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For 4,784 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Minecraft
Lowest review score: 10 Diplomacy
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,464 out of 4784
  2. Mixed: 1,852 out of 4784
  3. Negative: 468 out of 4784
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    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
    If you weren't a fan of Grand Theft Auto IV (or the franchise in general), The Lost and Damned probably isn't for you. While it features more of what made the game great, it also makes some of the same mistakes as the original (though we do love that the replay feature has been improved to take you to a mid-mission checkpoint). However, if you loved GTA IV, it's pretty safe to say that you'll have a great time with the first piece of DLC.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
    For shooter fans, the combat is still outstanding, and you'll get a great eight hours or so by the time you reach your final encounter with Alma, although fans of the first game may feel like they've done this before. In many ways, F.E.A.R. 2 feels like the middle chapter in a trilogy, and there's certainly enough momentum here for at least one more run.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
    For shooter fans, the combat is still outstanding, and you'll get a great eight hours or so by the time you reach your final encounter with Alma, although fans of the first game may feel like they've done this before. In many ways, F.E.A.R. 2 feels like the middle chapter in a trilogy, and there's certainly enough momentum here for at least one more run.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Deadly Creatures
    Ultimately, the clever level design and variety of traversal techniques (burrowing, web-grappling and wall-crawling) present both a great challenge and a nice diversity in activities that held my interest and kept me playing much longer than I probably expected to. Despite its frightening, creepy-crawly protagonists, I found Deadly Creatures to be both charming and endearing.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
    When one considers the lackluster quality of many console-to-PC ports these days, it's truly refreshing to see an experience that comes jam-packed with so many bells and whistles and such exceptional visuals. If you're a PC gamer who's never burned out, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box serves as a fine introduction to the series.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Afro Samurai
    Afro Samurai is a mess of a game. It's such a shame to see such a beautifully rendered and stylish world ground into the dust by such staggering gameplay foibles and technical glitches.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Afro Samurai
    Afro Samurai is a mess of a game. It's such a shame to see such a beautifully rendered and stylish world ground into the dust by such staggering gameplay foibles and technical glitches.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fallout 3 - Operation: Anchorage
    Ultimately, it's the die-hard Fallout 3 fans that should enjoy this new chapter in the series' history, and those same fans who may end up slightly annoyed after the fact. Operation Anchorage doesn't answer many questions regarding the lead-up to the big war, but it's an interesting piece of the puzzle that fits into the overall game without feeling out of place.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Skate 2
    We're far from disappointed. It's difficult to say whether or not Skate 2 is better than the original -- it lacks that game's moxie and swagger. It's no longer that up and coming superstar that demands your attention. This time out, it's more comfortable with what it's doing, and it achieves its goal of reproducing the feel and culture of skateboarding exceptionally well.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Skate 2
    It's difficult to say whether or not Skate 2 is better than the original -- it lacks that game's moxie and swagger. It's no longer that up and coming superstar that demands your attention. This time out, it's more comfortable with what it's doing, and it achieves its goal of reproducing the feel and culture of skateboarding exceptionally well.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Star Ocean: Second Evolution
    JRPG fans should really enjoy Star Ocean: Second Evolution. Sure, it sticks to the formula in ways we've seen many times before, but at the same time it also deviates in ways that make it more than just another RPG.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
    We were hoping for more from The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, and we're disappointed that the game didn't do more with such a powerful license. Star Wars: Battlefront hasn't aged very well, and to get essentially the same game with a different theme left us wanting more.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
    We were hoping for more from The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, and we're disappointed that the game didn't do more with such a powerful license. Star Wars: Battlefront hasn't aged very well, and to get essentially the same game with a different theme left us wanting more.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
    We were hoping for more from The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, and we're disappointed that the game didn't do more with such a powerful license. Star Wars: Battlefront hasn't aged very well, and to get essentially the same game with a different theme left us wanting more.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mirror's Edge
    Mirror's Edge isn't a terrible PC port by any means, but has some unique technical issues that put it a step below the console versions.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Saints Row 2
    Volition did a great job with Saints Row 2, so it's a shame that the PC gaming segment won't be able to experience the game at it was meant to be played.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rock Band 2
    With Rock Band 2, Harmonix has created a game that's quick to grow and evolve... just like the music libraries of its ardent fans. If there's any game that reflects the age we live in, and the way that we interact with music, it's Rock Band 2.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
    If you only buy one more PlayStation 2 game before retiring the trusty system to that dusty closet, make sure this is it.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Prince of Persia
    The new title combines strong platforming fundamentals, Assassin's Creed's open-world structure, and some of Okami's wonderful aesthetic flourishes. What it introduces to action games is something truly wonderful.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi
    If there's a sequel, maybe the developers will spend as much time fleshing out the game as they did their concept art.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars
    Mushroom Men has a few flaws, but it's still an enjoyable game. The platforming is solid, the premise if fun, and it has fantastic art direction. Hopefully we'll see an improved sequel in the future.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Grand Theft Auto IV
    A game that could keep anyone busy for a long, long time. Although it's got plenty of excellent features, it's ultimately the storytelling that makes it an instant classic, a game unlike any we've played before. As is the case with many great books and movies, you'll want to know what happens to the characters after the game ends, and one can't help hoping that all of their American Dreams comes true.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Prince of Persia
    The new title combines strong platforming fundamentals, Assassin's Creed's open-world structure, and some of Okami's wonderful aesthetic flourishes. What it introduces to action games is something truly wonderful. Since the Prince can't die, the pace and rhythm of gameplay is never lost, yet it still offers a challenge even for hardcore gamers.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Prince of Persia
    The new title combines strong platforming fundamentals, Assassin's Creed's open-world structure, and some of Okami's wonderful aesthetic flourishes. What it introduces to action games is something truly wonderful. Since the Prince can't die, the pace and rhythm of gameplay is never lost, yet it still offers a challenge even for hardcore gamers.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Chrono Trigger
    Chrono Trigger is one of the best examples of what the Japanese RPG experience can offer. Its gameplay feels more unique and inviting to those who aren't enamored with selecting boring attack commands for their static sprites to follow.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Last Remnant
    It takes a different approach than most other console RPG battle systems, one that will alienate some gamers while appealing to others.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Skate It
    From the excellent tutorials to the toughest challenges, the entire world seems like a skating arena made just for you.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Skate It
    Skate It's fun comes from the using the Stylus in creative ways to pull off tricks that aren't really exaggerated at all. Sure, grinding is a little easier on this version of the game than any other console, but most of the other tricks could be seen on any standard skate video. The uniqueness of this game comes from how you play, not what you pull off. Skate It isn't perfect, but it's no poser either.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sonic Unleashed
    The real problem is the werehog stages. Luckily, those levels aren't bad, they're just kinda there. About all they succeed in doing is slowing down the action between the stages that you want to play.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Castlevania Judgment
    Castlevania fanatics will hate the unnecessary liberties taken with their favorite characters, fighting game enthusiasts will abhor the crippling lack of character balance, and everyone should just cross their fingers that the next game to bear this franchise's once vaunted name is put together with a lot more care.
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