GamingXP's Scores

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For 1,950 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 78% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 16% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 77
Highest review score: 99 Grand Theft Auto V
Score distribution:
1950 game reviews
    • 60 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    The multiplayer part of Moon Diver justifies its existence. Alone, however, the gameplay is getting repetitive pretty quickly despite its RPG elements. You're in for a mix between Mega Man and Hard Corps: Uprising.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With over 250 quests, Risen is a comprehensive game, in which you can follow the story in the order you like. Sad that the developers haven’t drive the hardware up to the limit!
    • 60 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Being a colourful and thoughtful title the new Crash game will catch the attention of many youngsters. Parents will appreciate that. Action- and shooter-fans should back off though. The concept of the game has basically not changed, but great innovations have been realized (next-gen-ready!). After only ten hours the fun is over.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Captain America is back, guaranteeing authentic action combined with exploration and a thin, but nice storyline – with enough challenges attached to motivate players. Nice work for a licensed game.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond could have been something great for the fans of Pikachu & friends, but the game disappoints with bad controls, the missing rpg-elements and a poor presentation.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    18 new songs and, ...? Sad enough that this is the only innovation the game has to offer. Compared to the price the content is very disappointing.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    The main problem about Bermuda Triangle is the difficulty: The first four levels are pretty easy, and the fifth is next to hardcore. Besides that it is a nice puzzle game for everyone.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    STORM – Frontline Nation is a good turn-based strategy game. It would have been better if there were more different units and buildings and maybe a story. But the atmosphere in the game is very good.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    If you like zombie comedy like Shaun of the Dead, you can definitely take a look at All Zombies Must Die! - imprecise controls, but tons of humor.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Not exactly what I would call a good game. The graphics are colorless and the gameplay is boring as hell!
    • 60 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Lemmings is cult, so a similar principle adapted to Kinect surely has potential. Unfortunately, much of this potential goes untapped in Leedmees, as controls feel too imprecise and the music is monotonous. No competition for the XBLA Summer of Arcade highlights.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Rio
    The number of colorful characters of the movie and the original movie scenes remind on the same-named movie. Overall it's a playful game and diversion to children-parties.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    For 800 MS-Points you’ll get a quite funny game that especially makes you addicted to the multiplayer mode!
    • 60 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Full game with all the fun for half the money. Not the thing for speed freaks, but a great experience for real men who want to fight the forces of nature in a nice SUV.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    An accomplished alternative to expensive fitness classes.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    The game’s strong characteristics are the simple handling and the humor you can find in dialogues. So Space Siege is a title worth playing it.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The game can only be recommended to hardcore fighting game fans. There isn't enough variety to keep the average player in front of the PS3.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    This game won't only entertain retro-fans, it is very motivating, because of the increasing difficulty level. Join the fight of the gods!
    • 60 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    It's not how it should have been. However, it's familiar to those who have played WKC, and the fact you get two games for the price of one (even though both are awfully equal in technical terms) is just not ignorable.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    I’m disappointed. I thought Dark Void would be a great mix of air and ground action, but there are bugs in it and after a few hours it starts to get boring due to the lame fights. Also the graphics inside buildings aren’t the best.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    If you are an Arcade fan and haven`t played Galaga Legions or Pac-Man Championship Edition yet, it's worth trying.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Don't underestimate Sing Party. Featuring a great deal in terms of simplicity, options and presentation, it brings many fresh ideas to the genre, so this one could be very well your next karaoke game.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Delivers everything you want from the first ever real first person shooter on the Vita: action, story, and multiplayer.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Unfortunately the abysmal AI and the strange first-person shooter sections spoil the basically good strategy game.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    It won‘t disappoint you – 18 playable characters, a decent amount of customization possible, a good story, many rewards and last but not least, the original voices – for fans, it‘s a must-have, for everyone else: It‘s worth a try!
    • 60 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    For fans worth a look, but nevertheless, the fighting is getting quickly monotonous and motivation decreases quickly. Even the unlockable, new attacks are not an incentive, as most attacks have similar effects and there is not too much variety.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    The storyline has an exciting pick-up: A chase through one of the districts of Tri-City next to the gold coast. With the cops in the back it seems to be very obvious that this states the beginning of a career as a criminal racer.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Building the paradise up is so motivating, that you beat the dungeons over and over again, even though they are repetitive.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Inazuma Eleven Strikers is a game with a lot of potential, with a funny multiplayer and the well made art works. Unfortunately, there is no flow and often the gameplay is messy.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    We thought there would be a little bit more to the jetpack action announced. Surprisingly there is not. The lame story and always the same missions can’t excite for a long time. Dark Void ends up being just an ordinary “shoot and go” title.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, this is a very short pleasure, as there is no multiplayer mode and a lot of content is missing. Nevertheless, in its short time it offers quite some variety.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Saw
    Saw isn’t the great experience, but at least it is a good game if you remind yourself that it is based on a movie.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Where is the story? Although you walk around in a really fantastic strange world, there is no real pleasure in it. The characters are way too normal and there are no real moments in the story. Could have been a great game, but it is not more than the usual game pap.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pac Man Party is one of the big surprises of the Wii mini games collection this year. It offers you a lot of game modes and an entertaining gameplay.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All in all I can only recommend the game. It's a nice hack'n'slay on the DS with a lot of roleplaying elements and action!
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sad, but true: Almost every Naruto game for PSP is better than this one. Weird that this game takes away all of Naruto's flair, so even fans could be very much disappointed by Ultimate Ninja Impact.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Squeeballs Party is a mini game collection with a huge amount of mini games. Graphics and sound effects are really nice, but there is no story waiting for you.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    It is wonderful that there are still really entertaining games you can find in this genre. Fans of adventures and the Victorian England should try to solve the riddles about Sir Williams' corpse.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It's neat for playing for fun – beat'em up feeling encounters adventure. But the quests and training lessons get boring soon. Fans of the movie can consider buying this one, but the rest should sneak a peek first.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    All in all Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is a short and intensive action game. The gameplay is solid, but the riddles are too easy and there is not enough variety to satisfy the player.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All in all Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll is a typical Wii game for families without any highlights but quite entertaining gameplay.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The demo costs you almost three Euro and takes only 100 MB of your PS3's memory capacity. If the price is okay or not, everybody has to decide on his or her own. I appreciate the try to realize such a project on the console and also Sony's support for it. Hopefully, it is not the last demo-project on the console.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    An impressive replay value meets repetitive sounds, a humorous plot fights against an unforgiving handling. LEGO Ninjago definitely isn't quite polished as it could be, but for tacticians, it is very suitable.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 34 Critic Score
    At least the mini games make the boring game more interesting. Still they are too linear.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Faery is a fun RPG, but it is more fun and cheaper on the console.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Although Kung Fu Panda 2 is a nice breeze of fresh air for the widely overlooked genre of the turned-based RPGs, the top dogs such as Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy don't have anything to fear.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    It was a good idea in 2003 and would've been a visual stunner back then, today, it's a poor attempt at delivering on a good concept. Too many bugs and crashes even months after release. The idea of building your own empire has a certain appeal, though.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Defiance succeeded in making us patiently wait for the upcoming patches that are supposed to compensate the game’s weaknesses. The graphics aren’t more than okay, the story currently is lacking depth and the AI couldn’t act more predictably. Nevertheless, it’s this incredible MMO feeling that definitely saves Defiance from failing and provides decent fun.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It's a arcade racer with different game modes and a campaign. The campaign has no story or anything like that, the vehicle damage model is pretty bad and the innovative points system is not entirely thought through.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Dogfight 1942 offers beautifully designed airplanes and heroic scenes and invites you for a fly in the scenery of the year 1942.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    At the beginning of the game, you will probably hope that the game experience will grow while playing, but it won´t. Too simple, not very motivating!
    • 59 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Bleach – The third phantom is a game for the Japanese market, but not for the European one. So please SEGA, stop publishing this franchise in Europe.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Inversion has lots of potential with a gravitational weapon, an interesting starting story and good gameplay elements. Sadly, it cannot use this potential and seems to be that it was not enough time to finish Inversion as an exciting, well-made game.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There could be some more explanation and a multiplayer mode, but all in all SpongeBob SquarePants is a cute SpongeBob microgame collection with a lot of speed and fun.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Everybody who likes to dance doesn't have to do it public – with Dance Paradise you can stay at your place. Due to the common presentation and the repetitive dance moves you might get bored quite soon.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The mix between Pokémon-like gameplay and the movie itself doesn't work out well. Sadly, the developers haven't put much effort into this game, because the potential would have been great.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Move gamers may welcome a solid shooter title, while the Dualshock controller is clearly more suited for the story mode. Best played with a Lightgun in Arcade mode!
    • 58 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Steel Diver offers three different types of mini games. Each mini game is ok, but not more. The combination of all three modes would have been interesting, but there is no possibility to mix them up. The strategy multiplayer game is lame and not entertaining, while the periscope game is pretty funny in the beginning, but it is, like the campaign, too short.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Two pens = double the fun? Not really, because while the seven sports seem indeed well chosen, in practice they nevertheless lack variety.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    It's a pity where the Book of Memories is taking the Silent Hill series: Only quantity, no quality; a lack of gameplay and story; a shift in genres which should have been done with much more caution and love. Silent Hill fans, don't touch this.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Front Mission Evolved combines a good story with solid action. Unfortunately, although there is much to see on the screen it doesn't look really good. It would be more fun to play, if the world in it was a little brighter.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    The game world offers both fun for wannabe cops as well as fun for the chaos-men. Good community support and many ways to express yourself in the social districts boost the game.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    The easily accessible gameplay as well as the strong focus on fights will keep fans of Spidey and Co. captured in it's web for a long time.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    It's a solid shooter, but its story is served too blatantly and boldly. Fans of robots will have a good time with the game for the next weeks, but the average shooter guy should test it before buying it.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    The racing part is fairly well done, but the stealth missions can be a drag. Cars 2 is a game for true fans of the franchise.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    It's always the same. Games that accompany movies still feel like they were thrown on the market without being finished. The good story of TRON: Evolution isn't enough to make up for the bad graphics and controls.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    If you want a nice, plain action game with Vin Diesel, you couldn’t make anything wrong. It’s fun to drive with the car and destroy the others.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The game did improve since the preview version, but there's still plenty to do: Too much menus when you're up to put the ball into the hole, no option to alter Move's sensitivity. Still, the game's worth a look for hardcore fans.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Bleach is an amazing Manga and Anime with a massive story and very deep characters that don't quite fitinto a hack'n'slay game. Nonetheless, Bleach: Soul Resurreccion is a solid game with nice graphics, amazingly fluid controls and is great fun to play.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Fortix introduces you to the world of tactics and you really learn something you could maybe use in the future. If the graphics would be more detailed, it would be even better.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    If you put up with the weak graphics and the strange sound, you will get some hours of fun due to the entertaining story and some nice gameplay features.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The goodies are difficult to recognize and the graphics are not even average, but at least the physics are calculated correctly. Fans of Breakout will maybe have some hours of fun with this game.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Every – really every – fan of Ninja Gaiden was probably expecting a different game than this Ninja Gaiden 3.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Cars: Race-O-Rama offers a lot of fun to everybody – doesn’t matter if you are young or not.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Midway Arcade Origins has 31 classic-games to offer and can convince with an authentic presentation. The problem is the small degree of diversity. Most of the games are just boring after five minutes and only a few of them can really last longer. Local multiplayer is great though. All in all the game can make your friends and you a nice evening of gaming, but nothing more.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    It's not the first game that claims to be ultimate, but Ultimate Tenkaichi actually turns out to be a near-perfect Dragon Ball gaming experience. Lots of content, a great Be a Hero mode and destructible environments await.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It's probably a Wii version ported to PS3, and that's a shame. Playing with Move is pretty crappy, but it's fun nevertheless and a new way to bring the Lord of the Rings franchise to the younger gamer.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Kids and maybe some teens will have a good time. Nice side effect: The player learns some facts about the different animals.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All in all Cars 2 is a pretty cool adaption of the computer-animated movie. The mix of the known characters, different mission-types, located speech output and the easy handling makes the game pretty enjoyable.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    It’s a pity that nearly every mission is in a way the same, but the game impresses with its graphic so it’s fun to play.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Overall Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place is a really cool game for fans of the sitcom. Graphics, atmosphere and gameplay are okay, while the sound effects and the low difficulty level do lower the review score.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Only Ryu Hayabusa is left from the good old Ninja Gaiden games. The newest title lacks a cool story, real depth to the combat system and state-of-the-art graphics. A pitiful continuation – possibly end – for a once cool core action game series.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Provides co-op fun in its purest form. But the game not only scores with its fantastic co-op mode, but also with the variety of playable weapons, the sound and its thrilling atmosphere. The only minor disappointment comes from its visual realization, which appears a little bit antiquated. Nevertheless this is another superb entry in the Army of Two franchise.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    A Kinect party game with good motion sensing as its strength – hard to believe, but Rabbids Alive & Kicking feels that way. The graphic are a mixed bag, the sound feels a bit weak, but you'll generally understand why you didn't manage to really whack that Rabbid. If dancing isn't your thing and Dance Central 2 is out, likely the best party game for Kinect – if you can find the right minigames for your crowd.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The King of Fighters XII is a typical beat‘em up with a really lame gameplay and short content. The only advantages of the title are the retro music and the nice anime graphic.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Despite the game itself being very short Datura offers a thrilling world with astonishing sound effects and great control mechanics.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Despite decent graphics and some funny game modes, Vancouver 2010 suffers from the complete lack of a career mode, which makes it feel like a mere succession of events, without any progression to be had. Fans of this kind of production will find some good gameplay elements, while players used to bigger and better game dedicated to the single sports should stick to those.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Dear developers, follow DragonballZ: Budokai 3's example and try to design a game, which is able to hold a candle to the last-mentioned. This will probably increase the sales as well as the number of the fans of the series.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    On the whole, this game is able to satisfy the needs of a gamer. It is not so expensive, you will have lots of fun and the story is also not too short. Because there is not blood in the game, this title is also interesting for parents who want to buy a game for their youngsters.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    MiniSquadron is a pretty funny comic-shooter, but on the other side there is no story or long-term motivation.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Dynasty Warriors 7 is exactly what fans expect. Nothing more nor less.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    A Captain America unworthy release! Disappointing!
    • 57 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Who wants to be a Millionaire? Special Editions is a solid quiz game, but passes up many opportunities.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Fast Food Panic is a game without story and it does not challenge at all. Graphics and sound effects look and feel outdated. In my point of view, the only assets are the idea to make a fast food cooking game and the complete utilization of the Wii control options.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Except fpr some passages, the campaign sucks and the multiplayer-mode isn’t able to convince, either. This game simply offers no motivation to keep playing.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    If you play Rise of the Argonauts, a certain feeling will come up: A feeling which slightly suggests that the developer’s priority was to release the game before Christmas. Because of this early release, you can find many mistakes in the game.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    This title is perfect for gamers of the younger generation. With charm and nice features, the game is a good example for a film-adaption. For more experienced gamers, Bolt is not a must have, but is fun, too.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A solid game, although there are some weaknesses, some of them caused by Oswald being this AI teammate. The freedom you have to explore Wasteland as you wish and several great approaches in the matters of gameplay and story are unfortunately let down by some serious framerate issues and the fact that it's simply too easy to lose the thread.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Even if there are better adventures to buy, you should give this one a chance. Mostly acceptable riddles and the good graphics will entertain you for some hours.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Despite some shortcomings in the humor department and somewhat dated graphics, Airline Tycoon 2 is a worthy successor to the original classic. It's strengths are convincing characters and well-chosen voice-over artists.

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