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For 12,657 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: 5,398 out of 12657
  2. Mixed: 5,904 out of 12657
  3. Negative: 1,355 out of 12657
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Last Word
    It isn’t exactly easy to pick up, but the layered Discourse system in Last Word is worth the few verbal jabs and hooks needed in order to master it.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Invisible, Inc.
    Luckily, the gameplay sings, making for a game that's not as powerful as it could be, but undeniably accessible.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Not a Hero (2015)
    Not a Hero's humor may not always hit the mark, but the action makes up for it.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Magicka: Wizard Wars
    The quick-paced and skill-driven combat system casts a charm on you in the beginning, but the delights wear off over time due to the presence of only a single good mode of play, grinding, and a few irritating bugs.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Windward
    The opening portions of Winward have you falling asleep at your computer; later areas have you cursing angrily as every small victory you win is erased by the overzealous enemy AI (aided by utterly complacent allies content to watch town after town fall to pirates). The promise of exploring Windward's world as you see fit is a false one, and Windward never earns its sea legs.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Color Guardians
    All too often, though, the stages are designed in such a way that you're tricked into failing, and any technical issues stand out more than they might elsewhere because precise timing and concentration are so vital to success.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains
    Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains is further proof that the seemingly obvious genre for an anime-to-game adaptation isn't always the best one.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    StarDrive 2
    even though these systems achieve competency, they've been done before (and done better) in many other games. So any praise leveled at StarDrive 2 inevitably ends up faint when it's taken alongside other entries in the sci-fi 4X genre.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Project CARS
    That’s Project CARS at its best. No experience points. No parts to buy. No cars to add to your collection. The audacious decision to offer everything up front informs the rest of Project CARS’s design, making it distinct (and sometimes frustrating).
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    One of the best role-playing games ever crafted, a titan among giants and the standard-setter for all such games going forward. Where the Witcher 2 sputtered to a halt, The Witcher 3 is always in a crescendo, crafting battle scenarios that constantly one-up the last, until you reach the explosive finale and recover in the glow of the game's quiet denouement.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Toren
    For all the problems, it's easy to recognize the flashes of something special in Toren. It's a loaf of homemade bread, proofed and kneaded, laid in a pan, and sprinkled tenderly with rosemary but unfortunately pulled from the oven a few minutes before it could pass the toothpick test. However complex the recipe, Toren just feels undercooked.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Action Henk
    Completing Action Henk will set you back only several hours, but you will be at the edge of your seat for most of that time.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Inside My Radio
    Inside My Radio never quite reaches the synergetic highs of its most obvious peer, Sound Shapes, but it's still an entrancing experience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Verdun
    Verdun somewhat succeeds in its lavish goal, but its road to glory is lengthy still. Until then, it sits on the edge of the line, waiting for the rallying cry.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lost Orbit
    Due in part to its brevity, Lost Orbit isn't the most memorable of adventures. You barrel through its levels quickly, and unless you want to try for faster time trial scores, there's not a lot to come back for. Still, the rush of speed and the simple charms of the animation and narration make this game a blast while it lasts.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Vertiginous Golf
    Its puzzling, challenging, and deeply weird characteristics make for a unique and engaging experience that brings new life to the staidest of sports.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Kerbal Space Program
    Even with its cartoonish humor and quirks, Kerbal Space Program has an almost sacred respect for the tiny miracles involved in space travel, and even at its most difficult, it deserves that respect in return.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    BOXBOY!
    When I started BoxBoy!, I thought it would be a game for kids. In the end, it felt like a game especially made for me.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Remnants Of Isolation
    Remnants of Isolation is a truncated RPG that never allows its story or progression system to properly develop, and while the focus on a pair instead of a full party pays off in combat, the woefully undercooked bond between the protagonists never does enough to make you care about any of the three possible endings.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker
    If you missed out the first time around, you should absolutely hop on board for this extended trip to the Apocalypse. If you’re coming back for seconds, you’ll have a terrific time welcoming our new Triangulum overlords with Megido blasts right to their stupid geometric faces.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    JumpJet Rex
    It feels great to play, the aerial trickery is gratifying, and it's got a lot of goofy charm, but all of this is unfortunately buried under an inexplicable need to test players beyond what should be necessary in a galaxy where you tool around as a T-rex wearing sunglasses.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Weaponographist
    This is one of those friendly games that just about anyone would enjoy picking up for short play sessions every now and again, especially those who like their dungeon crawlers tinged with a sense of humor and a retro flavor.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ziggurat
    Ziggurat can be completed in just over an hour, but it's unlikely you will stop there. The game is challenging, engaging, and a whole lot of fun, despite its problems.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved
    The boss fights remain a titanically poor decision for a series focused on lightning-fast, frenetic gameplay, but when the rest of the package has only gotten better and more varied, they're a frustrating but small price to pay.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved
    I put more than a dozen hours into Dimensions Evolved, but I already fear the dozens of hours more that I'm going to dump into Ultimate and Hardcore Modes as I try to best my own scores and those of my friends.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Crypt of the NecroDancer
    Regardless of your musical tastes, Crypt of the NecroDancer takes a proven but basic recipe and improves it with a seemingly simple twist. It would have been a fine roguelike game without its musical side, but the rhythm mechanic makes it a truly special experience.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Broken Age: Act 2
    The moments when a solution just makes you say "Really?" in a frustrated tone and when you wander seemingly without direction occur often enough to rob Broken Age of a sad amount of its magic.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tower of Guns
    Complaints aside, Tower of Guns delivers an engaging experience that is well suited to short bursts of play in its standard form or long marathons in its ranked endless mode. The game offers no shortage of fun. So grab your gun--it's time to go to bullet hell.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition
    If I found myself describing the game to friends as the game I wanted it to be more than the game it was, it's because the "ideal" version of State of Decay is intoxicating.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    I Am Bread
    The joke is in the premise, in the title, and it won't stop winking and snickering with you for hours on end. But all it takes is one moment of clarity, one second-guess "why was I laughing" for the whole thing to fall apart. And in this game's case, all it has to do is remind you of how irksome it can be and often is to go from being a goofy joke to a serious headache in a flash.
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