dying to relive the classics, buy the actual Atari system and all the games - it can hardly set you back more than $20. At least you'll play the original, and won't have to face the travesty of the remixed modes.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Xbox Live gives the game a little justice, but the offline mode could be 100 times more elaborate and involving that it is which is quite a shame, considering how much we were hyping it up and awaiting its arrival.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Shattered Universe takes that one episode and turns it into an entire game with minor references to a few other Star Trek episodes.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Simply a mediocre action adventure composed of recycled concepts and poor attempts at innovation that not even Tekken fans will enjoy.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The lack of depth in the game's structure and driving system would deter most hardcore gamers from trying it, while the Mustang fans would be driven away by the over-competitive AI before you can start a Mustang's engine and warm it up.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Driving a motorbike whacking your enemies seems almost like a thing of the past as it was perfected about ten years ago, and hasn't been developed any further since.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    It’s not a terribly good team-based strategy – in fact, only if you’re a team-based strategy freak should you pick up this title, as it offers very limited gameplay and extremely limited enjoyment as you struggle through the ongoing clobbering that Magnum Games likes to call missions.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    The whole game feels rushed. The graphics are very poor and the characters besides the Oompa Loompas really don’t look like their movie counterparts.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    The musical score of the game will get on most peoples nerves within the first 20 minutes.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    A rushed excuse for a next generation console game.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 32 Critic Score
    What’s the maximum amount of fun that can be had by battling over the top celebrities represented as clay model figures doing something similar to wrestling but not quite wrestling? Not a lot.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    A flat third-person shooter that feels like a bad Nintendo 64 game, with poor level design and gameplay and some of the worst graphics and sound seen on the PlayStation 2, not to mention the bucket full of flaws that it holds within.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 28 Critic Score
    It’s composed of seven basic and boring mini-games with no storyline or proper single player adventure. Scour the internet and you’ll find just as if not more enjoyable mini-games for free that have been made in Macromedia’s animation program, Flash.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 23 Critic Score
    But the bug is there, so minus fifty points, because no game should be shipped in this condition. Get SFA3 instead.

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