Gaming Age's Scores

  • Games
For 7,152 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 Super Mario Maker
Lowest review score: 0 CART Fury Championship Racing
Score distribution:
7165 game reviews
    • 74 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Without either online play or game sharing, Power Stone Collection has trouble living up to its roots or potential.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    I wouldn’t say I ever actively disliked any moment of my brief time with the game. The camera was occasionally annoying, but it never got too much in the way. There were a couple of jumps that were hard to judge based on the shifting perspective, but they were never impossible. Etherborn offers a pleasantly unmemorable hour or so, and if you don’t mind a game that’ll be out of your memory shortly after you’ve finished it, you could do a lot worse than experience it’s Escher-inspired trippiness.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    In terms of sheer pace, NFL 2k2 and Madden are truly apples and oranges when it comes to game speed. I frankly feel that NFL 2k2 plays too fast.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    World Driver’s faults can be easily overlooked. Midway and Boss have managed to offer up a simulator that sits just this side of “arcade style” and actually do it right. Anyone with a little patience will get good at this game fairly quickly and find that it’s quite hard to put down. World Driver’s definitely a keeper.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    "Dark Reign 2" might fail to stand tall with titles like "Ground Control," "Homeworld," and "Starcraft."
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Overall Darkside Chronicles is pretty fun, and while not without its own set of flaws, it's clearly the part of this collection that's going to be worth checking out. Unless you're some type of Resident Evil die-hard though, I'd urge you to avoid Umbrella Chronicles, as I find it to be a pretty weak entry that does little more than retell you the plot highlights from a few of the previous Resident Evil titles, and certainly feels less polished when stacked up against Darkside Chronicles. And at $15, Darkside Chronicles is easily worth the asking price, and makes for a pretty fun experience.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    It was the game's storyline and characters that captured me versus the suspense this time around, but that didn't make the game any less enjoyable for me.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    And while polishing the game up a bit more would do little to impact the replay value, it would certainly have provided a more lasting memory than what Papo & Yo currently delivers, which is a shame because otherwise it's a game that is definitely worth experiencing.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    In short, (pun intended) this is the least value for the money, as far as DLC is concerned, that I have seen to date. While it was enjoyable to play, I would be thoroughly upset, to put it mildly, if I paid my own hard earned cash on this.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Like the films lately, the series is getting a bit stale no matter who dons the Bond moniker.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    It is worth your time and money, as it offers gamers an experience never played before, even with the subtle similarities to "GTA". In the end, this is no "GTA," good or bad, this is Scrapland and in a league all by itself.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    At a price tag of $11.99, this isn’t what I’d consider a steal. But if you’re absolutely dying for more Peggle, this will likely keep you satiated for a week or two.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    A challenging change of pace from the usual twin stick shooters that seem to populate the PlayStation Store lately.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    While not everything works as advertised, and much of the experience is drowned in annoying forced story arcs, Kinect Sports Rivals does deliver a fun and challenging experience for everyone.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    In setting out to combine two very different genres, it put itself in a situation where it had to be both a solid pinball game and a decent dungeon crawler. Instead, it’s only so-so at both halves of that equation, which makes it difficult to recommend.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    While the characters gained even more charm and personality, the gameplay has suffered.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    A Night at the Races is worth checking out if you’re after a game that’s unlike anything else out there, but even then, you’ll want to proceed very, very cautiously.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    To be sure, there are worse ways to waste three hours than in the presence of very good voice actors doing their thing over gorgeous visuals. And, like I said, the game always tries to make you feel like you’re in the presence of something great. But the reality is, no matter how much South of the Circle aspires to greatness, with a story like this, it’s never more than merely okay.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    For now, it's probably a pass for all but the most devoted players, but if you like sports sims, it's something you'll want to keep an eye on.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Football Game is clearly trying to tell a story that’s simple, straightforward, and super-creepy. But instead of coming away from it feeling vaguely uneasy, you’ll just be wondering what actually happened underneath all that very literal darkness.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The stuttering on the field obscures what can be a very fun, tense and rewarding game of baseball.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    It's hard to fault a game for being mediocre, but Ever Oasis never reaches the potential for ideas it brings to the table. If you're looking for a game that doesn't ask much of you, then Ever Oasis might be just the right speed. I ended up playing it to wind down in the evenings because the gameplay became so routine. Otherwise, you may end up getting impatient and moving on to something else in no time quick.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The game’s presentation is very 5 years ago complete with cheesy CGI footage of newscasts and over acting characters that take this serious in tone style of game, to the brink of a comedy.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    A bit of affection for the characters certainly helps, and being at least a little entertained by the idea of robots turning into cars is almost a requirement. It's too bad the option isn't there to go online and duke it out with other players and their Minibot-enhanced Autobots or Decepticons.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The Forest Quartet clearly has its heart in the right place, and any game that gets people thinking about overcoming their own demons is a good thing. But as a game, there’s just nothing interesting here.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    A surprisingly challenging shooter, but not necessarily the best looking one out there. My only real gameplay issue with the game is that it's almost too slow and easy at first, and the plodding pace that the auto scrolling levels go by can start to bore a player before you get to the harder stuff in the mid-game section.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    There are shortcomings, yes, and it's by no means perfect, but as far as online-only games go (which is what I'm considering this to be), it's got some new tricks up its sleeve.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    It is funny, but the fact that it is so big makes large portions of the game seem like a boring chore.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The incredibly dull combat is enough to make The Smurfs 2: The Prisoner of the Green Stone a clear step down from Mission Vileaf. You could do a lot worse, for sure, but its predecessor shows you can definitely do better, too.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    But if you have yet to experience Dead Rising 3, then this might be worth a look. But if you value performance over everything else, you’d do well to play the waiting game and see what fixes, if any, the community may produce.

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