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For 12,659 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Lowest review score: 10 Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5,399 out of 12659
  2. Mixed: 5,905 out of 12659
  3. Negative: 1,355 out of 12659
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
    BlazBlue is a worthy successor to Guilty Gear. It's also a fast-paced, colorful fighting game with a lot to offer.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
    With a well-realized world filled to the brim with secrets and excellent platforming mechanics that always keeps things interesting, the Cursed Kingdom is a place you will want to discover every corner of.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Resident Evil 5
    Resident Evil 5 is a fun and frantic evolution of RE4's breakthrough gameplay and the series' horror themes.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Saints Row IV
    The simulated city of Steelport doesn't offer deep gameplay or the most satisfying challenge, but it is a great place to mess around.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Most Wanted U
    It's not quite the smooth, finely tuned speed machine it could have been, but Need for Speed: Most Wanted U is still an exciting racer.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    DmC: Devil May Cry Definitive Edition
    The numerous tweaks and upgrades of DmC: Devil May Cry Definitive Edition have made a game that isn't just a better version of DmC, but a bonafide hack 'n' slash classic.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Monster Hunter Rise
    Improves on what was already a fantastic game in almost every way.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Mercenaries
    Dense with explosive content that satisfies on a fundamental level. Of the games that have tried to borrow the Grand Theft Auto style of play, Mercenaries is one of the most successful.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Steel Beasts
    It combines both simulation and wargaming elements to produce a superb gaming experience.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Total Annihilation
    Cavedog has done a commendable job of taking the basic mechanics of real-time strategy and using them to create something new: A game that relies less on constant mouse-clicking than careful planning and strategic thinking.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Golden Sun: The Lost Age
    Makes some solid refinements to the series' gameplay, features a longer quest, and makes some nice tweaks to the series' presentation.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    San Francisco Rush 2049
    With a multitude of elements that let it transcend that narrow and often underrated genre, racing fans and those simply seeking a wild, entertaining experience would do well to check it out.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Test Drive V-Rally
    It's an inviting, fast-paced, technical rally game that offers enough replay value and features to satiate any racing audience.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
    Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate manages to expand upon the things that people love about the series, while simultaneously making concessions to those getting involved for the first time.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Transistor
    Transistor is always a good-looking game, but in these instances, it demonstrates a rare knack for combining its visuals and music to powerfully convey both narrative information and tone, driving the story forward with Red's own unwavering resolve. So in the end, yes, Transistor is a fun action role-playing game with a neat combat system, but beautiful moments like these make it more than that. They make it a game with a soul.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Patapon
    Patapon's ingenious combination of light real-time strategy and rhythm makes it a one-of-a-kind game that's easy to recommend.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
    Beyond the Sword's additions are primarily to Civ IV's core gameplay, so the expansion doesn't make a huge leap forward in terms of graphics or sound.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Dragon Age: Origins
    Incredible storytelling, great characters, and exciting battles are just a few of the things that make this fantasy role-playing game so great.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Sims 3
    The latest Sims game is also the greatest, striking a terrific balance between the fresh and the familiar.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    NBA 2K16
    Few sports games come close to providing a more authentic and fun virtual representation of the real thing, and even if this is the least user-friendly entry in years, I can’t stop playing it.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich
    A great story and a wonderful cast of characters are once again the highlights of this game, which anyone with an appreciation for comic books would probably love.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Fluidity
    Sublime level design, a charming art style, and heaps of hidden content make this an amazing puzzle platformer.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Death Stranding
    Through action sequences and heavy weather hikes, the frame rate is consistently in the high 90 FPS to 110 FPS. This is a proper PC port that looks stunning and runs smooth. If you're in the mood for a different style of gaming experience, one that's often relaxing and sometimes incredibly tense, Death Stranding is worth playing.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
    Delving into all its new features, new missions, new locations, and new raid, The Witch Queen has been extremely impressive and a ton of fun. The centerpiece is the laudable story campaign, making a lot of the game's best design more approachable for a variety of characters, but The Witch Queen also invokes the best parts of Destiny's past, as well--like the secret-laden, dense, and fascinating locations found in The Taken King and Forsaken expansions. The Witch Queen is a massive step forward for the game, the culmination of a recent history of great refinements and additions, resulting in a Destiny 2 that's in its best form yet.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Titanfall
    The overarching experience of playing Titanfall is one of rejuvenation and reinvigoration. The sprint speed, the arsenal, the game modes, and more are all firmly derived from some of the most successful online shooters of recent years. But by reinventing the way you move, Titanfall reinvents what it feels like to play a competitive shooter.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Tomb Raider
    The single-player campaign here is the main attraction, and it is excellent. It doesn't try to rewrite the book on third-person action adventure games. But with its excellent controls, engaging heroine, thrilling combat, and fascinating setting, it doesn't need to.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tribes: Ascend
    Invigorating movement mechanics and solid fundamentals make Tribes: Ascend a lot of free-wheeling fun.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth may first catch your attention with its insane setting, surreal monsters, and irreverent references to Christianity, but the speedy, varied gameplay and seemingly neverending new features (which include multiple endings and new bosses after you take out mom the first time, so the replay value is nearly infinite) are what keep you coming back for more.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Titanfall
    The PC version boasts sharper visual effects and higher resolutions, as you might expect, and both control schemes (mouse/keyboard and Xbox 360 controller) work flawlessly.)
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Silent Hill 2
    The original Silent Hill 2 is one of the most beloved, culturally significant, and overall best horror games ever made. It appeared to be the case that trying to recapture the magic of that game was to misjudge how impactful its time and place were, and how its limitations helped shape it for the better. Any studio advancing on such a project should've had a Sisyphean task ahead of them, forever chasing its essence like a moth with a hole in your net. However, by staying true to the original game in extremely important ways and taking calculated risks born from an understanding of the source material, all while being supported further by some of the game's original brain trust, Bloober Team has done what was reasonably considered near-impossible. The remake of Silent Hill 2 is a restless dream come true.
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