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For 3,621 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 10% same as the average critic
  • 39% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Streets of Rage 4: Mr. X Nightmare
Lowest review score: 10 Planet 2000
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,821 out of 3621
  2. Mixed: 1,642 out of 3621
  3. Negative: 158 out of 3621
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    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Drive Girls
    I’m not really sure who Drive Girls is for. It’s too short and generic to satisfy most fans of the genre. It fails on nearly every level, never able to outlive its initial gimmick. The game leaves its one joke of “ladies, but also cars” stranded amid a desert of awkward anime tropes and reiterated levels forcing you to relive the same Drive Girls gameplay loop forever. It’s not that Drive Girls is simply repetitive, it’s just somehow boring. And that’s not something I thought I’d say about a game where women transform into cars, fight bug-robots and lose their clothes.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Troll and I
    I’m sure that it will find a small audience and fanbase because of its premise, but for me, a lack of overall presentation, a litany of technical pitfalls and average at best gameplay means it’s best to avoid Troll and I – just as you would Troll’s apparent stench.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Umbrella Corps
    On the whole, Umbrella Corps is very much a missed opportunity. Light on content, unbalanced, and rough around the edges, it has some good ideas but they are drowned by its issues, making for an experience that is rarely fulfilling.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Dying: Reborn
    Ultimately, Dying: Reborn is a halfway competent puzzler, but a failure as a horror game.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Super Street: The Game
    Under no circumstances should you consider buying Super Street: The Game. Priced at £49.99/$59.99, it’s daylight robbery.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Rock 'N Racing Grand Prix
    With several upgrades applied to your car, Grand Prix Rock ‘N Racing can become bearable to play – but that’s just it; bearable. And for it to reach that “bearable” point, you’ve got to put in far more time than your wits can probably handle, so it’s just not worth it.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Left Alive
    Left Alive is simply not worth your time or money. It has a fairly interesting story to unravel, but only the most patient and persistent of players will be able to enjoy it, even if they pop the difficulty down to its lowest level.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Bounty Battle
    Bounty Battle is a disappointment through and through. On paper, its concept is fantastic; many players will be tricked into picking up the game so they can see their favourite indie characters in action. But in reality, it’s a mess that will only serve to disappoint. From poor performance, lacklustre level design and lack of weight to the characters, there really are too many issues to mention. It might be nice to see some of those beloved characters again, but that’s all that Bounty Battle has going for it.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Monster Jam: Crush It!
    Monster Jam: Crush It! is crushingly disappointing, taking the recipe for what should have been a simple yet enjoyable game and then failing to add even the most basic of ingredients.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Super Night Riders
    Despite its simplicity and lack of content, there’s something strangely addictive and compelling about Super Night Riders, something that draws you to it even though on paper you know it’s not very good.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Twisted Fusion
    Twisted Fusion, to me, isn’t so much bad as it is simply unfinished and broken.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    7 Days to Die
    It’s hard to overlook the terribly outdated and buggy graphics, and the fact that the clunky presentation feels hardly optimised for consoles. Whilst gameplay can be enjoyable at times, it soon grows repetitive and tiresome, and the flawed day/night cycle means you’ll spend a great deal of time with nothing to do other than twiddle your thumbs.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Fast & Furious Crossroads
    Fast & Furious Crossroads is a serious disappointment. There’s a gleam of the franchise’s over-the-top action now and again, and some of the cutscenes hint at the cheesy humour the movies are known for. But those moments are few and far between. Underwhelming visuals and uninspiring mission design stop Fast & Furious Crossroads from being a good game – but it’s the terrible, terrible handling that relegate it into ‘bad’ territory.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Road Rage
    Road Rage is like one of those terrible low-budget straight-to-video movies that occupies the shelves of your local supermarket: you know it’s rubbish but you can’t quite help but be bemused by it.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Dawn of Fear
    Unless Dawn of Fear gets heavily patched after launch, steer well clear of it unless you’re a glutton for punishment or have the patience of a saint.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Weeping Doll
    Weeping Doll is a brief preview of what horror is capable of, if given time. However, it does not stand on its own as anything noteworthy.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Gene Rain
    All you need to know is that it’s bad.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Soda Drinker Pro
    Soda Drinker Pro is merely an abonination which exists, and really shouldn’t exist.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Greyhill Incident
    We were never expecting Greyhill Incident to be amazing, but it falls even short of simply being mediocre. Unfortunately, it’s one of the worst games we’ve played this year. While it manages to create a truly unsettling atmosphere and has some pretty hair-raising scenes, its gameplay is so tedious and frustrating that it kills your desire to progress. And so, those looking for alien-based horror thrills will have to do with the paltry options that are already available for now.
    • 15 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Orc Slayer
    Cooply Solutions’ Orc Slayer delivers the experience one would expect from such a title at such a price. Unless slaying Orcs by the bucketloads is an itch that you desperately must scratch, there is not much of a reason to pick this up.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    UnderDread
    UnderDread has a few things that make it enjoyable, but more things that make it tedious. Whether Bigzur are experiencing such issues because of the crossover between iOS and PC, I don’t know. Even if it was released on another platform, I think they jumped the gun a bit on this one. Had I reviewed this game as an Early Access product I would have been more understanding about the negatives, but as it is a fully released, purchasable game, I’ve had to give my opinion without a safety net, and it is a damned shame.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Tiltagon
    After what felt like my hundredth attempt, I found myself wondering why someone would create a game that was so difficult from the very start that their players couldn’t even enjoy the rest of the game. I would have recommended that they ease the player into the game allowing them to get used to the speed and the obstacles that they would encounter gradually instead of all at once.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Plantera
    After playing [Plantera] obsessively for a few hours, I’ve got to the point where I don’t feel like I’m even needed.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's Poop In My Soup
    For anyone looking for a ridiculous game that is loads of fun, I wholeheartedly recommend There’s Poop in my Soup. I’m serious. It’s well worth the cheap price on Steam.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stone Tales
    The game’s graphic design is again something to be admired. Its simple and stripped back approach fits perfectly with the Stone Age era using the aesthetic style of cave drawings that though lack vibrant colour, give the game much more character. It’s hard to imagine any other graphic style doing justice to Stone Tales, and anything else would otherwise feel very out of place with what the developers set out to achieve.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Herding Dog
    The lack of a story, other than the farmer being sick, really had me wondering what the point was.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dub Dash
    If you’re after something that’s a mix of challenge, speed and downright addictiveness, then Dub Dash is your game. If you’re into electronic music, give it a try and look up the soundtrack online. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gurgamoth
    Ultimately it seems that the creators came up with a brilliant idea but rushed the product: although for some the core game will be enough, for those looking for real longevity and replay-ability Gurgamoth will be sacrificed prematurely on the altar of one-night-only party games.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Blast 'Em Bunnies
    From its ridiculous lack of content to boring and repetitive gameplay, there isn’t much in the way of redeeming features for Blast ‘Em Bunnies. Frankly, it’s unreal that it’s available on PS4, Xbox One, 3DS and PC. It’s just an unfinished, poorly thrown-together game.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    MOP: Operation Cleanup
    Though pretty to look at, there is no depth to MOP: Operation Cleanup and that makes it feel like a hollow shell of a game.
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