GameStar's Scores

  • Games
For 2,397 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:
2449 game reviews
    • 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.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    A classic adventure game masterpiece with great puzzles that never leaves the player alone or clueless what to do next. If you like the classic adventure games, go and buy it.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    This is Harry Potter and the Deadly Shallows. It's only six hours long, but just as boring and confusing as the book and just as bad as the console versions.
    • 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.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    It's so fast and crazy, every fan of action racing games will love it. At least for a few hours, because then you've done everything and there's nothing left to motivate the player. Still great for a little fun in between.
    • 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.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    It's longer, funnier and more diverse than the first game, so it's simply better. But we really want to see a better character system – or more of that kind of humor in Diablo 3.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    This is the best WoW so far and that's true in every aspect of the game. It's a bit too easy, but it has the most original quests of every other MMORPG.
    • 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.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    This is not only a Need for Speed how it should be, it's also a nod to the best part of the series. What a car park! Those car chases! And the rush of speed. And online it's even better.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    A lot of the usual equipment is missing, which doesn't matter too much because of the great atmosphere. But in the long run after getting all the gold medals, we'll go back to the main game.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Four Spider-Men in four parallel worlds is no guarantee for four times the fun. If the game was comic, we would skip ahead to the cool bits.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Firing missiles from a large distance you'll only see yellow squares and triangles disappear. But close up you'll experience dog fights, explosions and the speed rush of low level flight.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A step in the right direction: more realism and challange. The missing official licenses and wrong squads and the sometimes buggy AI are the only downsides.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    The developers must have noticed that the controls hinder game play and that the pathfinding doesn't work at all. The editor is missing, too. What a waste of potential.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The least interesting add-on for The Sims 3. There's a good amount of new accessories, but hardly any new rules or challenges. It's like EA saying here are some new toys, go and play."
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It's a typical FIFA Manager with it's great atmosphere, some bugs and with handful of small, but great improvements.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    This adventure tells a fantastic story with exceptional characters, lots of humor and allusions to well-known fantasy stereotypes and logical puzzles. The 3D landscapes are beautiful and the world made us feel right at home. We had to smile at little details very often and when we finished the game after 20 hours it was actually was a melancholy moment - the hallmark of an excellent adventure.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Another adventure from Germany with a fascinating story and great atmosphere, both off the beaten track of the usual fantasy and historical backgrounds. It may even be the best modern crime and horror adventure, but why did the developers feel the need for lame mini-puzzles and an open end?
    • 61 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    It's fun from the first moment on. Venetica offers a great introduction, a fascinating story, great quests and a very charming heroine. If you don't have the time for complex role playing games, but want something more than just an adventure game, then Venetica is for you.
    • 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.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A fresh and funny indie game. A real little gem, though not without flaws, but with lots of virtues missing from most blockbuster titles: charm, comedy and imagination- for a low price.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Alter Ego offers a thrilling story combined with simple puzzles. If you are willing to accept a lot of walking around and old-fashioned graphics you'll be rewarded with an entertaining game.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty is as good as expected, but you'll need to be patient with it. The game takes some time to get going and behind all the upgraded technologies it's still the same StarCraft we've been knowing for 12 years. It's the best real-time strategy game of the last years and while not perfect, StarCraft 2 is a real masterpiece of PC gaming and even better as a multi-player game.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    This new installment adds a few new and fresh ideas as well as some annoyances, but for all of it little quirks, Disciples 3 is still a great game for fans of turn-based fantasy strategy games.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    If you haven't played this game when it first came out a long time ago , you should go and buy it right now. And if you have, you should go and buy it right now. It's the best adventure game of all time, period.

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