GameSpot's Scores

  • Games
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:
12682 game reviews
    • 64 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Underneath its modest looks and intimidating, complex battle system is a turn-based strategy game that is surprisingly fun and satisfying.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Sound bugs and loading times mar an otherwise great translation of Warrior Within to a portable platform.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Pinball Hall of Fame delivers some accurate re-creations of some of Gottlieb's classic pinball tables, but the graphics get a little muddy in spots.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    The addition of touch screen support could have ruined Bust-A-Move DS, but its solid execution, along with a great number of puzzles and economical multiplayer support, keeps things fun.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 36 Critic Score
    The KGB wasn't as hard on political dissidents as Hammer & Sickle is on those who play it.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Tokobot is a charming and entertaining platformer, and its only major setback is that there isn't more of it to go around.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Wild World doesn't toy with the original Animal Crossing formula, but simply being able to take your town with you on the go makes it an easy recommendation.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A rousing tennis game for the Game Boy Advance that's thick with bells and whistles in every regard.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    It's soccer starring Mario and friends, but the problem is, there just isn't enough "Mario" in Super Mario Strikers.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 21 Critic Score
    Crime Life is just plain awful. Do yourself a favor and stay away from it.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    The Two Thrones provides a satisfying conclusion to the Sands of Time trilogy, with a lot of the same puzzle solving and gorgeous environments you remembered from the previous two games.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    The Two Thrones provides a satisfying conclusion to the Sands of Time trilogy, with a lot of the same puzzle-solving and gorgeous environments you remembered from the previous two games.
    • 12 Metascore
    • 14 Critic Score
    Both games are completely devoid of gameplay, fun, and flair. Worse, they are available free for the PC.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    The Two Thrones provides a satisfying conclusion to the Sands of Time trilogy, with a lot of the same puzzle solving and gorgeous environments you remembered from the previous two games.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    The Two Thrones provides a satisfying conclusion to the Sands of Time trilogy, with a lot of the same puzzle solving and gorgeous environments you remembered from the previous two games.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    Chrome SpecForce manages to avoid going terribly awry, but it also avoids any sort of fun or excitement.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    It's not the prettiest looking game, but College Hoops 2K6 still delivers where it counts, as a deep and accurate simulation of NCAA basketball.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Popolocrois is a charming adventure for casual fans of role-playing games, but its simplicity negates any lasting appeal it may have had.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The racing is pathetically underwhelming, the crashes are so painfully halfhearted that they might as well not even exist, and a wide variety of graphical glitches and collision problems turn the whole thing into a serious mess.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Partners in Time might not have as strong of a script as the previous Mario & Luigi, but it's still another charming, high quality RPG worth any DS owner's while.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Despite the bare presentation, this cartridge is a must-have for fans of puzzle games.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 14 Critic Score
    Both games are completely devoid of gameplay, fun, and flair. Worse, they are available free for the PC.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    As with the other arcade classics currently available on Xbox Live Arcade, the addition of scoreboards, achievements, and online play breathe new life into Smash TV, an already-classic game.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    While UFO: Aftershock improves on its predecessor in some ways, there's just far too much wrong with this copy of the classic X-COM alien-hunting strategy series to recommend it.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    This tactical combat game features battles, battles, and more battles, and it's fun, though very light on content or depth.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Offers a surprisingly good personal training program but does make hearty demands of your lighting and space requirements.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    A few rough spots aside, the main problem with Atlus' snow-themed racing game is that the single-player content is exhausted so quickly.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Bankshot Billiards 2 doesn't play a great game of pool, and as the most expensive Xbox Live Arcade game available, it represents lousy value for the money.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bejeweled 2 Deluxe brings the classic puzzle game to the Xbox 360 but doesn't make enough significant changes to make it stand out from the pack.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Four-player online support makes the Xbox Live Arcade version of this fantasy arcade classic a worthwhile, inexpensive indulgence for nostalgic fans of the good old days of gaming.

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