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For 1,355 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 74% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 21% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 99 Dead Space: Extraction
Lowest review score: 10 The Expendables 2 Videogame
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 866 out of 1355
  2. Mixed: 401 out of 1355
  3. Negative: 88 out of 1355
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    EQUILIBRIO
    Equilibrio isn’t a game that will appeal to everyone. The lacking production values and overly simplistic controls will more than likely turn off people who have played the bigger names that share its premise. However, if you’re looking for a quirky and interesting title that utilizes balance board peripheral and does it right, for 500 Wii Points, you really can’t go wrong.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    KrissX
    With its 150 puzzles and three different gameplay variants, KrissX should give you a few hours of quality enjoyment, even though its pricing could have been smaller. It may not be a breakthrough in the puzzle genre but it’s definitely an amusing, simple but still challenging game to experience.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Splatterhouse
    Splatterhouse isn't an uber-terrible, unplayable game...but its damn close.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Hydrophobia
    This first helping of Game Feast is probably worth a sampling, just as long as you know that there are a lot of empty calories on the plate before you decide to drop your 1200 MP on it.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires
    If there was a series that could really use a reboot, reinvention or a break Dynasty Warriors should be it. The series has been doing the same thing over and over again for so long and it’s not doing enough to entice new players to the series.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
    The series’ debut of online multiplayer adds replay value to Strikeforce, which is hard to ignore. However, if you’re interested in hack and slash action, there are more polished, next generation games available at fairer prices.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Squeeballs Party
    Squeeballs Party is a rather simplistic game that certainly won’t win awards but is definitely worth checking out, particularly over and above most of the immense number of subpar mini-game collections on the Wii. If you are looking for a cute and inexpensive Wii game for the younglings, this might just be your best bet.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    DreamWorks How to Train Your Dragon
    How To Train Your Dragon on consoles seems to suffer from a bit of an identity crisis. It wants to dabble in everything, while managing to avoid executing anything particularly well.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll
    While the first Wii offering (Banana Blitz) was a solid entry with some interesting features (jumping and boss battles), Step & Roll strips away all of that and leaves you with a straightforward Monkey Ball offering. However, it also leaves you wanting quite a bit more.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Ultimate Band
    Ultimate Band does have some great features, that really make the game interesting. However, interesting doesn’t necessarily make it fun. Control issues and the lack of a mic for the frontman position kill some of the potential, and the squeaky-clean feel of the story will put off veterans of other series’ out there.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
    Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage is an excellent game which exceeds at staying true to its roots, with extreme repetition being the only thing that boggles it down.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    Guitar Hero: Van Halen
    Unless you are an absolute die-hard Van Halen fan there is no way you should pay full price for a game that only offers half the content. If you really want to play it, wait until this game lands in the Bargain Bins in a few months time.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    Far from being incredible...or should I say, less than meets the eye?
    • 58 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    DreamWorks How to Train Your Dragon
    How To Train Your Dragon on consoles seems to suffer from a bit of an identity crisis. It wants to dabble in everything, while managing to avoid executing anything particularly well.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Time Crisis: Razing Storm
    Save your quarters because this collection just can't touch the arcade experience. Not by a long shot.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Steel Diver
    Additional online modes would have put this title right at the top of my recommendation list but despite its lack of depth (get it?), Steel Diver remains an interesting title to experience, if none of the other launch titles manages to grab your attention.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Backbreaker
    Backbreaker brings the fun first and opens up a door for the future. For a freshman effort, the final result isn’t perfect but it’s far from being boring. And please, don’t get this game with the intention of skipping Madden. This isn’t a Madden killer…at least, not yet.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Gunblade NY & L.A. Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack
    Arcade maniacs may be the only ones getting a kick out of this compilation but I still have a hard time recommending it. Perhaps these two titles would have been a bit more interesting as $5 WiiWare releases.Instead, they had to go retail. Ah SEGA, you used to be cool.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Disney's TRON: Evolution
    Is TRON:Evolution a bad game that continues the trend of awful licensed games? Not at all, but I can't say its a masterpiece either.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Front Mission Evolved
    Long time fans might not enjoy the changes and will probably want a return to their roots but every other mech-combat fan should find some enjoyment in it.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Front Mission Evolved
    Long time fans might not enjoy the changes and will probably want a return to their roots but every other mech-combat fan should find some enjoyment in it.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    John Daly's ProStroke Golf
    The inclusion of Move controls doesn't do enough to recommend John Daly's ProStroke Golf. Even with the control options, the lack of modes and the plethora of other omissions and short-comings make this an incredibly disappointing game.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Alone in the Dark
    As you play through the game it is annoying at time and at times aggravating, but once you see how the game works and work with the issues the game comes with (camera, controls, gameplay) it is enjoyable.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
    Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi is an unbalanced synthesis of a painstakingly recreated vision of the Dragon Ball universe and a rudimentary fighting game.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a game that one should only buy if they are an absolute die-hard Transformers fan and must have it for their collection along with their Optimus Prime underwear and Bumble Bee lunch box. For gamers who like the movies it is at most a rent for a weekend.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    Overlord Minions
    It’s hard to recommend Overlord: Minions in its current state. The frustration factor is too high, thanks in part to the broken controls. Those with a high patience level will find a few great ideas here, but unfortunately, the majority will likely be unable to make it that far.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rabbids: Alive & Kicking
    Rabbids: Alive & Kicking does exactly what it was intended to do, and that is to mix up a large batch of zany fun for you and your family to enjoy.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    The King of Fighters XII
    While the game is a bit thin on play modes and the online battles are a complete write-off at the moment, the fundamental gameplay is still fun and true to the series.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Special Forces: Team X
    While Special Forces cannot contend with the expansiveness and nuance of Call of Duty or Halo, it does have an innate “pick up and play” quality.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Sea Life Safari
    Yes, it doesn’t have the depth of Pokemon snap, but it has charm, and it is a lot of fun to boot. Lots of secret areas, special pictures lots of things to see make this game great.
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