Games Master UK's Scores

  • Games
For 3,901 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 60% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 35% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Shadow of the Colossus
Lowest review score: 3 Blood Beach
Score distribution:
3901 game reviews
    • 83 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    For 69p, Angry Birds still represents a great bargain for five minute bursts of play. [June 2012, p.84]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    An elegant action game with some fantastic abilities, let down by a lacklustre narrative. [Oct 2006, p.72]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    A daring step forward for CoD that goes some way towards reinvigorating the series. [Jan 2013, p.59]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Occasionally frustrating, but this remake delivers fresh shocks while still improving on a classic. [Mar 2015, p.66]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    It may be a little too hardcore for some people, but you won't find a better online shooter. [Jan 2007, p.66]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's continually bleak and upsetting, sure, but always compelling and always powerful. [Jan 2015, p.83]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    A wonderful environment meets memorable boss battling to great effect. [Dec 2014, p.79]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Enthusiastic beat-'em-up good for newbs, but with confused design principles. [June 2013, p.73]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Only average gameplay. [June 2012, p.79]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Shift may not have snatched the yardstick from Turn 10, Polyphony Digital or Codemasters, the damage model might not be the best in the genre, and nor is it the absolute, final word in realistic driving. But it has reignited our affection for Need For Speed - and that alone is a real achievement.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It's hugely addictive high-score chasing stuff. [Apr 2012, p.93]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    If it clicks with you, you'll never be able to put it down. [Oct 2008, p.82]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    The best technical fighting game on a Ninty home console since the days of the SNES. [Feb 2013, p.76]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A great place for budding Disneys to begin. [Aug 2012, p.80]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Game of the Year? Cutscenes of the Year, more like. A Marmite Final Fantasy experience. [Apr 2010, p.80]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    A distraction for Angry Birds aficionados, but a clucking frustration otherwise. [Christmas 2012, p.98]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    A hard-thinking puzzler needing a hard-thinking brain - but it's justifiably rewarding. [July 2007, p.71]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Charming, funny, and full of creative scope. A nice break from Minecraft, even if it is limited in comparison. [Dec 2016, p.72]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Bewitchingly beautiful with sharp writing, but its gameplay doesn't take the same steps forward. [Aug 2014, p.72]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Addictive, gorgeous and brilliant. [May 2012, p.101]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Superior but safe, Splatoon 2 should achieve the soaraway success the original deserved. [Sept 2017, p.68]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A simple shooter but its unique looks and sound make it cool. [Mar 2008, p.84]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    The most explosive action game on Xbox 360 yet. "GTA"s suddenly got a lot to live up to. [Mar 2007, p.64]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A fitting swan song for Japanese gaming's finest protagonist, balancing drama with bonkers fun. [May 2018, p.68]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Enormous US football sim that isn't as hard to get into as some of the previous versions. [Oct 2008, p.82]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    A quality MMO, whichever machine you're using and filled with gorgeous scenes to drink in. [Dec 2013, p.70]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Incredibly deep. [Sept 2013, p.71]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It looks great. [Oct 2014, p.81]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Those interested in CCGs, but slightly daunted by endless rule sets, will find Card Hunter the perfect place to be. [Jan 2014, p.83]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    All things considered, Just Cause 2 is comfortably the best "zany" sandboxer out there, and a brilliantly improved sequel to the great-if-flawed original. [Apr 2010, p.60]
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