GameWatcher's Scores

  • Games
Select another publication »
For 2,107 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 40% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 A Way Out
Lowest review score: 10 Haunted House: Cryptic Graves
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,211 out of 2107
  2. Mixed: 738 out of 2107
  3. Negative: 158 out of 2107
2109 game reviews
view
per page
    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Battleborn
    Battleborn ended up stretching itself too thin by trying to include too many modes.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine
    Blood and Wine is an incredible send-off for an excellent game.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Excubitor
    As a tower defence shooter hybrid, Excubitor has the potential to be an adrenaline-charged, strategic masterpiece. However, a number of aspects have let the game down and this left me feeling disappointed.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
    While Sengoku Jidai’s historical accuracy and tactical focus made a strong first impression, I found that the more I played and understood its mechanics, the less I enjoyed it.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    DOOM
    Doom is tightly and elegantly designed, with fantastic enemies, compelling gameplay, a wealth of things to discover, surprisingly subtle storytelling, and an emphasis on fun.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Total War: WARHAMMER
    Despite performance quibbles and a repetitive endgame for the campaign, Total War: Warhammer is an exciting strategy game that stands on its own. The four factions offer unique playstyles with compelling strategic options, and the hero units, fantastic creatures, and monstrous enemies make for spectacular battles that are almost as much fun to watch as they are to command.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Homefront: The Revolution
    Despite the shoddy graphics and performance, and a story that could use polish in its execution, Homefront: The Revolution has a solid foundation. It’s challenging and the mission variety in a pseudo open-world game is the best I’ve played in a while. It kept me engaged for its 22 hours. At the end, I felt satisfied. I hope to see another one with a bigger budget behind it.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Stellaris
    Stellaris is simply wonderful. If you enjoy grand strategy games then you’ll love this. If you don’t then this could be the one to change your mind. If you’ve been too intimidated to try the genre before now, then here’s your ideal starting point.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kathy Rain
    Kathy Rain is a delightful little adventure game to add to the massive pile of fun adventure games released in the last couple of months.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Trackmania Turbo
    Nadeo have succeeded in turning people who normally wouldn’t care about breaking records on a track into drivers that do.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure
    N.E.R.O. has the potential to be very deep if you can connect with it and fully understand it.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
    With a multiplayer that has as much nuance and depth as each ship you can manage, Armada is well worth your time if you’re a fan of the 40K universe.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hitman - Episode 2: Sapienza
    Episode Two is better than the first, both because its featured level is a more varied, interesting location, and because it eases the uncertainty of the episodic release and sets a precedent for excellence going forward.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Special Tactics
    A top-down, turn-based tactical battler with a solid core and not much content to go around it, Special Tactics has the beginnings of something great that it can’t quite parlay into excellence.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Walking Dead: Michonne - Episode 3: What We Deserve
    While the idea of a Telltale miniseries is a welcome and novel one The Walking Dead: Michonne suffers because there’s already too much Walking Dead in the world, and also the invulnerability of Michonne means you never worry about her the same way you did Lee or Clementine.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    8-Bit Armies
    We can’t remember the last time a game disappointed us so much. Petroglyph are a gifted RTS developer filled with industry veterans, and their last title Grey Goo was superb. 8-Bit Armies though is not.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Battlezone 98 Redux
    Battlezone 98 was a classic and Redux is a pretty good offering to old fans and new players alike.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Banner Saga 2
    Banner Saga 2 may be just the next part of Stoic’s ongoing tale but basically everything has been improved.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Villagers
    Villagers is a promising game that doesn’t deliver on any of its potential. Its mechanics don’t provide much strategic depth and its lack of content means that there’s no reason to come back. I can say, in some faint praise, that it’s not broken, but it’s so completely dull and unremarkable that I can’t think of any reason to recommend it.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Dark Souls III
    If you’re a Souls fan, you should play this game, and if you haven’t yet dug into this nightmarish world, Dark Souls III is an excellent place to start.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fallout 4: Automatron
    Save your money for Far Harbor.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Way of the Samurai 3
    Like Way of the Samurai 4 before it, Way of the Samurai 3 isn’t much of a looker and arguably feels a touch dated when it comes to certain elements of its interface.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
    In a month full of high-quality adventure games from some of the most respected names in the genre, relatively unknown newcomer Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet could be my favourite of the lot. It’s incredibly funny and charming, with a lovely kid’s cartoon feel to it.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Deponia Doomsday
    I can’t give Deponia Doomsday an unequivocal recommendation. Its protagonist is a major drag and a lot of its humor is straight-up lame. But by the same token, I can’t deny that it drew me in and made me care by the end. It’s a totally solid adventure game, and if you prefer a little extra bite in your old-school adventures, then it will be right up your alley.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Sheltered
    Sheltered is unquestionably inspired by Fallout Shelter but it’s much more challenging and complex. It’s too complex for its own good and a lot is left to chance. It could also use more action.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Hitman - Intro Pack
    If the prospect of slowly picking apart the mechanics of giant stealth sandboxes is exciting for you, then Hitman should provide a wonderful experience. But if you’re a one-and-done type of player, then you should look elsewhere.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Ares Omega
    What should have been a glorious marriage of Binary Domain and Smash TV in Ares Omega ends up as something far lesser on account of its many flaws. While a serviceable roguelike shooter ticks away at its heart, there simply isn’t enough here to recommend Ares Omega to anybody with a hankering for a well-crafted, progression focused blaster.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Shardlight
    In many ways Shardlight is a typical WadjetEye adventure game - low-res graphics, common sense puzzle solutions, wildly imaginative, well written and hugely entertaining.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    SUPERHOT
    I’m confident in saying that Superhot is absolutely worth spending two hours on and, in fact, is among the best two hours any game can provide right now. Whether or not it’s worth $25 is a matter of how you value your time versus your money.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Far Cry Primal
    Combat is simple but fun, and once the game brings a tameable animal companion in then Primal becomes entertaining enough to last you many hours. Unfortunately stealth gameplay is more problematic as enemies blend into the environment and Hunter Vision is useless, but worse is that the constant need to hunt and gather resources takes up the majority of Primal’s play-time and isn’t fun at all.
Page:

Top Trailers

See all »
See all trailers »