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
    • 72 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Pandora is a world beautiful enough to make you fall on your knees. You can happily spend dozens of hours exploring - only the story can't quite keep up.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    More complexity doesn't automatically create more fun. The successor to Puzzle Quest, the entertaining mix between role-play elements and puzzle game, turns out to be uninspired and boring. It's more complex but confusing, even for experts. There are less rewards to motivate you and the AI doesn't work properly. A candidate for the list of bad sequels.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Toxic Commando doesn’t quite measure up to Left 4 Dead 2, but it still delivers an entertaining shooter experience featuring hordes of zombies and vehicles.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Huge adventure playground with some little quirks, for stealth fans with a knack for experiments.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    It may be called like a hard disk defrag program, but it's a fast multi-player shooter The single player campaign can't keep up with the fast multi-player battles, but it's just there to prepare you for the real battles with real people.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Great atmosphere, a great settings, heroes and villains built by the players - and still it's not enough for a great game. Most of the quests are too easy, usually it's no problem to fight opponents up to four levels above your own characters, so there's no need to group with other players. So why play an online game?
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A great action game with new characters, but the new version keeps the weaknesses of the original and re-uses a lot of levels.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a great game based on Episode 7 and captures the spirit of the movie, but doesn't offer anything more than what's typical for the series.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Before We Leave is a lovely indie builder that slowly loses its appeal after a cosy first few hours.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ixion delights with its sophisticated construction, but it disappoints with the story of all things. There is also a lack of polish in the second half.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    A short but intense horror trip that bridges the gap between Alan Wake 2 and the rest of the Remedy universe in a clever way.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    An exciting and pleasantly designed tactical game that of all things disappoints with its DNA modifications.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    An old-school action blockbuster that should make 16-bit fans very happy. Everyone else should know what they're getting into here.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Impressive treatment of the Romanian revolution in 1989, with minor weaknesses in the field of game mechanics.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    At its best, it's an exciting mix of chess and RTS but there are just too many frustrating moments.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Well-designed role-playing game with strategy elements in an exciting dark fantasy setting.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    What a game Gray Matter could have been if the developers would have been able to deliver more than second rate puzzles. Still, if you like adventures, you should give it a try.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dungeon Siege 3 is clearly better than its predecessors and fights are real fights, not just interactive graphicsl demonstrations. The story around Jeyne Kassynder is good entertainment.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • GameStar
    • 72 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    The developers just ignored the releases of the last four years, so everthing in this game is way out of date: AI, mission designs, physics and online mode. Get Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit instead.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Life is Strange: Reunion is an emotional and captivating mystery adventure that, as the series finale, fails to live up to its full potential.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Fantastically written and life-affirming dating simulator that doesn't use all of its potential.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Echo doesn't use its potential, but with the adaptive AI it offers an interesting gameplay approach and a cool sci-fi story.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    The game can be quite challenging, especially in the round-bases game mode, but after one week you've seen all the game has to offer. Nonetheless it's the perfect game for small tournaments from time to time and to give elves a good thrashing.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Enchanting story game that takes both a critical and a cordial look at employment in a hospital, but does not do without drawbacks.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    The "little brother" of GTA is loaded with action, variety and over-the-top characters and some mission can even be more fun than GTA IV. But the PC-conversion with all it's faulty controls, graphical errors and other annoying bugs needs to fixed soon.

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