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For 2,108 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 2108
  2. Mixed: 739 out of 2108
  3. Negative: 158 out of 2108
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A Hat in Time
    Playing through A Hat in Time was an experience that made me question the idea of a specific term - Inspired. It’s clearly built as a homage to titles like Super Mario and Luigi’s Mansion yet struggles to stand out on its own because of it. It certainly made me smile from time to time, but most of that time was also spent thinking how a finer experience could be achieved by simply playing the games that inspired it. An issue presented by a certain other homage earlier this year.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Isonzo
    Blackmill Games’ dedication to history and realism is certainly commendable, but the result is a game that will only appeal to a very select audience. That said, Isonzo is capable of producing some incredibly tense and atmospheric gameplay.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Disciples III: Renaissance
    For all its faults though, Disciples is certainly something unique, and the quality of the overworld sections and general strategising may well be enough for a crowd that will inevitably seek it out anyway.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wings! Remastered Edition
    It’s clear enough isn’t it, if you remember this Amiga classic and you’re well up for round two then maybe it’s worth picking up. It’s not a full priced release anyway and it seems that they’ve done a pretty good job of capturing the essence of the original but with a new lick of paint.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Defenders of Ardania
    Defenders of Ardania is competently made but doesn't really excel in any particular area.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness
    If you already own the Season Pass for Far Cry 5 give it a go, but we doubt you’d want to buy Hours of Darkness separately. Save your money for the far more fun sounding zombie and alien expansions.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny
    Even with those negative points and the fact that it doesn't add much to the series I still like Faith in Destiny. Despite showing its age at times the core game play is still entertaining and somewhat addictive.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    PlayStation Move Heroes
    PlayStation Move Heroes isn't awful, but it's a shame these grand old licences have been used for something not so grand.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tryst
    It's interesting, baffling and - at times - bizarre whilst it lasts, and if the community ultimately flocks around it during the coming weeks, you'll likely have a few hours' fun delving into multiplayer matches and figuring out your best build queues before moving on.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Eschalon: Book III
    Eschalon: Book 3 is an RPG that defeated me entirely.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Naughty Bear
    Had the core gameplay been better polished then Naughty Bear would have been able to get away with having only a few solitary environments to explore, but as it stands it's a hell of a lot of fun for a couple of hours, but that's your lot.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Just Dance 3
    Although it doesn't push any boundaries, Just Dance 3 is a decent addition to the much-loved series.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Terminator: Resistance - Annihilation Line
    Terminator: Resistance Annihilation Line is a worthy addition to the base game if you enjoyed your time there but it doesn’t do enough to fix its many flaws. While the story is rewarding and atmosphere creepy, there’s something just a little cynical about the whole thing.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Phantom Doctrine
    There’s a lot of great game here, with some fantastic ideas, but a lot of major problems are stifling the fun. If those issues are fixed, then Phantom Doctrine might be worthwhile. If you see a patch with the note “combat isn’t broken anymore”, then you may pick it up. Until then, hold off.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The First Templar
    The whole affair just suffers from a lack of polish all round.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cities XL 2012
    If you've never played either of the two previous Cities XL titles this is a much better value proposition and more worth your time – as long as you understand this is a solid – but flawed – title.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Crysis 3
    Crytek seem to have this innate ability to forget what made their previous games liked and fail to address any complaints – so with Crysis 3 we once again see poor checkpointing, an abundance of non-human encounters, not so fun shooting, linear enclosed areas, and forgetting about human enemies altogether after the halfway point. Their best looking game yet, but also their weakest.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The First Templar
    The whole affair just suffers from a lack of polish all round.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Zeit Squared
    But a jam-packed experience underpinned by flawed game play is still a flawed package.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The War of the Worlds
    I want to recommend War of the Worlds to everyone, I want to slap a high score on it and call it a classic, but I can't because it made me too damn angry. When it works it's a wonderful and challenging experience, hence the still reasonable score, but it too often doesn't.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    FIVE: Guardians of David
    FIVE, at its core, is a competent action RPG with fun abilities and some original ideas. But with achingly slow opening hours, limited character progression, loads of meaningless loot, and an utter lack of difficulty, its appeal is limited.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Symmetry (2018)
    SYMMETRY takes masterful atmosphere aided by great art and sound, and plugs it all into overly simple yet unfairly difficult gameplay strung around a story that starts in an interesting manner but goes nowhere meaningful. There is a whole lot of potential on display here that gets left out in the cold.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Vikings: Wolves of Midgard
    Vikings: Wolves of Midgard just doesn’t do enough to stand out from games such as Diablo 3 or Path of Exile. While the core of the game is relatively solid and the amount of polish is nice. The game still falls into a classic trap of ARPG’s repetition. The core combat becomes boring very quickly and the level design, progression and enemy AI, flat out doesn’t do enough to keep the combat engaging. Narratively, Ragnarok should be a great story, full of action, drama and betrayal. In its implementation in Vikings however, the game somehow manages to take a story about Giants, mythical creatures, Gods and the world ending and makes the entire thing an apathetic experience. At the end of the day, Vikings is good, it’s just not that good.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Kinect Star Wars
    The problem with Kinect Star Wars is down to the use of the Kinect Sensor itself – while the package is a well constructed and well thought out one, it's all too often that the sensor misreads something and it becomes frustrating.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon
    For a full-price game, though, Wahammer 40K: Armageddon feels lacklustre and slightly cheap, more of a re-skin of Panzer Corps than its own beast, and lacking the sense of grandeur that the setting requires. There’s a great turn-based 40K out there somewhere, but this isn’t it.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Blackguards
    If you’re looking for an interactive board game with role-playing elements, a ton of stats and moderately interesting writing you could do a lot worse than Blackguards.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Amazing Deeds of Captain Wilkins
    Episode 3 is just more Wolfenstein - which isn’t a bad thing since the game’s great, but none of it is new or original. No new enemies, no new level design, no exciting setpieces, and no real reason to buy it. The story’s neat and it was undeniably fun all the way through, but if you haven’t yet bought The Deeds of Captain Wilkins you can leave this particular book of The Freedom Chronicles on the shelf - you’ve already read it.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    West of Dead
    A run-of-the-mill procedural twin-stick roguelike that has a unique aesthetic and premise, but little else. Without more content, more variety, and more exciting unlockables, West of Dead is dead in the water. Or will remain in gaming purgatory. Either way, I have very little faith in West of Dead’s future.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Bleach: Soul Resurreccion
    It's just a little too shallow for comfort.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Evil Genius 2: World Domination
    The truth is Evil Genius 2 succeeds in expanding on almost every feature of the original, but it somehow manages to not fix a single one of its main problems. The original game also suffered from an intense lack of player control and management tools back in 2004, and Rebellion somehow missed all of that when designing its sequel. As fitting and poetic it is for evil to defeat itself through incompetence, it makes for truly terrible gameplay when a player fails at a game because he is not given the tools to succeed when the game misbehaves. It ruins what is otherwise a great and very well produced title, and the hurdles are too big to ignore -- Rebellion managed to make the concept of launching international schemes to rule the world a boring endeavour.
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