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
    • 58 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Usually adventure games don't need great graphics, but here the visuals are so weak, they rob the game of its atmosphere.
    • 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.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Worth a look for nostalgics. But even connoisseurs of the original will quickly lose the desire to play due to the dusty game mechanics.
    • 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.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Spore is a simple game and the add-on doesn't change that. It can only offer simple adventures and there's not much use for thousands of them if ten are enough already. Instead of improving Spore, Galactic Adventures promotes the weaknesses of the game.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Toy Story 3 is obviously targeted at a younger audience or casual players and will keep fans of Pixar busy for some time. It's not a bad game at all, but older gamers may just be, well, too old to really enjoy it.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    A good port that can't deny its F2P heritage. Fine for beginners, but for advanced users of the genre there are better games.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    If you like to try out different things and new concepts, it's more than worth a look. The co-op play, the battles and experiments with new spells are fun, but there are many balance problems and bugs the developers need to fix.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Somewhat negligent VR implementation of the series with so much untapped potential.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    A groundbreaking third-person shooter is becoming available on new platforms, everything else remains unchanged compared to a decade ago.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Why use stealth if brute force works just as well? Good ideas, bad implementation and lots of wasted potential.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    It's a nice little and funny game for fans of Sam & Max, Team Fortress, Penny Arcade or Home Star Runner, but it's a bad poker game. Medium difficulty is too easy and in hard mode the game seems to cheat.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    It's quite short. The credits were rolling after less than seven hours. The weak presentation is just as annoying as the question why the game deprives the player of lots of exciting situations. There are better games of the genre like Rainbow Six: Vegas.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Here and there it's possible to see that the developers really tried to deliver a decent game, but for some reason they couldn't. A sword fighting game that doesn't include good fighting animations is just as pointless as a racing game without physics or damage.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    A thrilling mystery story wasted. A shallow action adventure with sloppy programming.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Although Killing Floor 3 is a well staged co-op shooter, it still lacks variety and a lot of polish before its release.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    A rather charming life and business simulation game is spoiled by too many tedious tasks. Technically underwhelming as well.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Solid oldschool turn based tactics game, based on the Netflix series. Lacks any highlights, both gameplay- or storywise.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    It's still fun as long as you don't care about a single player campaign and up to date visuals.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Technically outdated turn-based tactics with tedious gameplay. Only the multiplayer is worthwhile for fans.
    • 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.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Yes, just like in 2001 this game can be fun and will be remembered for consequently reducing the game until there’s nothing left but shooting things. In a way, that’s simple and honest and worth playing – once. This is a modern version, but graphically not up to date.
    • 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.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Desktopia is neither a pure building sim nor an actual idle game, and it falls short somewhere in between.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The DLC has an intriguing concept that can never fully unfold and, to make matters worse, it is also very brief.
    • 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.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Kyn
    The idea behind Kyn is great, but it suffers from a lot of bugs, problems and half-baked game mechanics.

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