GAMES.CH's Scores

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For 872 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 66% higher than the average critic
  • 12% same as the average critic
  • 22% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 80
Highest review score: 95 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Lowest review score: 25 Captain Blood
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 5 out of 872
874 game reviews
    • 61 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Fate Seeker II is simply overwhelming in most aspects. With 20 fighting styles that each sport an enormous amount of attacks and combos, a plethora of side activities and a main story with more important characters than I could count it is just a lot. But a lot of this works surprisingly well despite all of this. The puzzles and investigations are especially great as is the main story and its cast once you start to see how everything and everyone is connected in one way or another. Unfortunately the combat itself is mostly dull, the English translation feels a bit shoddy and the technical aspects are middling at best. And yet it is an oddly compelling title that offers an interesting look at a different type of game from China.
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    • 68 Critic Score
    While Gazzlers certainly has its moments, the train runs out of steam at the end. A little more content would have helped. The result is a solid arcade shooter whose biggest weakness is the strong competition.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    A god of war in training, still far from his later primal power and visual impact. Even limited to two dimensions, Kratos performs quite well overall. However, a certain lack of clarity, little innovation, and a difficulty level that is not always balanced could have been avoided, which would have significantly enhanced this appetizer until the next regular “God of War” release.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Cralon is an atmospheric indie dungeon crawler that blends classic RPG elements with an old-school design. While exploration and crafting are engaging, combat feels imprecise and sometimes frustrating. Despite its flaws, it’s a charming debut with clear potential.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Crown Wars: The Black Prince fascinates with its historical dark fantasy setting and entertains with its fast-paced and tactically demanding turn-based gameplay. However, a few minor missteps and major technical errors diminish the enjoyment of the game, leaving some of the potential unused.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Starship Troopers: Extermination is a one trick pony whose one trick is almost perfectly creating the feeling of being overwhelmed by an unrelenting horde of alien bugs. While the package as a whole, especially the sparse selection of maps and modes and the laughably bad singleplayer, is nothing remarkable, when Starship Troopers: Extermination fires on all cylinders, it can be immensely entertaining to the right type of player. Let’s hope they can build out on that strength more than they did during Early Access.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Painkiller is a completely solid co-op-shooter for three players that offers fast and fluid gameplay with some generic but ultimately varied and fun guns. Unfortunately everything else falls mostly flat. The look, level design, the story and characters are boring or very repetitive. If you can convince two of your friends to also get the game you will still have some very enjoyable and action-filled hours battling almost unending hordes of demons.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Da" is a wonderful entry point for newcomers to the legendary games series, which very skilfully captures the flair of its anime original time and again. However, old-fashioned game and level design keep the action RPG from unfolding its full potential.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The Patrick Star Game is just like its main character: chaotic, funny and sometimes a little uncouth. The many rough edges of the open-world adventure cannot be denied, but amidst the chaos there is also a game that has respect for its source material as well as something that both young and older fans can enjoy.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    While Skull & Bones is far from the worst game ever made, it completely fails in conveying its vision of becoming a legendary pirate captain. Instead, it chases every conceivable gaming trend from excessive crafting, battle passes and hands-off story telling and leaves next to no impact whatsoever. Even among Ubisoft titles, often mocked for their bland sandbox approach, “Skull & Bones” seemingly perfected the blandness with a sparse few highlights when environment, multiplayer and ship combat all click into place and reveal a wealth of untapped potential.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a nice collection for nostalgics and fans of the early days, but it's just a classic port - many of the games can only be played today with thick nostalgic glasses. We expected more adjustments in a game that came out at full price.
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    • 66 Critic Score
    Perish has more style than substance. The amazing soundtrack and a neat selection of different weapons can’t hide the middling gameplay that lacks any meaningful way to build your character during a run. The repetitive nature of the runs become boring fast while the impressive boss fights are genuinely fun.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Despite a good initial impression, Matchpoint Tennis Championships ultimately failed to capture us in the long run. The lackluster career mode, a below average shot-system and the underwhelming license package, took a good effort sadly to the graveyard.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    The world design is fabulous and the creatures are lovely. The story is moving and topical and the characters have a lot of heart. Despite all of this Creatures of Ava becomes very repetitive very quickly. Puzzles and platforming aren’t especially exciting and the taming of the creatures can become frustrating due to an unwieldy camera. Very soon rescuing the cute and well made critters becomes a chore because it feels like you are just doing everything to check off a list of things you must do to progress further and unlock more areas.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Gods Will Fall has some interesting ideas and on first glance the dynamic story events and risk-rewarding combat system are promising, but the game fails to provide meaningful variation. The design of the world and its cruel and twisted inhabitants are noteworthy, but sadly the gameplay fails to match the promising art design. As harsh as it sounds, there are just too many better rogue-likes on the market for this one to compete.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    At the surface Crime Boss: Rockay City is nothing more than a budget clone of Payday 2. The Indie title however adds to the formula with a procedural rogue like campaign and a massively expanded singleplayer mode. While the multiplayer doesn’t really offer anything new, the singleplayer can be surprisingly captivating even if it’s a little heavy on repetition.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Good points that lack the overarching structure to be fully realised: Ghostbusters VR would probably have worked better as an adult-oriented game with a dedicated campaign. As it is, the game is only suitable for short play sessions, and the long-term motivation is unlikely to be there for most gamers.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It feels overwhelming and too complex to play for a few quiet hours, and some of the features and choices are a bit odd. There are some cute animals and even dinosaurs are available with the DLC.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    If you don’t have any particular nostalgia for either The Phantom Menace or the original release of Jedi Power Battles then this might not be for you. The controls work but are not very precise with the Jedis sometimes feeling like a tank. Oftentimes it’s very hard to hit enemies despite being almost inside of them. But it’s still a short and fun action-fueled romp through the areas of the first Prequel with the more than occasional new enemy thrown in.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    FBC: Firebreak feels like a really solid pitch. Sadly, the game at release doesn’t progress past the pitch and never feels fully complete. The lack of variety in the repetitive missions, the barebones character customization and lack of any of Remedy’s interesting stories makes this very hard to recommend. While on its own it’s far from the worst game ever, it simply cannot compare to any of its competitors, even at their launch, let alone in their current state after many updates.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    While the concept of Abyssus, a rogue-like co-op shooter with a Bioshock-inspired Brinepunk setting is promising, the execution unfortunately is lacking. What is titled as a 1.0 release feels much more like an Early Access title, with balancing issues, a lot of repeated content (even among rogue-likes) and a barely functioning multiplayer at launch. Every now and then there's a glimpse of a really good game and "Abyssus" might yet come back if the developers iron out the issues.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The basic idea with the time crystals is great and provides the combat system a special tactical aspect. The graphics look nice and Crisbell is a pleasant heroine. But while there is nothing that really makes Cris Tales stand out of the JRPG genre, there are also some annoying weaknesses concerning balancing and comfort that can't be justified by trying to be classic.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Life is strange 2 is a fantastic story-based 3D adventure around the brothers Sean and Danieldye, which picks up difficult topics like racism and police brutality, but also shows the wonderful side of a growing, bonding brotherhood. Sadly the Nintendo Switch Version seems not to be really tested before the release, so its full of glitches and old graphics, which destroy the gameplay a lot. Overall: great story, but better play it on another platform.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Chocobo GP is a charming racing game, but with a huge problem called Mario Kart 8. The Square Enix clone is far away from being a bad game and with its relation to the Final Fantasy universe probably more appealing for some gamers than Nintendo's genre top dog. But there is no other aspect, Chocobo GP is better or even close to its paragon. So the truth is, you need to be heavily bored of Mario Kart, being able to consider Chocobo GP as a strongly useful alternative.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It saddens us to see a game with such potential, fall so far from grace. The gunplay and weapon variety kept us coming back for more, but every time we played one of the mind-numbingly boring side missions to grind for the expensive upgrades, we regretted our decision to turn on the console. Some aspects are fixable, no doubt and eventually Necromunda: Hired Gun might be worth your time. Reviewing the product at hand though,we cannot recommend Necromunda: Hired Gun above pretty much any other shooter that came out in recent memory. It sadly seems the Warhammer curse has claimed another victim.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Spellforce 3: Reforced is a competent mix of strategy and RPG that even manages to tell an interesting story. With many ways different to play, from cooperative campaigns to competitive matches, this should have been an easy recommendation. Sadly, our extended test period was suffering from several progress-blocking bugs, some dating back all the way to the game’s original release. No matter how refreshing the game is when it works, the knowledge that the next broken quest and mission isn’t far away leaves a bitter taste in the end. We sincerely hope the developers can fix enough of the issues to let the game shine for the gem it can be.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Confusing for newbies, Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters hooks all genre fans. While it seems dated in many ways, it touches on red-hot topics surrounding influencers and AI, as well as media addiction. For this reason, a recommendation to play at least a little while.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Sword Art Online: Last Recollection is definitely worth a look for fans of the anime series with its fresh story approach and offers a thoroughly interesting look at some of the events of the show's third season. However, the action RPG can never fully exploit its potential, be it in terms of story, gameplay or quest design. Thus, the game clearly falls short of its possibilities.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Cat Rescue Story lures you in with its cute cats and cozy atmosphere but it sadly lacks the depth and variety to keep you around.
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    • 65 Critic Score
    The farming activities presented here are solidly implemented in VR and are quite fun at first. The models of agricultural machinery also look usable, the controls are quickly internalized, the comfort functions are okay and the music fits the action. However, in direct comparison with Farming Simulator 25, the VR version is pretty weak in terms of content. After just a few hours you want nothing more than more different activities, a significantly larger map with more places to explore, more machines, more crops to grow, and generally more things to do. Sadly also livestock breeding and forestry do not play a role here.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The concept of open combat areas in particular sounded promising. Unfortunately have to say that our expectations were clearly too high. And while the new Zombies mode is a mixed bag, versus-multiplayer remains good fun - thanks to small but wise gameplay changes and lots of content and modes. However, if you were hoping for fewer remake-maps and a wealth of new combat scenarios, you should look elsewhere.
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    • 65 Critic Score
    Children of Silentown is a spooky, socially critical point-and-click adventure from Daedalic. Lucy discovers on her adventure the truth behind the monsters, who live in the nearby forest, but will be left with many open questions in the end. The highlight of the game is the graphic design and her cat Squinty.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash basically has everything a great anime fighting game needs. However, the essentially good ideas lack the necessary polish, which is why the title ultimately cannot realise its full potential. Simply put: its curse power is too low.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Kirby Air Riders had a lot of potential as a fun racer, but it squanders much of that potential through an excessive reliance on randomness and questionable controls. Is it a totally bad game? No, it isn't. But it's not a truly great one either, and so far, it's the weakest exclusive title for the Switch 2.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Stalker 2 is not a complete disaster. But the game is much closer to that than it is to a good game. Especially the worse balancing and the poor, faulty AI lead to a high interference to some nice mechanics and typical elements from the predecessors. I you are a die hard fan of the Stalker series it's probably worth taking a look. But if not, there is a very high chance you might regret a purchase.
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    • 62 Critic Score
    The core gameplay loop is entertaining enough. The nonstop action feels fun and the pixel-art is gorgeous. Unfortunately the gameplay is brought down by the awkward feeling wall jump mechanic, too much repetition and boring bosses. With that said you can spend your money on much worse things and if you fancy a bit of nostalgia you’ll have some fun with Speedollama.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    It is no big deal that Oxenfree 2 mostly uses the same dye trivial gameplay mechanics as its predecessor. But the new characters do not reach the bunch of friends from the first part and the story itself suffers more from its partly trashy nature. As a fan of the original, you may still enjoy this short adventure. If the first part has already been an ordinary game for you, you should better steer clear of it.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    eFootball 2022 does show some signs of a great soccer-game after update 1.0.0. However the game remains very rough around the edges – not only on the pitch, but also when it comes to presentation.
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    • 61 Critic Score
    Heart of the Forest might be very interesting if you don’t mind low-budget horror flicks. It often feels a bit dull and meandering with a ton of scenes just showing one or several of the protagonists stumbling through the gorgeous Black Forest. For an FMV game you also do not get a lot of choices, especially choices that have a lot of meaning. But from the first to the last second it is very obvious how much love and passion has been put into this project which makes it stand above a lot of other similar projects in this space.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Ufouria: The Saga 2 leaves you with mixed feelings, even if you can get something out of the cute felt graphics and nostalgic fans will certainly get their money's worth, the game does have some negative points. Unfortunately, the music is absolutely annoying and for inexperienced jump and run players, the game experience quickly becomes repetitive and frustrating. It is therefore only recommended for experienced or very patient players.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fashion Dreamer is a simple game and far away from mainstream. But if you have a preference for fashion and relaxed life simulation or social game, this Switch exclusive could be exactly the right game for you.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Last Oricru is undoubtedly flawed, but underneath a rough exterior and a multitude of bugs and glitches hides a videogame made with clear passion, focusing more on an engaging story with many branching paths rather than a particularly deep combat system or polished looks. The addition of local and online co-op is remarkable and while online co-op brings with it a whole new flood of potential bugs and lag, local multiplayer works remarkably well. With a few patches and the right audience that enjoys flawed but inspired games like Elex or Greedfall, this can become a diamond in the rough.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Arkane Studio's Redfall stretches the very definition of what a finished game should be. It's unfinished, unpolished and uninspired in almost every regard. It feels like a dye prototype years from a full release. The few moments of Arkane's magic, when visual design of the vampires, some fun weapons and frantic co-op gameplay come together are quickly overshadowed by catastrophic bugs, bad performance and an empty-lifeless shell of a game.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's heartbreaking because the project is courageous and good approaches are recognizable. However, the technical problems are hard to ignore, as is the stale gameplay. Still, we think the game is worth a look for fans of the franchise, if only because of the story.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The premise of taking over a hobbit hole, making friends, and enjoying cozy activities like fishing, gardening, and cooking is highly promising. Unfortunately, tasks often feel like monotonous chores, characters remain silent, and the game world only partially convinces. As such, this title is best suited for die-hard fans, while everyone else would be better off with alternatives like Story of Seasons or Animal Crossing.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    Farming Simulator: Signature Edition offers virtually the same content as Farming Simulator 25 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series, with mostly the same strengths and weaknesses. However, the visual downgrade on the Switch 2 is already too noticeable. Furthermore, there are serious performance issues that severely impact both playability and enjoyment.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In Deliver at All Costs the fun is more about chaos and destruction and one absurd mission following another. That's fine, especially if you get nostalgic feelings because of the isometric perspective. But as a game it's average quality at most and loses much because of its poor car controls.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance isn't a bad game, but it is also far away from being a good one. Probably it's a little bit better, if you play it in co-op mode with your friends, what we couldn't check yet. But we are sure also then nothing will change something about the middle-rate quality in almost any aspect.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    Neon Blood is a classic case of style over substance. The world ChaoticBrain Studios created is beautiful to look at but rather empty when you explore it. The combat mechanics are dumbed down and borderline boring at times and the story manages to just about scratch the surface of what it could be.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    The Nintendo Switch version of the Farming Simulator brings some of the new features of its "big brother“ like seasons or production chains on a lowered level. Beside that and some new comfort features, that simultaneously reduce your freedom, the game is a disappointment not just concerning its weak quality into graphics and performance. If you're a fan of the series, you might be able to overlook some of the issues, but impossibly all of them.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    The humor and the stylish transition of South Park into the third dimension are two things, most fans will like. Unfortunately behind that, Snow Day isn't a good game. The co-op action is not totally free of fun, but the lack of diverse gameplay and especially the absence of precise controls make it a game, even South Park fans do not need to play.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    If you played Fast & Furious: Arcade Edition in an actual arcade using the enormous cabinet with all its incredible bells and whistles you’d probably have a great time. The game plays really well and is fun at its core. The problem comes with the complete lack of content and unlockable extras. Six tracks that each take about two minutes is just not enough for a game with this asking price. The unlockable cars don’t help either because they are the same cars again just with three times as many manual boosts.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    Wreckreation is obviously the most ambitious project of Three Fields Entertainment yet. It shows but unfortunately mostly in bad or boring ways. While the cars control alright and the placement of new track elements is great everything else falls off. You can never outdrive the other racers, no matter how good you perform. The crash sequences when wrecking other cars more often than not end in complete disaster and the world itself isn’t exciting either.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    AEW Fight Forever turns out to be a huge letdown. The overall experience suffers from the lack of gameplay-polish and the amount of bugs and glitches. While the game delivers some high recognition-value, it fails to live up to the promise of delivering a nostalgic arcade-wrestling-game.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    Big Helmet Heroes is colorful and has some very cute character designs. Unfortunately otherwise it is a pretty shallow button masher. The different heroes play mostly the same and have almost no depth to them. Especially in later levels it also becomes hard to keep track of your character, especially if you are playing with another person and there are a lot of enemies on the screen all using multicolored attacks.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    When a game has a title like Squirrel with a Gun you probably know what you are in for. It is very silly and absurd. That is the game's selling point. It completely delivers on that front. It however doesn’t really deliver when it comes to playing the game. While it’s easy to come to terms with the wonky physics, subpar technical aspects and not much content to dig into, the controls are what makes the game a chore to play. Still there is certainly fun to be had just based on the incredible premise itself.
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    • 52 Critic Score
    Tintin Reporter could have been a solid mixture of Adventure and action game. But there is not just a huge number of minor bugs and continuous performance issues that separates the game from a neat score. There are also some fatal bugs leading to an explicit warning not to buy Tintin Reporter until the crucial problems might have been solved.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    Don't buy this game – at least yet! Star Wars Battlefront – Classic Collection is a troubled remake of beloved shooter-games. Server-issues, bugs and other problems harm the overall experience and overshadow the otherwise solid retro-gameplay.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Wildcat Gunmachine shows that nothing can replace the spark of creativity when it comes to designing a game. Despite being technically competent, this game feels completely hollow and lifeless. It’s the absolute bare minimum of a product that simply cannot with other similar games out there. It feels almost cynical in its minimalism, taking heavy inspiration from other games without understanding what made those fun to play to begin with.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Although Tennis On Court certainly has potential, in its current state of production it is nothing less than a major disappointment. Given the amount of bugs that the developers apparently failed to notice before the game's release, the community can only expect some major updates before even considering a purchase.
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    • 45 Critic Score
    The 9th Charnel starts with promising atmosphere and a solid sense of slow-burning horror, but quickly falls apart due to severe technical issues, clumsy gameplay design, and extremely poor enemy AI. While its sound design and a few environmental details manage to create tension at times, weak animations, repetitive mechanics, and immersion-breaking stealth sequences ultimately undermine the experience. An ambitious concept that, unfortunately, never comes together.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    MXGP 24 is not a great racing-game. Despite its official license, MXGP 24 delivers nothing noteworthy to the genre. With lackluster physics, bland presentation and a boring, races gets annoying quick.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 39 Critic Score
    Finding Frankie is certainly one of the weaker entries into the popular mascot horror genre. It offers a somewhat novel idea by being set in an indoor park full of trampolines and parkour obstacles but that’s about it. The controls are way too flimsy for some maneuvers, the mascots themself have almost no screen time and it’s very short and still feels padded in places. If you’re looking for a cutesy horror adventure then you should look elsewhere.
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    • 32 Critic Score
    At the end of the day, Across the Valley is a tech demo to show a newcomer to VR. There is no material for long-term motivation and therefore it is not recommended except as a showcase.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Captain Blood is a piece of gaming history that has been revived and that fact alone is fascinating. Captain Blood might have been an interesting game fifteen years ago but today it is simply bad. The gameplay is never really fun and the game is plagued by so many bugs and glitches. It also sports one of the worst audio aspects in the last decade or so. And yet it is a pleasure to know that this has been released after all, that people can buy it and that we had a chance to check it out.

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