Gaming Illustrated's Scores

  • Games
For 155 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 80% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 16% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 9.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 84
Highest review score: 100 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Lowest review score: 50 Spider-Man 3
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 155
155 game reviews
    • 74 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Going into and out of some of WWII's most intense battles will keep you coming back for more. If you can get by the average graphics and a couple of A.I. wobbles you'll have a great time playing this game.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The graphics and audio couple together really well for a kick-ass experience, and the gameplay and driving controls are solid.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Kids and the parents who shop for them or nostalgic Atari 2600 gamers will find it a decent purchase, but it’s recommended they rent it first as well to see if the unique control schemes aren’t too frustrating.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    The choice of following General George S. Patton’s campaigns was both logical (as the best US Tank General ever) and engaging. The Blitzkrieg system works well with no flaws experienced, in a graphics rich environment.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Going into and out of some of WWII's most intense battles will keep you coming back for more. If you can get by the average graphics and a couple of A.I. wobbles you'll have a great time playing this game.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    For gamers hoping for a deeper, more unique game play use of EyeToy’s capabilities, this ain’t it.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Notwithstanding that we had to penalize the game for the disappointing graphics, the development team did an excellent job on creating a game that you can literally play for the next 2 years and never play the same character twice!
    • 72 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    I found the game too dark to really enjoy and the patience required just didn't grab my attention enough to really feel strongly about this title.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    The game's original atmosphere and crazy events are a lot of fun to play, and you'll find yourself itching to play it some more as soon as your buddies come back.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    The game’s audio, variety of weapons and moves keeps you interested for a while, but the game isn’t that long and is very repetitive, which certainly kills any buzz you originally had.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    If you are a soccer fan that is looking for a fast paced game that is accessible for many and great for playing on the go, WTS06 is the game you are looking for.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A good weekend rental for kids who liked the Shrek movies, but a poor purchase unless you have several young’n’s who game together. It captures the movie’s attitude and charm well enough, but glosses over too much of its game play potential.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    The unlockables are likely only going to appeal to hardcore KoF fans, but the huge number of fighters and team combinations can keep players in search of D-pad kung fu mastery playing for a long time.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Strongly recommend a rent for the kids, a buy for kids that loved the movie.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A good weekend rental for kids who liked the Shrek movies, but a poor purchase unless you have several young’n’s who game together. It captures the movie’s attitude and charm well enough, but glosses over too much of its game play potential.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    An addicting, impressive, and most importantly fun game. The graphics are very nice, the sounds are equally impressive, and the gameplay of the soccer and the amount of modes available make for a tremendous gaming experience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Good varied tournaments, and its fun to see the pros in the game.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Strongly recommend a rent for the kids, a buy for kids that loved the movie.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Offers up some of the best graphics on the PS2 to date, and certainly is the most entertaining FPS game we've played on the console ever.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Kids and the parents who shop for them or nostalgic Atari 2600 gamers will find it a decent purchase, but it’s recommended they rent it first as well to see if the unique control schemes aren’t too frustrating.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    A superb title, a lot of hard work has gone into this one and it shows, cinematic, challenging, absorbing and great fun.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Good varied tournaments, and its fun to see the pros in the game.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Strongly recommend a rent for the kids, a buy for kids that loved the movie.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The innumerable customization options are enjoyable enough, but the overly difficult game play and poor controls keep the game from being much fun for casual mech fans or anyone new to the series.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    For those of you that are die-hard NASCAR fans, you’ll have to pick this up for the updated (but slightly out of date) roster, and the new features put in are decent. However, if you’re looking for a ground-breaking NASCAR title, you’ll probably be disappointed with this release.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    A decent game that's best played in the story "Life" mode.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    This leaves Nightshade’s appeal divided pretty evenly between those who will play at it, improve, and get better, and those who will quickly dismiss it as too hard. For those who stick with it to get high ratings in the stages, there’s a lot of value.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    The varied monsters made a nice gamepaly experience, as well as the variety of skills that the various heroes can perform.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Great storyline, great originality, great sound.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    The PC highlights include the multiplayer version (which is definitely a lot of fun) and the much-much-much improved graphics (of course, you got to have the right tools for the job).
    • 67 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    A fun adventure title that gamers will enjoy. It's a nice, straight forward game that has some good graphics and cut scenes from the movie.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    A solid title whose best features include the humor, story, and amount of modes the game offers.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Simple and fun action.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    A slight update to an already classic game that doesn’t make you forget about the original.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    The design team did a good job in offering multiple campaigns, scenarios, skirmishes, and the board-game option.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    It can provide some fun, especially its two-player cooperative mode, but it lacks the options and polish of the other action RPGs available.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    A pretty decent game that isn't anything spectacular, but for fans of the movie and people that enjoy bash-em shoot-em type of games involving multiple players will definitely enjoy the game.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    A decent game that's best played in the story "Life" mode.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The controls were too loose for a game like this.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Good graphics, fun in-game play, good mini-games, not a whole lot of depth with season mode.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    The gameplay is not meant for people looking for a realistic racing simulator, but rather the newbie looking for something fun and simple to get rolling with.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The graphics are absolutely stunning and the characters are well designed.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    A pretty decent game that isn't anything spectacular, but for fans of the movie and people that enjoy bash-em shoot-em type of games involving multiple players will definitely enjoy the game.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    This was a decent title, and comes highly recommended for kids who love to play with the dance mat.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    A lot of games these days rely on ridiculous move combinations to advance levels, or increased difficulty means that your enemy has more health and you deal less damage. DW5E actually keeps it real by making the difficulty based on skill more than the other cheap tricks developers are using these days, and the AI is first class.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Definitely worth a look, but gets a bit repetitive with the actual gameplay.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    More mature gamers will find themselves a little underwhelmed, but on its own it's a nice looking, nice sounding, and fairly fun title.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Easily the most impressive feature of the graphics is the level of detail with the fluid motion with all the characters in the game. It's almost a combination of 2D characters running around in a 3D world, but there's no denying that the graphics are amongst the best on hand-held devices at this time.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    The perfect game of the sexually repressed immature male in your life ... and in other words, I thought it was pretty darn funny.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    More mature gamers will find themselves a little underwhelmed, but on its own it's a nice looking, nice sounding, and fairly fun title.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    The graphics are commendable, but not amazing, the sound is arguably the game’s best quality, and overall, comes as a game that is best suited for fans of games of this nature only.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    The best feature of the game, by far, is the original script, story line, and depth the game goes into for the London Underworld and how easily it sweeps you into the whole genre.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    If you are looking for the next Grand Theft Auto for PSP, this is not it. The main story mode falls short and fails to deliver, but the additional modes add a lot of content and provides you with something to do, no matter your mood or amount of time available.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Overall, X-Men: The Official Game offers up some great backstory and art direction as a title, along with a great roster of voice actors which are the same big names as in the franchise of movies.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    For what used to be my favorite arcade game of all time, this is a wonderful new edition that stays true to the original. The graphics have been wonderfully redone, and the sounds still sound great.

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