GameNow's Scores

  • Games
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
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Alone or with a friend, there's no better GBA puzzle game. [Apr 2003, p.43]
    • GameNow
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Simple, straightforward fun. [Dec 2002, p.70]
    • GameNow
    • 83 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Even if your singing sounds like a goat being strangled, you can still play. [Dec 2003, p.62]
    • GameNow
    • 83 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    This is definitely for the hardcore, as lesser folk will be scared away. [Aug 2003, p.28]
    • GameNow
    • 83 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    This cart isn't about depth, it's all about flash and energy, and I mean that in a good way. [May 2003, p.40]
    • GameNow
    • 83 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    You get a gaming experience out of Steel Battalion that you just can't get from any other game. [Jan 2003, p.57]
    • GameNow
    • 83 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    A stellar translation. [Feb 2003, p.40]
    • 83 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    If you've never played this series before, Fusion will have you searching the bargain bins for the original PSone titles. [June 2002, p.62]
    • GameNow
    • 83 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    If you like your games with a crazy twist, then you'll totally get into this one. [Oct 2003, p.52]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The deeper I got into the game, however, the more I began to realize how little has changed in the Pokemon universe. [May 2003, p.39]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Takes what was cool about the first installment and builds a gorgeous, challenging, and satisfying game around it. [Apr 2003, p.47]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    The collest part of AC2 is the monthly episode update. [Feb 2003, p.49]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The most remarkable change may be this year's Season mode, which sets a new standard for wrestling games. [Jan 2003, p.48]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    For weeks, it's been the only game I've really wanted to play...The play experience is slow-paced, methodical and insanely tense. [Sept 2002, p.28]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Zero avoids the funk that has been plaguing the recent Mega Man platform titles. [Sept 2002, p.48]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    No, it's not revolutionary, but there's enough variety that it never feels monotonous or repetitive. [July 2003, p.54]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Online play is fresh and funky, but the songs sound like the same old beat. [Jan 2004, p.64]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Other than the lackluster practice mode, everything in FIFA 2004 is spot-on.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Plays like a direct descendant of "Ocarina of Time;" it's a fun, fast-paced adventure, packed to the brim with interesting puzzles and exciting action sequences. [Nov 2002, p.46]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    May be the best directly movie-based title I've ever played. [Jan 20003, p.42]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Hardcore DDR fans will see the flaws, but DDRMAX2 is still a blast. [Nov 2003, p.52]
    • GameNow
    • 82 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Laugh-out-loud comic quips ("I blame society!" Homer yells when he runs someone over) and endless sight gags round out this very pretty—and ever-so-animated—picture.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Superior to other college games and a lot of fun to play. [Jan 2004, p.63]
    • GameNow
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Even the addition of crazy new Social moves like Break Dance and Booty Tease make interactions with other Sims much more fun than they were in previous titles.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Just what I want to see happen to the Mega Man series - classic gameplay with extra enhancements for more depth, Zero 2 is a fantastic step in the right direction. [Nov 2003, p.70]
    • GameNow
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    License aside, this is the best golf title I've ever played. If you dig the sport and don't have a GameCube, it's time to buy one. [Oct 2003, p.48]
    • GameNow
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Even the addition of crazy new Social moves like Break Dance and Booty Tease make interactions with other Sims much more fun than they were in previous titles. [Jan 2003, p.48]
    • 81 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    There's no sense of accomplishment on any grand scale. So it seems, in fact, that you're fighting for nothing; hence, there's no real story... It becomes tiresome rather quickly. [Aug 2003, p.38]
    • GameNow
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Next to "Halo," there's no Xbox FPS that tells a better story or offers more play time for the solo gamer. [Jan 2003, p.58]
    • GameNow
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    While hardly original, Hit & Run offers lots in the way of solid gameplay, excellent controls, and pure unadulterated fun. [Oct 2003, p.57]
    • GameNow

Top Trailers