GameNow's Scores

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For 443 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 The Sims Bustin' Out
Lowest review score: 0 Britney's Dance Beat
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 64 out of 443
443 game reviews
    • 91 Metascore
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    Simply said: This remake is a horror masterpiece. [June 2002, p.61]
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    • 91 Metascore
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    You won't be getting an all-new classic here, but you'll be getting a classic nonetheless. [August 2002, p.38]
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    • 91 Metascore
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    The greatest side-scrolling platform game ever made. [Dec 2002, p.75; A+]
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    • 91 Metascore
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    The writing is sharp enough to make sense of the fact that, at one point, you find yourself fighting ninjas in the middle of a tornado in Akron, Ohio. [Jan 2003, p.67]
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    • 91 Metascore
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    It's the closest a GBA Castlevania adventure has come to achieving "Symphony's" level of atmosphere, and it has a crazy power-up system that makes you want to keep playing and playing and playing. [June 2003, p.43]
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    • 91 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Despite its brevity and lack of good multiplayer, though, Call of Duty is easily one of the most fun shooters I've played all year. [Jan 2004, p.66]
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    • 90 Metascore
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    Hands-down the best racing game yet to hit Xbox. [Jan 2004, p.62]
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    • 90 Metascore
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    Best GBA game I've ever played. A must-have. [Jan 2003, p.46]
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    • 90 Metascore
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    It's amazing how much this game does well on top of its near-perfect controls. [Jan 2004, p.54]
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    • 90 Metascore
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    The ability to level up the hero and his weapons, RPG style, is a brilliant addition to the franchise's gameplay. [Dec 2003, p.51]
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    • 90 Metascore
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    A plethora of ultrasweet unlockables. [Feb 2003, p.45]
    • 90 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    One of the best multi-player experiences you'll find on the PS2. [Dec 2002, p.66]
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    • 90 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    You won't find a smoother hockey game. [Oct 2003, p.61]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    While AoM sports the best single-player campaign in any "Age" game, it's still no award-winner. [Jan 2003, p.66]
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    • 89 Metascore
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    Speaking of realistic, the checking and board play in 2K3 is light-years beyond anything else on the market. [Jan 2003, p.54]
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    • 89 Metascore
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    It's 2K3 or bust if you're a serious hoop head. [Dec 2002, p.70]
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    • 89 Metascore
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    I couldn't stop playing F-Zero GX. It's refreshing to see a racing game ditching the sim elements that seem to be a prerequisite nowadays in favor of more arcadey gameplay. [Oct 2003, p.46]
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    • 89 Metascore
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    Brings together all the best bits from every other driving game of the past five years. [A+; Nov 2002, p.64]
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    • 89 Metascore
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    It's an uncomfortably tense, uncannily realistic stealth game that's arguably better than "Metal Gear Solid 2." [May 2003, p.47]
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    • 89 Metascore
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    Addictive, graphically polished, and full of unlockables, NBA Street Vol. 2 is a surefire hit. [May 2003, p.51]
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    • 89 Metascore
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    Everything about it is totally right: The A.I. is brilliant, the graphics are hot, and the game modes are fresh and original. [June 2003, p.40]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    A great online game. [Dec 2002, p.76]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Definitely one of the meatiest handheld games out there, and if you let it, it'll absorb you as intensely as some of its larger siblings. [July 2003, p.51]
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    • 89 Metascore
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    The games (more than 200 total) are extraordinarily simple yet extremely fun... Wario Ware is so good, I get giddy just thinking about it. [June 2003, p.46]
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    • 89 Metascore
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    This is the kind of game that literally makes you forget you're playing a game, leaving you barely aware of your body and just totally consumed by the action onscreen.
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    Cooler still, you can fire a weapon called a sticky bomb that plants itself on a wall and detonates when you hit your GBA's A button. [June 2003, p.42]
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    • 88 Metascore
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    It feels like a new game, so you'd better start rethinking your strategies, 'cause the old ones ain't gonna work anymore... A must for fans of "Warcraft III." [Sept 2003, p.62]
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    If Ratchet had more personality, this game might've been more fun. [Dec 2002, p.68]
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    The game continues to surprise you by tossing curveballs like siege weapons, random weather effects, and time-sensitive goals into the mix. [Dec 2003, p.75]
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    • 88 Metascore
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    Gone are the days when bouncing off another car to make a turn was acceptable. In Thunder 2004, you can still pull crap like that, but don't be surprised if your victim stuffs you into the wall on the next lap. [Oct 2003, p.63]
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