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
    • 71 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Atlas Fallen convinces with its unused scenario and innovative gameplay. Only the staging lags behind.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hellgate is like the first Diablo, just in 3D. If you can live with it's weaknesses and bugs, you will enjoy the usual hunt after better items. But, being done by former Blizzard developers, it could have - and should have - been better.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • GameStar
    • 70 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    If developers of real military simulations try to develop games, things can go terribly wrong regarding the balance between complexity and fun. Despite the great AI there’s not enough fun in there. Try again, please.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Dice Legacy can only partially convert its innovative concepts into an entertaining gaming experience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In its best moments, Ark is the dream game of every Dino fan. But bugs and the grind-based game-mechanics often spoil the fun.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Shallow management game with cuddly graphics and plenty of variety, but lacks challenging tasks.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    All in all, it's a fairly well told road trip story. After a strong start, the finale fumbles in the logic department, to many questions are left unanswered.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    I'm scared of the jumpscares or my heart is pounding when the monster nearly kicks me. But for real fear, I'm just not invested enough in the story.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Crossing Souls is a fun nostalgic walk through the 80s, but it lacks its own personality.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    The second add-on to Company of Heroes offers new campaigns, new multi-play modes and new units - but not enough of anything: only one small episode instead of a new campaign, only one map for each multi-player mode and just a few alternative units instead of new factions.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's fun to play with a friend in co-op mode for an hour or two, but the game lacks the content to be interessting for much longer. Once you are really into it, it already ends. More diversity and a broader range of possible tactics would have been nice.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Starship Troopers: Terran Command makes many missteps in basic RTS virtues. Still, it's fun.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    An adventure game with fresh puzzle mechanics and a well-expressed love story, which, however, inadequately connects both elements.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Graphics and sound are good and the weapons are convincing, even KI and controls are good. If the game was longer and would have a convincing story, it could be a well done shooter. But the developers apparently forgot that second part of the recipe for good games and so the game is too short, without soul and too expensive.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    A better weapon balance, more victory conditions, more diplomacy options and ground assaults that are not at least completely soporific - there is still a lot that could be improved.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Whether you enjoy it depends on your expectations. Maneater is trash. It makes no secret of it. The game is not pretty, it is not very varied or complex. But at least you're a shark. And eats people. And alligators. And other sharks. And everything at all. So the game does exactly what it says in the description. If that appeals to you, go ahead! Otherwise you can safely ignore the part.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Boyfriend Dungeon offers a fresh take on dating sims but skimps on scope and storytelling.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    It's a great game, but only on consoles. It's a real shame how such a masterpiece gets torn apart because of technical problems and developers taking quality assurance and porting to PC to lightly.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Challenging Soulslite, but the fights are never unfair or completely overwhelming.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Darksiders 3 offers fresh new approaches and fun gameplay, but leaves much to be desired in terms of story, heroine and keyboard controls.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    It's amazing for a project created by three siblings from Spain and one artist. But it's a bit short and the cliffhanger at the end keeps you asking for more.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Very difficult RPG playing in the post-apocalyptic Soviet Union, which is strongly based on Fallout, but never reaches it qualitatively.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 relies on established features. Ultimately, the simulation lacks innovations.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Brink has lots of interesting ideas, but most of them are only half-done, like the mix between bot-matches and multiplayer, which is a good idea with a very bad AI. Brink could and should have been better.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Cooperative fun for the whole family with typical Minecraft optics. Gets boring quickly, though.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    One year of game development probably wasn't enough. ProStreet has several weak points regarding technical execution, diversity and game balance. All in all, it's a good, but not great racing game, which doesn't do it's big name credit.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    World War Z is a third-person mix of Left 4 Dead and Killing Floor 2 with the biggest enemy hordes I've ever seen in a game. This is really impressive, but at some point you get fed up with it and what's left is a zombie shooter like many others - mind you not a bad one, but not one that absolutely must be played.

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