GameSpew's Scores

  • Games
For 3,616 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 Knights And Bikes
Lowest review score: 10 Soda Drinker Pro
Score distribution:
3627 game reviews
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Even if the game’s visuals don’t appeal to you and you’ve never tackled any other games in the series, it still warrants investigating. Corpse Party: Book of Shadows’ frequently disconcerting and often bloody payoffs, as well as periodical dollops of psychological horror, make it worth tolerating the game’s less engaging moments.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It’s remarkably unremarkable. A safe sequel that changes little and only takes tiny steps to improve its own tried and tested formula. But it’s still the closest thing to Gran Turismo with bikes.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It’s far away from being perfect, but Horizon Chase Turbo is one hell of a stylish way to waste 30 minutes of your day.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    I’ve always kind of enjoyed Lumines, but it always lacked a certain hook. While its music and changing colour palette was endlessly exciting, its gameplay just didn’t have the same long-lasting grab. With Tetris, though, that enticing gameplay is there. And when you couple Tetris‘ classic gameplay with enticing sound and visuals, you get something pretty special indeed.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    There are no redeeming features to be found in Fallout 76, and I’m not even sure if it can be saved. Technical issues just make what’s a boring and soulless experience at its core into something that’s simply more of an abomination.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Despite its annoying stealth sections, My Memory of Us is a truly touching platformer that uses beautiful artwork and clever puzzles to weave a rich narrative. It may not be perfect, but Patrick Stewart’s stellar narration is enough to forget any minor niggles.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Battlefield V doesn’t do anything out of the ordinary, but it’s atmospheric, tense and wildy entertaining.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Diablo III on Switch is simply spectacular. It’s a phenomenal port that really shows what the Switch is capable of, and honestly, I think it might just be my favourite version of the game yet.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a game best enjoyed in bite-sized sessions, otherwise it soon begins to feel like a chore.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It might not propel the series forward by leaps and bounds, but it takes small meaningful steps that improve the formula nonetheless.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    11-11 takes things to the next level, with more realistic characters, brought to life in a way that makes us feel almost like we know them. It’s a tall order for a game to make us care so deeply about its protagonists – especially when it only has a few hours to do so – but 11-11: Memories Retold does so admirably. It’s compassionate, believable, beautiful and touching; it weaves a narrative that’s so carefully strung together.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Omen of Sorrow is a very competent fighting game. It just doesn’t have the same level of polish that so many others have. And there’s the problem: for its current retail price of £44.99/$49.99, you’d expect more.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    While you’ll probably want to mute Pilot Sports’ annoying soundtrack, there’s plenty of fun to be had with this surprisingly challenging and varied retro flying game.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Disappointing, that’s the best word to describe Gal Metal. It’s a game with great potential, but it just isn’t focused or accessible enough to capitalise on it.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It’s not cheap, but then what’s the price of laughter and happiness?
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It’s hard not to be charmed by The Shapeshifting Detective. From its presentation – with an eerie local radio station playing spooky stories in the background – to its alluring characters and enthralling narrative that dances with supernatural themes, there’s a lot to love.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    GRIP: Combat Racing may never really dazzle you, but it does enough to keep your attention. It has the content, the customisation, the intensity, and the replayability.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is not a game you play for its challenge; it’s one you play for its gorgeous design and beautiful but subtle storytelling.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    With the Dualshock 4 in my hands and Fast Striker on the screen, what would be a whimsical appeasement of the past instead transforms into a regurgitation of old tropes.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It’s been a while since I’ve been so engrossed in a city building sim, but Project Highrise really is the full package.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Let me reiterate it isn’t a bad game, but it doesn’t do anything to make it stand out as particularly good, either.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ultimately, My Hero One’s Justice will entertain those who it’s made for, but it wont impress them.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Call of Cthulhu weaves a supernatural detective tale that’s frequently unsettling, occasionally horrifying and always engaging.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Soulblight isn’t built for everyone, even diehard rogue-like fans. One day I’ll venture back to the Soul Tree, I’m sure of it. Just don’t think it’ll be anytime soon.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The variety on offer in The Jackbox Party Pack 5 is excellent. While it’s a departure from some of the Jackbox classics – Fibbage, Quiplash, Drawful – it’s a fantastic and inventive range of new titles, all rounded off with another solid entry of the much-loved You Don’t Know Jack.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While Rondo of Blood is entertaining enough, the lack of extras and the inferior version of Symphony of the Night being included in this package is sure to disappoint.
    • 97 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The years spent shaping Red Dead Redemption 2 into what it is has been worth it. Rockstar hasn't just created a video game; it has created as close to a living, breathing digital world as can be. It's not so much something that you play, it's something that you visit and experience. Something you willingly get lost in... This is the new benchmark by which open world games will be measured, but none will be meeting its heady heights anytime soon.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Having a modern-day video game with some of the most beloved cartoon characters from our youth is certainly a novelty, and at worst, that’s exactly what Nickelodeon Kart Racers manages to be. But at best, it’s a solid entry into a rather stagnant kart racing genre. It may be lacking a bit of personality and polish, but zooming around the track as Tommy Pickles or Patrick Star is a lot of fun.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Despite a story that could have been better, and perhaps a bit more guidance in the early rounds, Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe’s absolutely gorgeous hand-drawn style erases most of those problems.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The game’s multiplayer mode, each player using one Joy-Con, is the game’s prime redeeming feature and is a heck of a lot of fun in its own right. But weighed down by a middling-at-best single player mode, no matter how quirky it attempts to be, Zarvot’s trying, polyhedral antics don’t justify the price of admission.

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