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For 4,560 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 35% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Lowest review score: 10 NBA Unrivaled
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,735 out of 4560
  2. Mixed: 1,608 out of 4560
  3. Negative: 217 out of 4560
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Spider-Man 2
    The most prominent problem Spider-Man 2 suffers from is its convoluted indoor levels. Oftentimes, you need to search areas for a set number of criminals to bop or hostages to free. But without a map to consult, too much time is spent frustratingly backtracking and combing through every nook and cranny you've already visited.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: Finest Hour
    But playing this game live on the console systems lacks the finesse and speed to which you're accustomed. Lag is apparent everywhere, from watching other players float across the ground to empting an entire magazine into a foe at close range with no effect.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2
    Gone is the non-linear design of each mission. Each objective is now clearly marked one after another, eliminating secondary (optional) objectives and different ways of approaching a target, which were key and exciting components in the original Ghost Recon game.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood
    With sloppy production values, insane load times, sub-par graphics and sound, and gameplay that irrevocably evolves into: grapple, counter, super, grapple, counter, super, this game isn't even worth the rental fee.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space
    While the Time Sweeper platformer aspect of the game is tight, the Tom Tom pig gameplay is where Blinx 2 really shines.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
    The greatest feature in Baten Kaitos may be the fact that you can fight and travel as freely as you like.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: Finest Hour
    With so many inconsistencies, Finest Hour just doesn't live up to its PC forefather. Alone on the consoles, this is one World War II moment that's better rented than bought.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Need for Speed Underground 2
    An outstanding sequel in all aspects. It offers a lot of new and fun features, yet the game doesn't move away from the core gameplay that made the first Underground so popular, which is pure adrenaline street racing.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Need for Speed Underground 2
    Simply put, Underground 2 is an outstanding sequel in all aspects. It offers a lot of new and fun features, yet the game doesn't move away from the core gameplay that made the first Underground so popular, which is pure adrenaline street racing.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
    Visually, MP 2's dazzling, organic-looking environments represent a quantum leap for console-based shooters.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rumble Roses
    So while Konami succeeded at building a simple but graphically enticing fighter, it failed to create anything but an average game with a penchant for g-strings and larger than usual cup-sizes.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Jak 3
    It's all about presentation, and Jak 3 presents the action in an engaging, meaningful way that keeps you glued to the very end. [Dec 2004, p.100]
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Urbz: Sims in the City
    Urbz offers a nice, fresh twist on the Sims experience, for both veterans and newbies alike. Yet, despite seeing the goofy characters in a new fish tank, there isn't enough freshness throughout to keep you down wid it. It's not bad, it's just not baaad-you feel me?
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Karaoke Revolution Volume 3
    There's no doubt that it's yet another improvement on the concept. The game rocks...and so will you. [Dec 2004, p.118]
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gretzky NHL 2005
    While it does offer some features, including the fact that it's the only hockey title with Wayne as a playable skater, the overall gameplay just can't compete with the other two titles due to Gretzky's stiff-looking animations, limited control options, and suspect A.I. [Dec 2004, p.146]
    • 95 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Halo 2
    The multiplayer promises to elevate Halo 2 online gameplay to "Counter-Strike" status with the added attraction of Xbox Live full voice support.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Urbz: Sims in the City
    Despite seeing the goofy characters in a new fish tank, there isn't enough freshness throughout to keep you down wid it. It's not bad, it's just not baaad…you feel me?
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Urbz: Sims in the City
    Urbz offers a nice, fresh twist on the Sims experience, for both veterans and newbies alike. Yet, despite seeing the goofy characters in a new fish tank, there isn't enough freshness throughout to keep you down wid it. It's not bad, it's just not baaad…you feel me?
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    EverQuest II
    EverQuest II a metric crapload of game, to be sure-complex, huge, versatile, and lots of fun with friends, but slow-paced and visually schizophrenic. When Norrath calls, you'd better be prepared to give a very long answer.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mario Power Tennis
    Nintendo's got the party magic when it comes to four-player multiplayer good-times, too. No matter how you might manhandle the A.I., playing with your pals is the best way to enjoy this tennis match.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
    What this FPS game lacks in antagonistic aliens and demons from hell, it more than makes up with good old-fashioned gunplay and an unbeatable theatric presentation.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Scrapland
    It's a serviceable game, but it doesn't excel in any regard.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
    While this third adventure is pretty much more of the same, you also get online gameplay that's guaranteed to keep you blasting on well into the future. [Dec 2004, p.98]
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Killzone
    The game is also a trying experience online. Apparent lag, even though you're playing on broadband, is everywhere. Character animations are limited and it's difficult to target someone from long distance.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
    It takes more than formulaic adventuring and dusty turn-based combat to craft a role-playing title worthy of the LOTR name.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Guilty Gear Isuka
    Simply put, if you're already a fan of 2D fighters, you'll love what Guilty Gear Isuka has to offer. [Dec 2004, p.110]
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age
    Merely an interesting take on The Lord of the Rings license instead of the great game it could have been. [Jan 2005, p.103]
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age
    It's hard to find fault with the concept behind Third Age; from a marketing perspective, Final Fantasy and LOTR probably seemed like a perfect match. But you can't crudely shoehorn two disconnected franchises together without bringing something unique and worthwhile to the table.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
    It takes more than formulaic adventuring and dusty turn-based combat to craft a role-playing title worthy of the LOTR name.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Men of Valor
    An adequate entry into the emerging Vietnam-sub genre that offers plenty of simplistic shooting fun, but fails to capture the depth and grandeur of similar titles like "Battlefield Vietnam" or even "Call of Duty" despite the obvious inclusion of so much historical information.
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