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For 1,045 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 28% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 69% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Dragon Age: Origins
Lowest review score: 20 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 594 out of 1045
  2. Mixed: 307 out of 1045
  3. Negative: 144 out of 1045
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Invincible VS
    Invincible VS is clearly a game by the FGC for the FGC, which results in a double-edged sword. It serves as an incredibly fun and satisfying tool for competition, featuring just enough of that modern fighting game sanding of edges to welcome in new players, while also offering plenty of depth through playing chicken with the combo meter and a combo breaker-esque system of Heroic Strikes, Counter Tags, and Assist Breakers. Disappointingly, this focus on creating a game for tournament players seems to be what has caused the single-player offerings to suffer. The presentation is brilliantly flashy the whole way through, but after playing through a mediocre “episode” of the show and reaching disappointing arcade mode endings, the casual audience is left with little to do in the game other than rematching the CPU in standard matches over and over.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
    t may fall short if you’re looking for a deep city builder or life sim, but as a piece of absurdist Dada comedy I absolutely love Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. Every day I look forward to booting it up, making a Mii or two, seeing what unlikely friendships are forming, and watching ludicrous vignettes play out. I’ll boot up Stardew Valley or Pokopia if I’m looking for something mechanically deeper, but I know I can count on a good laugh whenever I check in on Kayfabe Island.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
    The first Puzzle Quest was a revelation; Galactrix is just a complication.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor
    Though the setting may sound a bit edgy, in practice Medal of Honor offers a brief campaign with little story and a smattering of technical issues that range from annoying to decidedly disappointing. It also delivers a multiplayer component that feels like it's desperately trying to split the difference between Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. There are flashes of excitement peppered across the game's modes, but it's hard to get too excited about any of that when it's been done better elsewhere.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor
    Though the setting may sound a bit edgy, in practice Medal of Honor offers a brief campaign with little story and a smattering of technical issues that range from annoying to decidedly disappointing. It also delivers a multiplayer component that feels like it's desperately trying to split the difference between Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. There are flashes of excitement peppered across the game's modes, but it's hard to get too excited about any of that when it's been done better elsewhere.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Blood Stone: 007
    Blood Stone isn't bad, but literally every single thing you can find here has been done better elsewhere.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Bayonetta
    Unfortunately, most of the kind words I have for Bayonetta are reserved for the Xbox 360 version, as the PlayStation 3 version suffers from crippling performance issues. Load times are bad, even popping up when you're simply cycling through options on your inventory menus, but what really kills it is the way the game stutters and chops through the action, dropping frames and bogging down at an almost constant rate.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Metro 2033
    Metro 2033 is best for experienced gamers already familiar with the trappings of the modern shooter who are OK with playing a roughly made game that still manages to deliver a unique experience.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Uncharted: Golden Abyss
    The whole thing feels like a "B Team" sort of feel to it, but there's just enough Uncharted here to ensure that the experience isn't a total loss.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    DeathSpank
    While it's an uneven experience, the action works well enough and the game's sense of humor hits often enough to make it come together pretty well. Unfortunately, it also gets a bit monotonous, largely due to some repetitive quest design.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gears of War: Judgment
    There's just enough exposition there to keep things moving and just enough of a gameplay tweak to make you wish they had made these changes two games ago. It's a fun but feature-light shooter for people who already enjoy the basic style of Gears of War. Nothing more, nothing less.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gravity Rush
    The gravity-shifting gameplay offered might be complete enough for game-starved Vita owners on the hunt for something to do with their device. But do manage your expectations, lest you be disappointed by how hollow Gravity Rush is underneath its breathtaking shell. This is a game that does one thing very well. If you need more than that, then Gravity Rush isn't for you.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mafia II
    I'm a sucker for a good mob story, but Mafia II's is merely decent.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Galaga Legions
    As a game following in the footsteps of the Galaga legacy, Legions doesn't do a very good job. Other than the ability for ships to capture other ships, nothing about this game feels much like the original game.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Band Hero
    Band Hero is a product that feels like a commodity, something assembled by a marketing team concerned only with the market demands currently not met by the existing Guitar Hero brand. But that cold, calculated feeling doesn't make it a bad game.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mafia II
    I'm a sucker for a good mob story, but Mafia II's is merely decent.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wheelman
    It's certainly mechanically sound, but you should probably attempt to find it at a slight discount.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
    This should have been a superior sequel, but there's not enough here to make it anything than a mildly enjoyable but ultimately underwhelming action game.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mafia II
    I'm a sucker for a good mob story, but Mafia II's is merely decent.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Crackdown 2
    With most of the additions aimed at streamlining elements of the first game or, at least, making them less of a pain to deal with, Crackdown 2 occasionally feels like a big patch for the first game.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
    BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is probably a game best suited for people who have been playing fighting games for a long time, but even then, its style seems to be deliberately divisive. It's certainly worth trying out if you're a fan of the genre, but it's entirely possible that you'll find the whole thing to be a big, loud mess.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Scribblenauts
    Scribblenauts is a great proof-of-concept that struggles under the weight of its own ambition and the expectations that resulted from its uniquely exciting premise.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    3D Dot Game Heroes
    If you look past the tricky visuals, something that's admittedly pretty hard to do, you'll see a game that's operating on a lot of borrowed charm.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    WWE '12
    Still, this is the first year where I feel like I can actually recommend a WWE game in earnest. Granted, it's a caveat-laden recommendation, but a recommendation nonetheless. Considering how long it's been since one of these games actually felt playable, let alone enjoyably so, it's almost worth putting up with the various peculiarities and more antiquated elements just so you can actually have fun wrestling again.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
    The little mushroom man finally gets his name on the marquee, and the result is a charming, unique, and puzzle-heavy adventure.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Blood Stone: 007
    Blood Stone isn't bad, but literally every single thing you can find here has been done better elsewhere.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fable III
    It's just the rough trimming around the edges, the ways that those grand elements could have been better realized and better conveyed to the player, that make this as frustrating a game as it is lovable.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wario Land: Shake It!
    For as many times as I had to replay certain stages, Wario Land: Shake It! felt kind of brief, though there were aspects that managed to wear out their welcome before it was over. Still, a 2D game with this kind of detail is enough of an anomaly that it can be enjoyable for that alone, and despite some structural issues, it shakes up the usual platformer formula enough to be interesting.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fable: The Journey
    The whole thing is just so gosh darn British, too, which I imagine is less of a selling point if you are British. That pervasive sprinkling of refined, humorous nonsense makes The Journey feel a little more like one worth taking, even when some of its nuts and bolts are less appealing.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Resident Evil: Revelations
    That's the fundamental issue with shoehorning a big, console-style game like Resident Evil into a form factor the size of the 3DS. You just can't get a game that plays as well or makes as big a visual impact as it would on a big TV, and if you start bolting peripherals onto the system to alleviate those problems, you start to negate what makes the system elegant in the first place.
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