Gaming Age's Scores

  • Games
For 7,151 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 Devil May Cry 4
Lowest review score: 0 NBA Unrivaled
Score distribution:
7164 game reviews
    • 48 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    As a movie game goes, it could have been pretty decent if there was a larger variety of enemies and of course the game was about 4 times the length. As is, we have another movie licensed game that fails to deliver the goods.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    Ford Street Racing looks like a AAA game, has the features of a AAA game, but plays like a budget title that doesn't know its audience. With a little more time put into AI and physics, Ford Street Racing could easily be a game worth $30-$40.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Choro Q stutters at the starting grid with its most obvious flaw, the game play just is not riveting. As mentioned before it is the sense of speed that kills the game.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    If you're really, truly desperate for a decent-sized Vita JRPG, it might help you pass the time until something better comes along (otherwise known as that glorious day when the new Ys game finally arrives), but otherwise, you'll want to steer clear.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Sure, it's not the best or most original thing, but Winback 2 offers solid shooting action in spades, with some really interesting ideas of how to handle the already crowded third person shooting genre.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    I would definitely suggest avoiding Aliens: Colonial Marines entirely or at least just rent it if you feel like you need to experience it yourself. Certainly don’t buy it.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    I definitely suggest avoiding this game at all cost. Even for the little ones out there, parents, don’t torture the tikes with this uninspired, bland, and incredibly boring title.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    So let's be real: if you want a bowling game, Crazy Strike Bowling EX is one. If you've been desperate for an excuse to bust out those Move controllers, Crazy Strike Bowling EX gives you that. If you don't fit into either of those two categories, there's literally no reason whatsoever why you should be interested in this game.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The execution is as boring as everything else Pine has to offer. It’s a shame that the finished (or, given the technical issues, maybe that should read “mostly finished”) product doesn’t come anywhere close to living up to the incredible potential displayed by the trailer, because that game could have been great. This game, however, is in dire need of improvements, and until it gets those you can skip it pretty safely.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    There's something intrinsically tiring about having to help SpongeBob set his alarm and turn in his homework, and the platforming and puzzle solving required to fulfill these objectives isn't that noteworthy or exciting itself. With both tedious missions and tedious gameplay, it's a rather boring game.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    There is a group of people out there who I am sure will love this game and its punishingly broken mechanics and difficulty, I simply am not one of them.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Even though it may require some time and effort, The Fight: Lights Out is definitely worth a look... I think it earned a bit of respect.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    The game plays well, but really hurts in presentation, graphics and sound.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The story lacks depth, the same way the cartoon did, and when you have such a run-of-the-mill platform game you really need an engaging story.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    In short, I would not recommend Sonic Adventure to any of my friends, acquaintances, co-workers, enemies or anyone else.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    What an absolute disaster. These games are classics, and the only folks old enough to remember these will be put off by the sub-standard conversion done here. These games deserver better treatment. It could have been so much better.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    So I say to Sega, "Take me out of the ball game, forget the peanuts and Cracker Jacks, this boy's American pastime has been botched by Sega of America. Let freedom ring."
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Building up a powerful gang from nothing under the watchful eye of the man sounds like fun, but the process in Beat Down is shallow and tiresome.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    While it fits the sport very well, this is one sport meant for playing in the sun and not on a console.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Game play, while trying to recapture the essence of the old school arcade game, is excruciating, dull, and repetitive.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Lastly, with 30 levels, you would think that there would be plenty to do in Frogger. Unfortunately, the levels are simple and short, so the length of the story mode won't last more than an afternoon.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom is a boring, and uninspired take on classic Mahjong Solitaire, and it's definitely not something I suggest to people looking for something on the PSN.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The title’s sub-par graphics and limited options don’t make it a must-have, but the mindless action is fun for short periods of time.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Sonic The Fighters may be simple and easy to play, but it's too obscure to ignore. The cheap price and overall strangeness of the title is good enough to warrant a purchase.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    All together, Legendary had a decent idea behind it that's been marred by some poor design decisions. Shooting and controls feel ok, but everything you shoot at, interact with, or run through is lackluster, broken, or just plain boring.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The end result is not only a slap in the face to the Saw faithful, but to dangle it at a full price tag is the "Saw that broke the camel's back."
    • 47 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    Party game gone to hell thanks to its poor execution.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    If you're looking for a simple mindless platformer, you can honestly do better than Globs of Doom.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    The game, while pretty to the eye, is flawed in execution in most every way, shape, and form. The story is bland, the game is short, the controls are iffy, and the camera is laughably bad.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Overall, the PlayStation Move controls and abundant features of Brunswick Pro Bowling make it good enough to consider, it just lacks polish compared to the competition.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    One of the bigger pieces of gaming junk that's come down the line in recent years.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The game is downright ugly. The framerate comes and goes, but the biggest offenders are the generally awful and low key environment textures, the way to similar to every other building design of Venice, and awful collision issues that the character models have. Scarlett will often clip through anything she has to interact with, which becomes even more noticeable in every cutscene that she has to hug her deceased love one in.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    SK’s controls are quite a bit choppy and jumpy; the game is so far from responsive it should be a crime.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Decay of Logos is a bad, broken game, and no amount of patches is going to fix it any time soon. You’re much better off spending your time and money someplace else — like, say, setting your cash on fire, and then staring at a wall. That would certainly be more fun than what’s in store for you here.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Extinction Day isn’t worth celebrating, while the game attempts to be ambitious, fails to deliver for Iron Galaxy. It’s just a little too repetitive to hold one’s attention. The 60 dollar price point is extremely hard to swallow given it is a new unproven IP, although I’m not even sure if a lower price point would make the game a more attractive offering.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    So yeah, Risen 2 is a pretty flawed experience, and again isn't going to be for everyone.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    It is such a shame that the gameplay mechanics once again fail Naughty Bear, as there will not many fans willing to give this second hand bear another chance after this.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    If you enjoy the simple things in life, Wing Island just may be your perfect getaway. The controls are tight and simple, the level design isn’t complex, and the premise is a simple “get from point A to B” in as little time as possible. The game isn’t terribly long either; so don’t expect this visit to Wing Island to be an extended one.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Fire Warrior also breaks the cardinal rule of licensed games: There's hardly any feel for Warhammer. The personality of the universe doesn’t make its way into the game very often.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    To say the least, I’m a bit upset as I was foreseeing larger things for this franchise.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    In 1983 it was revolutionary, in 2010/2011 it is old hat.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    On some level, I guess, I could see Monster Jam Steel Titans being kind of fun. After all, who doesn’t love wonky physics? At the very least, it makes for the kind of game that’d probably be fun to watch on YouTube or Twitch. But if you’re the one paying out money and playing it yourself then don’t bother, because then all those monster trucks being flipped over a million times by stiff breezes and wayward pebbles suddenly become less silly and charming, and more frustratingly bad.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Too bad, then, that the only thing young gamers — or anyone else, for that matter — is likely to take away from Bee Simulator is how utterly wretched its controls are. No matter how noble its goals are, they can’t overcome the fact that the most important facet of the game is absolutely terrible, and for that reason, Bee Simulator is best avoided.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Game play, while trying to recapture the essence of the old school arcade game, is excruciating, dull, and repetitive.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    It's a pretty standard, somewhat shallow multiplayer FPS, and in a time when you can hop onto games like QuakeLive - FOR FREE - it's hard to get enthusiastic about a game that doesn't really differentiate.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    But all of the good in the world is a moot point if your game doesn't actually seem to work correctly, and that's definitely the case that I ran into here.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    Spectral Souls had an awesome idea to allow the player to directly control the outcome of the game. Unfortunately, the execution of this title is done so poorly, it takes literally all of the fun out of the game.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    While Crime Boss: Rockay City isn’t particularly fun, as I said up top, I’ve also played far, far worse games. For all its faults (and it certainly has many), nothing here is egregiously terrible – which means, ultimately, that Crime Boss’ biggest sin isn’t that it’s a bad game, but rather a very boring one.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    It's about as bland as a game can get.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    In an effort to reach a broad audience My Street, judging by the online traffic, has failed to reach anyone.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Much like the real thing, the best thing about soccer video games is seeing the beautiful game in full flight. Ganbare! Super Strikers has a lot of the same elements of soccer (and some enhanced moves that, in the right circumstances, could have been kind of neat) but as a package, it gets bogged down in its twist. Turn-based battles aren’t inherently incompatible with soccer, but the two certainly don’t mesh well here.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    One of the bigger pieces of gaming junk that's come down the line in recent years.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    In a nutshell, it will do everything that a person without a clue needs for it to be entertaining, and will disappoint most anyone else.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    It's not just annoying, it makes for a terrible game. As I said up top, none of Exile's End's issues are fatal by themselves, but take them together and you have a picture of a game in which the wrong design choices were made every step of the way.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Overall, Carrier Command: Gaea Mission manages to get the concept part of the original 1988 release right, but everything else about the game manages to feel horribly wrong. Gaea Missions poor controls, awful path finding, and ridiculous A.I. keeps this from being any sort of enjoyable experience. I would unfortunately suggest that you avoid this particular title at all costs, as I find little redeemable about the entire experience.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    If MLB Advanced Media are serious about keeping baseball alive on non-Sony consoles, they'd better be looking at that game and taking notes (or, failing that, at The Show itself), because as it stands, their efforts just aren't cutting it.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    A pretty bland attempt at not only a drift racer, but also a racer in general.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    I’m sure that with plenty of patches, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition could reach a point where it becomes worth revisiting these games, but at this point in time, that seems a long, long way off.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    What was once a somewhat promising game, has easily become one of the worst of the year...Right up there with "Rise of the Robots" and "Shaq Fu." Stay away.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Raystorm was a fantastic game on the Playstation, and still one of my favorite shooters on the system, however, Taito really needed to update the game to make it worth the $15 and because of the higher cost and better shooters out there, ahem.... Ikaruga.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Alien Rage has a lot going against it, but it’s not a completely horrible experience. Its generic story, visuals and gameplay, combined with the lack of any multiplayer are all low points, but some players may still have some fun with it.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    It’s a huge misfire from a developer that, at the very least, tends to be pretty competent, and it means you shouldn’t feel any hesitation about skipping this one and going back and playing one of Compile Hearts many better RPGs.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    The story is bland, the game is short, the controls are iffy, and the camera is laughably bad.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    It's a very disappointing game in nearly every aspect.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    The whole point of it is to titillate guys who, presumably, haven’t found a way around the filters their parents and/or the state put on their internet use. Expecting decent gameplay or characters is to miss the point entirely. But I also know that plenty of games have worked within those confines and still not sucked. Even by those standards, Gun Gun Pixies fails pretty miserably.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    SEGA's decision to rush one of its most beloved franchises to the next-gen market has ended in a broken product that does not even deserve a rental.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    There's a nice, big wave to surf on, but the clunky mechanics and boring objectives in the game make it a complete wipe out.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    It's digital board gaming at its most basic, with a surprisingly sincere effort from a developer that seems burnt out on the genre.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    There’s a massive gulf between “momentarily fun free mobile game” and “Switch game that costs $35,” and you can be certain that Into the Dead 2 doesn’t come anywhere near crossing the yawning chasm. I hate to reduce the game’s worth to how much it costs, but when the game gives you so little for such a high price (relative to free), it’s impossible to see anything other than the downsides.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The end result is not only a slap in the face to the Saw faithful, but to dangle it at a full price tag is the "Saw that broke the camel's back."
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Some pretty broken gameplay and annoying technical issues create a fairly lackluster gaming experience.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    If you're not looking for a game that shows off the Wii U's unique properties (other than the off-screen play for multiplayer) and just want a time killer with some decently fun on-couch multiplayer, then run out and buy this game. For the rest of you, I recommend waiting for a price drop or a weekend rental.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    A simple, one dimensional story, horrible voice acting and frustratingly boring and inconsistent gameplay make Without Warning an easy game to skip this holiday. Fair graphics keep it from being a complete waste of time.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Just based on the amount of character customization, Unlimited Saga has so many good ideas that were ruined by poor interface, poor presentation, a below average story, and truly horrendous voice-acting.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    A simple, one dimensional story, horrible voice acting and frustratingly boring and inconsistent gameplay make Without Warning an easy game to skip this holiday. Fair graphics keep it from being a complete waste of time.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    From the opening tip, literally, Final Four looks like a second-rate basketball game. No matter where you play, whether it's Comcast Center (home of the Terps) or the Carrier Dome (Syracuse), the opening intro looks like it's staged in a high school gymnasium.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Overall War World is a reasonably fun, good looking XBLA title. The biggest problem is mech balance, which hopefully can be fixed in a later patch.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    You'll find Ghostbusters: SoS to be more of a matter of endurance than enjoyment, even if you and the three biggest fans of Ghostbusters sat down to play while drunk. It's a huge fumble and an exercise in lazy game development in almost every facet of the game, with heavy repetition, very little content, and a not anything else to do after you've played through it once...Listen to the advertising: Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime sucks.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    NFL Tour does play an exciting and fun game of arcade football, but in the end it feels as if it was meant for a stand up arcade machine rather than in the home.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    I actually enjoyed playing Interpol while it lasted, but I honestly can't fathom spending $10 on it, especially when you compare that value to other things available on XBLA.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    There really isn’t much to say about this new Bubsy that can persuade the haters out there. It’s a simple, underwhelming platformer with a goofy plot and mediocre challenge. Many of the problems that plagued the past Bubsy games have been fixed or completely removed, at least making this new game playable, but that’s the only new thing really presented here. It’s fun in small doses, but gets boring with longer play sessions. I’m still puzzled as to why anyone thought Bubsy needed to make a comeback as no one really missed him. It’s not as bad as I originally thought it would be, but it’s nothing new at the same time. Give it a try if your curious, you might like it. Just be thankful they didn’t try to remake Bubsy 3D.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    As a complete video game entertainment package, it's rather mediocre. It's a niche aspect of racing, and the whole game revolves around controlling and uncontrollable car.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Jumping puzzles come up a bit lame as well. The most dangerous looking sections are easily skipped via the Spirit of Air’s short flight time, which is a fairly gross oversight.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Funny games are, of course, one of the hardest things for a developer to pull off. Humour is almost entirely subjective, and what one person finds hilarious, another just won’t. As such, I recognize that someone, somewhere, might find Maize to be the funniest thing ever. I, however, did not, which means I can’t wait to be done this review so I never have to think about it again.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    Overall, this is a really pathetic follow up for to what I considered one of the better hack and slash games in the genre.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    It's certainly not the experience that someone would buy a PlayStation Move for.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    To make matters worse, the visuals are a horrible, pixilated mess. In all honesty, they remind me a bit of Pit Fighter, for those of you that played it on the Genesis or SNES. The sound doesn't fare much better, and you'll be turning the sound off (if not the game) in a matter of minutes.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Avoid Splat Renegade Paintball, and live a much happier and fulfilling life. Trust me.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The visuals are pretty lackluster for a 360 title, and while the characters themselves look nice, the environments are pretty bland and uninspired, much like the level design.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    The single best feature in Call of Juarez: The Cartel is the ability to play through the entire game in co-op.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    If you’re the sort of person who enjoys aimless wandering but doesn’t like the idea of getting up off the couch and actually doing it, then you might be in luck here. Otherwise, don’t bother, because it’s absolutely not worth it.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    The game, while pretty to the eye, is flawed in execution in most every way, shape, and form. The story is bland, the game is short, the controls are iffy, and the camera is laughably bad.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Combine the relatively poor visuals with monotonous level designs, and you'll find yourself in the middle of a level with no real visual cues of where you are within the level.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    I was really excited to play Rodea: The Sky Soldier because I feel like there aren’t enough new IPs coming out and publishers are going to the well too often on sequels and reboots. So I'm extremely disappointed that I could barely find anything redeeming in my experience.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    Ford Street Racing looks like a AAA game, has the features of a AAA game, but plays like a budget title that doesn't know its audience. With a little more time put into AI and physics, Ford Street Racing could easily be a game worth $30-$40.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 16 Critic Score
    I'm so bored, I started watching people on the security cameras...and this happened today.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    I unfortunately can’t really suggest anyone should pick up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan. As a pretty big fan of the franchise, and the old arcade hits, this game does little to capture the sense of fun in any way that actually matters. Instead you are left with a 3 hour game that feels longer for all the wrong reasons.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    What gets under your skin is that most of the combos are unblockable, and once you are caught in string of moves, you must wait until the move set is over before you can block or counter attack. This can be frustrating on both A.I. and human battles.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    There’s a gulf between competent and enjoyable, and Jumanji: The Curse Returns comes nowhere close to crossing it. It may work, but before you’ve finished your first time playing it, you’ll be wishing there was something more than that to it.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Avoid Splat Renegade Paintball, and live a much happier and fulfilling life. Trust me.

Top Trailers