GameStar's Scores

  • Games
For 2,399 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 9% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 94 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Lowest review score: 10 Fast & Furious Crossroads
Score distribution:
2451 game reviews
    • 55 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Warfighter is well-made, has been set elaborately staged and looks good enough to eat in places. However, I constantly feel we have been through the whole spectacle in three dozen other shooters.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    An old school business simulation with a lot of comic-like flair and lots of planning, optimizing and expanding. Could use more variety.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Saw
    This action adventure is just like the movies: dark, bloody and always copying itself. The villain of the game and his plots are the game’s greatest asset. But there’s not enough substance behind the great presentation.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The delays before the launch of the game were a bad omen - and another delay would have been a good idea. The game feels like it has been taken away from the developer before it was finished, but released nontheless.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    It has strong points like stealth gameplay and co-op, but all in all it's just average. A focus on stealth would have been better.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    At the core it's a game full of potential but it will need lots of patches for lots of technical problems.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Lousy open-world roguelite with a sterile, lifeless game world, weak combat and ridiculously little content.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    New Alliances demolishes everything the series has previously built.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Unknown 9 is not the latest action blockbuster, but it is an entertaining mix of stealth, action, mysticism and story.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    The concept of Metal Gear Survive works, but some annoying mechanics and the soullessness diminish the fun.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    If there's a game that deserves to be called "old school", this is it. There's hardly a change in gameplay and the graphics are out of date, too. The most remarkable thing about this game is the fact that they actually finished it.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    Behind the reasonably pretty shell Insomnia: The Ark consists of an unnecessarily complex core, for which fun is an unknown word.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    The puzzles are boring after a while, the graphics are old-fashioned and even more annoying: the game tells what to do and when to do it. It's like Ma telling you how to build your sand castle.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Action role-playing game with an inherently interesting story, yet it suffers from countless technical issues.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    The game mechanics are fundamentally broken.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    Even when wearing the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia one has to admit: Reincarnation just isn't a good game - but it's very faithful to the original.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Prussian virtues like discipline and order aren’t much fun and turn-based battles like in Rise of Prussia aren’t much fun either. If you are very interested in the Seven Year war, then go for it, otherwise take a look at Napolean: Total War instead.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    A scantily clad woman with two blades and lots and lots of monsters, that sounds like an entertaining game, but turns out to be a laborious task. It's fun for one hour or so. But once you realize that there is nothing more to the game than fighting huge amounts of monsters in similar looking areas, it becomes annoyingly repetitive.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    The series continues after 15 years and it's true to it's predecessors. That's good and bad at the same time. It's a colorful slapstick adventure, but today a game like this needs a real story, characters and some more functions. But it's still very funny and original.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Cooperative, grind-heavy sci-fi shooter with exciting ideas, which generates more frustration than pleasure with the current scope and condition it is in.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    The same game thrice? That doesn't work and that's a shame. Maybe that's why this game has been released without great announcements.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Don't expect this game to be a remake of the classic Mad TV game or you'll be disappointed. It may look similar, but some key elements of the classic game are missing. So it's just a solid simulation game.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    In theory, we're supposed to build a trucker empire - but numerous bugs and balance weaknesses slow down the fun.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    Do you have a six year old son who likes to watch CSI? Then this is the game for him. There's a shattered body lying next to the Empire State building, so we start collecting evidence all around it: Pretzels, empty cans, flowering pots and rubber ducks. That doesn't make any sense? That's right, this just a simple game of "find the hidden object" with a thin story and some CSI people. Asking 30 Euros for all that is nothing but a rip-off. Well done, Ubisoft.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    Akaneiro is absolutely nothing special, either for better or for worse.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    A shooter that hasn't been thought through to the end and that doesn't mesh its gameplay mechanics enough. Unsuitable for soloists, but still reasonably entertaining in co-op.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    It's not a bad game, but it has no soul. It's sterile and doesn't stir up any emotions due to the nameless, disposable characters. It's still fun for a short time, though.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It has quite rough edges, but also some nostalgic charm. If only the developers had a bigger budget to sort out the technical flaws and improve the level design!
    • 53 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Moderately entertaining third-person hack 'n' slash with lousy AI, camera issues and too many goblins.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Raid: World War 2 copies Payday 2, but does little better and a lot of things worse than its role model. But the potential is there.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Krater makes me sad... It has a lot of potential.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Technically this game has missed the last 15 years, but if you like science and polar exploration or more complex puzzles, you might like this game.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    For a fan of the series it may be great to explore the locations and talk to well known characters, but even the greatest atmosphere is going down the drain if the lack of enthusiasm of the developers is so obvious. Sloppily created missions, repetetive riddles and unnecessary howlers in design make it difficult to enjoy the game.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    It's like the 2007 game Dungeon Runners, just bigger and less self-deprecating. There is no great story, but who cares if it's free and fills the gap until Diablo 3 is finished.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is like a bargain at the dodgy used car dealer around the corner.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    A thrilling mystery story wasted. A shallow action adventure with sloppy programming.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A shooter with bugs, missing features, balancing problems and an ingame-shop using real money.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    If you expect a new Payday here, you will inevitably be disappointed. Crime Boss: Rockay City has many interesting features and good ideas, but only half-heartedly pursues most of them.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    It should have been a worthy successor, instead it's just a clone without distinct highlights.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fallout 76 aspires to offer a lot with West Virginia and exciting co-op, but fails due to unbalanced game design and technical flaws.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Why use stealth if brute force works just as well? Good ideas, bad implementation and lots of wasted potential.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Overkill's The Walking Dead can be fun in a group but most of the time monotony and balancing weaknesses are frustrating.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    An adventure game with clever puzzles and a nice story that stumbles over bad technical quirks and out-of-date graphics.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    It's obvious that the scope of this game has been too much for the first project of an independent studio. More time, money and experience would have improved the game a lot.
    • GameStar
    • 51 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    Should have stayed in the dark. Only the scary moments, which are often achieved by cheap tricks, save this game from getting a slating review.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    For two hours, hunting Titans is fun, then monotony takes over due to similar fights and uninspired tasks.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    A technically crude medieval story game that was clearly made with love, but can’t hold a candle to contemporary titles.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    We wanted to like this game, really. There's a lot of potential there and from time to time it's even fun to play. But nothing has been implemented properly, it's just a half-baked game full of bugs.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    It’s like a browser game with improved graphics. The upside-down look was a bad choice, everything except the survival mode get boring quite fast. So it’s just the hunt for a new high score or rank. Boring.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Doesn't live up to its potential. The game can be fun, but never feels right. Well done, but missed the mark.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    The single-player campaign is only eight hours long, but full of spectacular and varied scenes. It's a lot of fun, but too linear, and the use of generic weapons, imprecise controls and inconsistent graphics show a lack of fine-tuning.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    The concept reads really interesting on paper. Also the lore and mythology can be quite appealing for inclined players. But all the construction sites reduce the fun at crucial points.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    To mix the first generation robots with the ones from the Bay universe was a bad idea.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • GameStar
    • 49 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Even if the charm of the originals reveals itself every now and then - these masterpieces deserve a better remake.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    Story shooter with big ambitions and plenty of rough edges, that would have deserved more time and care.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    I would like to like that game because of its B-movie story and because of the natural-disaster-weapon. But as far as game design is concerned everything is just plain wrong: controls, AI and path finding.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    Looks like the developers had to spend all their budget to buy the D&D license, otherwise it's hard to explain the amount of bugs and the lack of care for the game.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Only the fact that games like this are rare on PC may make Garshasp an interesting game for some people. But we hardly had any fun with it. What did the developers do during the three years of development time?
    • 49 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It's too short, it possible to count the different enemies and weapons on one hand and gameplay variety apparently was vaporized on Judgment Day. Only one thing is really high class: the price 10 Euros per hour of gameplay is a rip off.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    It's a motivating variation of Portal, but not as good. It's a case of "great idea, bad realization". The use of the glove works great, but unfair trial-and-error puzzles and the tracer battles are annoying. The last third of the game doesn't offer anything new.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Past Cure with its mix of stealth and action is entertaining. After the moderate entry, the mysterious story picks up speed.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    Good ideas, mediocre implementation. There's a lot of blood, a solid story and well done cut-scenes. Dreamkiller tries to be different, but in the end it's just short-lived fun for players who enjoy games like Painkiller.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    There is no meaning, no point. It's just a boring game that lasts three hours.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    It really hurts to see a game that could have been great failing because of lots of small and medium problems. Without bugs it could have easily scored 70 or more, the potential is there.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    If Techland would have called this one "Stupid shooter with pathetic characters full of cliché", it would have been less of a disappointment.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    It feels rushed and it's probably only good as a reminder how unapproachable team shooters have been at the turn of the millennium.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    With a hint of art, this is a borderline horror trip through hell, with boring tasks and technical problems.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    It’s thrilling for the first hour, but then it’s just routine. There’s no way to try and find a clever solution for a problem because the game only offers a single one. That’s annoying even for die-hard fans of the TV series.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    It's the same game as Cities XL with very small differences. Selling it at almost full price is nothing but a rip-off.
    • GameStar
    • 46 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    This game could easily win a title for the most extensive and absurd key assignments. You’d need Jedi fingers to play the game without a gamepad. There are far too many key combinations. The result: pure chaos.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    There are some interesting ideas, but the simulation can't keep up with its own claims of being a job simulation.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    The problem of Starpoint Gemini: there are no strong points, nothing special, nothing that stands out. It's just an unnecessary game.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Someone must have noticed during development that this game doesn't work on PC with controls from tablet hell! There's an interesting story, but you have to walk barefooted over broken glass to find it. Not worth the money.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    Such small inconsistencies fade before an embarrassing overall picture that Colonial Marines delivers: an ugly, poorly voiced and narrated lousy 0815-shooter.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Never before we've been so glad to be able to use the ingame help function. Time and tima again we asked "what am I doing here? What's that good for? What should I do now?". Even after solving a puzzle, we didn't know why we did it. It's a relict of the late 90s, but not without its charme.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    The fights are fun, but the same opponents and surroundings become boring very fast. There's no story to speak of, which is a shame regarding a license like Watchmen. The arguments between both heroes and the multi-player mode are fun, though.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Instead of being an entertaining horror game, I’m Not Alone seems to be a zombie itself. Should you see it somewhere, remember zombie rule number one and run for your life.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Scorpion: Disfigured uses some well-known features from other games, like weapon and character improvements (Deus EX) or psychic abilities (System Shock 2). But nothing really works well, not even shooting, which feels like throwing cotton balls. For a shooter, that's the final nail in the coffin and this game should be buried.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    It looks like JoWood didn't learn much from releasing a bug-ridden Gothic 3 game. The new add-on is full of bugs, too. But even without them, the game wouldn't be as good as the other recently released RPGs. At least the quest and the story are well done.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    The gameplay is a wreck, the heroine is lame, the story is ridiculous and the humor is cringe-worthy. Already one of the worst games of the year.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    After this shock I must urgently re-play something better. For example, Aliens: Colonial Marines.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    We didn't expect part 2 to be better than part 1, but it scores 49 instead of the 48 points of the predecessor. Only 33 more Harry Potter games to go to be as good as the first one from 2002.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    I have to kill everbody. It works, but it's a primitive piece of garbage. It's so bad, it's almost funny.

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