GamePen's Scores

  • Games
For 248 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 36% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 60% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Lowest review score: 10 Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 33 out of 248
248 game reviews
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    To put it simply, Morrowind is truly a game of epic proportions and will most likely only be finished by the most hardcore of gamers.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    You’ll be glad to know that the flamethrower isn’t the only great weapon at your disposal. The venom, which is a devastatingly powerful chain-gun, is one of the most amazing guns I’ve ever had the pleasure to handle in a video game.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Not only is it very realistic in it’s approach to the game, it is, hands down, the most fun and funniest golf game I have played.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Although there are still more titles to be released, I’m not quite sure that any of them will be able to compete with the high standard that EA has set with their latest offering, the bar has been raised.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is also a rare case where a console-to-PC port actually turned out for the better.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The game is the perfect combination of action and strategy-you do have to push buttons, but you have to push the right buttons at the right time.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    You’ll have fun, and you’ll get a portable taste of gaming history that will remind you of why we’re doing all this fiddling around with these plastic doohickeys in the first place.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    What started out as a 10-minute compatibility check turned into an all-night rampage, after I got past all the bugs that is.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    What makes this game look and feel so different from the competition is its amazing ability to render realistic looking environments.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Usually a person will hate a game when they lose at it on a consistent basis, the case is completely different here. This is just a testament of how fun and gripping this game is to play.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    I can’t tell you how much fun it is to check your best friend over the boards and into the stands. That alone is worth the price of admission for me.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Taking advantage of the space on that the DVD allows you to have, there’s a lot of information that can be viewed in terms of the making of the game. You’ll see some famous stars such as Oliver Platt and David Arquette talk about lending their voices to the game.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The AI, for one thing, needs some work. The computer drive cars don’t have any personality meaning that they follow a specific path and just bump their way around. It’s like watching the guys in the movie "Swingers" driving, but at a higher speed and a little more violent.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    You wouldn’t think stats would be such a big deal in an arcade over the top game, but they’re here – by player and by team. Pretty impressive – I wasn’t expecting that at all.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Highly addictive.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Tecmo may not be offering the most beautiful or technically advanced soccer game on the market but whatever it is, it’s a hell of a lot of fun.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    I’m not sure what it is but this game is just so much fun, maybe it’s the lack of shooting games available nowadays or the inclusion of the foot pedal, but this game is just so much fun.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    If you want to tackle all the seemingly endless sidequests and mini-games, get everyone’s Ultimate Weapon and find every last Aeon, expect to put a great deal more time in, easily 100-150 hours.
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    As I allowed the game to grow on me I began to realize just how completely awesome this game is.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    By far, it is the best racing game I've seen on the PlayStation 2.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The best F1 sim to date. Featuring true to life physics and tight gripping gameplay, it’s only weakness lies in the insanely astronomical system requirements.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    What differentiates Hunter from the other titles is the creativity in the weapons and monsters and something I like to call the 'oh (expletive)' factor. The 'oh (expletive)' factor is that 'oh my god' feeling when you see the amazing monsters scare the crap out of you in the game--and believe me they will.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Perhaps most impressive are the stellar animations. I don’t want to exaggerate, but the animation is perhaps the best of any sports game currently on the PS2.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    With stunning graphics and superb gameplay, Starfighter succeeds in rescuing the franchise from movie license purgatory.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The enemy AI is the most advanced enemy AI in a game yet.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This game isn’t perfect, however, I found that the running game was a little too stingy for my tastes. I had a hard time breaking a run for more than 10 yards and more often than not, the gaps in the defense would close far too fast.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Never before have I played a game as compelling as The Sims. This game will provide you with emotional experiences that you could never imagine from a video game.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Believe me, if you play baseball or enjoy watching it, you’ll love this game—it has that certain something that makes you play ‘just one more’ time and time again.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Combine excellent gameplay and some of the most in-depth gaming modes with the vocal talents of the legendary Vin Scully and what do you get? You get one hell of a baseball title.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A highly engrossing story told by a set of very unique characters that come to life with witty and intriguing dialogue. If you're looking for a game that doesn't focus too much on pretty cinematics, but rather, interesting plot development and engrossing gameplay then look no further.

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