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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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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wasteland 2
    In many ways, though, Wasteland 2 represents everything about classic computer role-playing games that the modern iterations of Fallout aren't.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    FIFA 15
    If you're looking for football that is exciting, exaggerated, and immensely entertaining, FIFA 15 is the game to get.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Natural Doctrine
    Unfortunately, most of Natural Doctrine's greatest challenges to your patience don't arise from a fair and balanced battle system, but from the game's failure to adhere to comprehensible logic.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die
    D4 is insanity distilled into adventure-game form, more self-consciously wacky than another Swery game, Deadly Premonition, but more human, too.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cannon Brawl
    Cannon Brawl is interesting enough to enjoy in small doses, but it wears out its welcome once you realize its efforts to inject a little variety into the proceedings only go skin deep. If you can find a few friends at a similar skill level to challenge, you'll likely enjoy several hours of strategy mayhem. Otherwise, you're better off in another castle.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Roundabout
    Roundabout works well as a short chunk of oddbeat humor and arcade-like gameplay. It's unapologetic in its goofiness, and it tells a fun story on top of its relatively unique gameplay. Sure, you can draw comparisons to the games that inspired it, but when was the last time you played an absurdist 1970s limousine game that was this much fun?
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Disney Infinity 2.0 Edition
    It takes time and actual, honest-to-goodness skill to make anything remotely playable, which makes the new additions to Toy Box in 2.0 extremely welcome ones.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hyrule Warriors
    Aside from introducing many Legend of Zelda fans to the Warriors franchise, Hyrule Warriors adds little innovation to Koei’s megaseries as a whole, but nevertheless brings an undeniable spark ignited by the crossover cast itself.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Lichdom: Battlemage
    While Lichdom makes a strong case for a shorter game, it also makes the case for another Lichdom game. If there is any game this year deserving of a sequel, it’s this one.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Murasaki Baby
    Despite my distaste for all the hand-holding, Murasaki Baby's mesmerizing art style and strong emotional backbone left me too invested to let go.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hatoful Boyfriend
    I was expecting to simply giggle at a nonsensical game in which I tried to woo feathered men, and what I received instead was wholly and wonderfully unexpected. Anyone with a taste for the unusual would do well to enjoy the company of these fetching fowl.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Destiny
    A multiplayer shooter that cobbles together elements of massively multiplayer games but overlooks the lessons developers of such games learned many years ago.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Destiny
    Destiny prefers telling the same stories time and time again, hoping to transfix you with its rinse-and-repeat pace and ply you with the possibility of better loot, rather than with gameplay diversity that intimates surprises hovering on the horizon.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
    It's hard to imagine fans of Final Fantasy not leaping at the chance to reconnect with their memories and some of the most beautiful music from the history of Final Fantasy, and playing Curtain Call is the perfect way to do so.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Sims 4
    The Sims 4's biggest problem is that The Sims 3 exists, and describing where it stumbles by necessity means looking at where the series has been. This is a lovely and lively game that elicits constant smirks, but The Sims 4's moments never feel like part of a bigger picture.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    NHL 15
    The gameplay isn't so much better that it offsets what has been lost. The only way that EA could further annoy hockey fans with this game would be if the company had Gary Bettman personally deliver every copy.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition
    Plot is more of a protracted errand through drab, gray streets that are a chore to navigate.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dance Central Spotlight
    Rather than beef up the feature list, Harmonix has taken the opposite approach: it's slimmed down the game, offered way more value, and removed the obstacles between you and just getting out there and dancing. It's a different take on Dance Central, but the party is just as fun as ever.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Last Tinker: City of Colors
    Despite its artistic aptitude, The Last Tinker lacks identity. The combat is remedial, the platforming is robotic, and the puzzles are little more than frustrating roadblocks that fail to mystify.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Velocity 2X
    Velocity 2X is interactive poetry. All of its pieces, all of its movements, all of its systems and mechanics flow seamlessly into and out of one another to create a constant tone of movement and a feeling of endless flow.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Azure Striker Gunvolt
    Although the main mission path isn't difficult to finish, completing Gunvolt's optional trials and seeing everything through to the end will challenge and please even the most hardened veteran looking for a fresh, Mega Man-like experience.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dark Souls II: Crown of the Old Iron King
    The settings of Crown of the Old Iron King are both fantastical and relatable, but nowhere near practical. Gigantic suits of armor hang inexplicably under elevator platforms, hinting that humans10 times normal size once protected Drangleic.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dark Souls II: Crown of the Old Iron King
    What is noteworthy about Crown of the Old Iron King is how it conveys a deep sense history without the help of a flashback.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 5 - No Going Back
    This messy ending is an appropriate way to wrap a season that evolved into a morality play loaded with grim, philosophical musings about what it means to be a human being, whether you're struggling to survive in a zombie apocalypse or simply learning how to get by in the real world.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 15
    Deficiencies in the passing game along with technical hiccups stemming from the game's often-comical physics still exist, but Madden 15's few missteps do little to detract from an otherwise strong outing.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 15
    The feature set remains fundamentally unchanged, but each of the core modes have increased in breadth and decreased in clutter, making it easy to dig into features that might have seemed too dense from a distance. Madden 15 looks sharper than ever, but its biggest achievement is its dedication to improving core systems that have held the series back in the past.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Firefall
    It's hard to invest in lore that's so inextricably tied to the grind of missions or side-quests, hard to suspend your awareness of that grind when you're awash in constant pitches for boosters and special unlocks.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    inFamous: First Light
    Given Second Son's greatness, I had hoped for something more than a time-waster, but this Infamous has no bite.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
    Danganronpa 2 is a simultaneously terrifying, uplifting, painful, thoughtful, funny, and heartbreaking delight. Anyone who cherishes engaging stories, unique gameplay experiences, and great characterization would do well to invest themselves in this series.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Golf Club
    The Golf Club falls short of the green in its current state. There is a tremendous amount of potential here, and the game is immensely satisfying at times due to the demanding nature of the simulation and the wide variety of courses available to play. Off-kilter swing mechanics and noteworthy performance problems have to be addressed, but this is a game to watch.
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