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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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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
    After Lego Batman comes out, though, I hope Traveller’s Tales takes a good look at where its Lego games are going and makes the tweaks and additions necessary to keep the franchise relevant.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Killzone: Shadow Fall
    It's a quality multiplayer shooter paired with a lackluster campaign that starts out with promise that it completely squanders by the time the credits roll.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    WWE Legends of WrestleMania
    That simple control style makes the multiplayer feel flat.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Bit.Trip Saga
    It's not the ultimate sendoff for what may very well be the end of the series, but another chance to put my fingers through the Runner gauntlet is worthwhile.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor: Warfighter
    It does all the things that sort of game is supposed to do, but not with the flair or invention that would make it possible to care again about playing something you remember having played so many times before.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Animal Crossing: City Folk
    If you've never played an Animal Crossing game before, you'll probably love its charm and get lost in all the different tasks you can perform. And if you've stayed away from the series for any serious length of time, you'll probably still be able to enjoy yourself. But the formula hasn't changed, and for a lot of repeat players, it'll probably wear thin quickly.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rock Band Unplugged
    It's an imperfect package, but even the sporadic frame rate chop and well-worn track list couldn't conspire to keep me from really enjoying most of my time with Rock Band Unplugged. There aren't many rhythm games on the PSP, but this is easily the most satisfying experience I've had with the genre on the PSP, warts and all.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
    WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2010 doesn't fix any of the fundamental issues that the series has had for years, and as this style of gameplay gets another year older, it looks that much more dated.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Saboteur
    But The Saboteur's gameplay systems never let you forget that you are playing a game, and the nakedness of the underlying machinery is one of the game's greatest shortcomings.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner
    While demand for this style of gaming and for Homestar-licensed products both peaked a while ago, it's an enjoyably goofy diversion.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Viking: Battle for Asgard
    The problem is that everything is counterbalanced by a quest that quickly grows stale and repetitive after its first third. Even the final boss fight is just a minor twist on an encounter you’ll have done at least five times before.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Grand Slam Tennis 2
    It's damn hard to talk about video game tennis without bringing up Virtua Tennis, particularly when a game, like Grand Slam Tennis 2, hems so close to that original arcade formula. It's a facsimile that's executed well enough; there just aren't any good reasons to recommend Grand Slam Tennis 2 over the games that it cribs from.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tomena Sanner US
    Tomena Sanner is a silly little game. You'll burn out on it quickly, but it's cheap enough that you might be totally OK with that.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Yakuza 4
    It often seems like Yakuza 4 is conspiring against itself, holding its own cool features back behind technology and game design. It's not that Yakuza 4 is a bad game, but rather that too many of the game's eccentricities don't work in its favor.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ryse: Son of Rome
    Ryse makes a good showpiece if you've bought into the Xbox One early, but at full price it feels a little thin.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Grand Slam Tennis 2
    It's damn hard to talk about video game tennis without bringing up Virtua Tennis, particularly when a game, like Grand Slam Tennis 2, hems so close to that original arcade formula. It's a facsimile that's executed well enough; there just aren't any good reasons to recommend Grand Slam Tennis 2 over the games that it cribs from.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dragon's Dogma
    The combat has enough depth and variety to keep you interested for the duration of the story and beyond, but in terms of what might have been, what should have been, Dragon's Dogma falls gut-wrenchingly short.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Destiny
    When you throw it all together, you're left with a game where the missions are designed to be repeatable, but all the missions are so repetitive that it's hard to get excited to see the same handful of environments again and again and again as you attempt to grind out faction reputation or hunt around for high-end weapons. It's a beautiful game, but a hollow experience.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
    Parts of this 50 Cent adventure are downright enjoyable, but I think the most enjoyment I got out of Blood on the Sand came ironically. The action is pretty generic, but it's functional enough to keep you moving from one bout of unintentional comedy to the next.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    MotorStorm: Apocalypse
    It's a cleverly ruinous game frequently ruined by its own cleverness.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dragon's Dogma
    Capcom built this huge place to run around in but didn't fill it with anything interesting. The saving grace: Capcom's expertise in building robust, customizable, and super fun combat systems pays off.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
    Makes for a good diversion. It doesn't last too long, tells a decent story, and offers enough multiplayer to give you something to mess around with when the single-player's done. It certainly isn't the most ambitious game in the world, but if you're looking for a competent western shooter, Juarez fits the bill just fine.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Battlestations: Pacific
    While some will definitely enjoy the sandbox nature of the game and the variety of units it provides, others might be put off by the arcadey gameplay and simplistic strategy. The game provides a decent amount of replayability through its multiplayer modes but it's hard to tell if there are enough gamers online as of this writing to make that a sure thing.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
    The first Puzzle Quest was a revelation; Galactrix is just a complication.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The King of Fighters XII
    The fighting at the center of King of Fighters XII is totally fine, but with everything surrounding that action coming off so half-cocked, there are a lot of annoying little barriers to enjoying that fighting.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy
    The Bourne Conspiracy is a short game that can be clumsy and repetitive at times, but it does it with enough style that I didn’t feel like it was a complete waste of time. For what you get, though, it’s still tough to justify the $60 price tag.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Section 8
    There are some neat aspects of Section 8 and some good ideas that keep the game from getting too straightforward. But it feels like half of a game.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wheelman
    It's certainly mechanically sound, but you should probably attempt to find it at a slight discount.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    MadWorld
    It makes an amazing first impression, and it has a consistently great sense of style. But once I started digging deeper, I hit bottom fast, and the spell was broken. If you're the type of person who can appreciate style-over-substance games, you'll probably love it. But once I figured out what was really going on in MadWorld, it felt pretty thin.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    SAROS
    Saros is still a good game. I will never dislike a game that looks this good and plays this well. But the lessons that Housemarque learned from Returnal resulted in a game that is less than the sum of its parts.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
    Web of Shadows opens strong, but it seems like it runs out of interesting and varied ways to put them to use well before you get to the end, and it turns into a bit of a grind.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dead Rising 2
    Me, I wish the game had better inventory control and an item storage system to allow you to really explore all of your weapon options. But it's the other stuff--the still messy survivor AI and poorly built boss battles--that really mars the Dead Rising 2 experience. It's not an impossible game to love, but as with the first game, you'll have to look past a lot of blemishes to find happiness.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner
    While demand for this style of gaming and for Homestar-licensed products both peaked a while ago, it's an enjoyably goofy diversion.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Captain America: Super Soldier
    A weak story, boring platforming, and dully recurrent gameplay ensure that Captain America doesn't step outside of Batman's long shadow. Super Soldier is a decent enough action-adventure game, but it's completely inessential.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Rivals
    Unfortunately, the game doesn't do enough to bring players together, resulting in an online game that feels empty, cold, and lifeless.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dead Rising 2
    Me, I wish the game had better inventory control and an item storage system to allow you to really explore all of your weapon options. But it's the other stuff--the still messy survivor AI and poorly built boss battles--that really mars the Dead Rising 2 experience. It's not an impossible game to love, but as with the first game, you'll have to look past a lot of blemishes to find happiness.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Captain America: Super Soldier
    A weak story, boring platforming, and dully recurrent gameplay ensure that Captain America doesn't step outside of Batman's long shadow. Super Soldier is a decent enough action-adventure game, but it's completely inessential.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Rivals
    Rivals feels like it's on the cusp of greatness. The pieces are all there--the handling is exciting, the soundtrack is solid, and the systems that surround the multiplayer help build meaningful battles between racer and cop. But with just six players driving around the entire world and no good way to pull those players together for some true multiplayer activities, those pieces go absolutely nowhere, leaving behind an empty world that might as well not even be online at all. It's a real shame.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Rivals
    The truly criminal part about Rivals' inability to bring people together is that it's actually a great game.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
    After Lego Batman comes out, though, I hope Traveller’s Tales takes a good look at where its Lego games are going and makes the tweaks and additions necessary to keep the franchise relevant.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Watch Dogs
    Even though I feel its story is often weak and its action isn't that different from other games in the genre, I still enjoyed my time with Watch Dogs. It turns out that the old stuff still works, and the strong-but-standard mission design kept me entertained, most of the time. It's rough around the edges, though, so if you don't settle for anything less than the best, you'll probably be disappointed.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dead Space: Extraction
    Extraction presents a quandary. It's a pretty short game, at only five or six hours, and after what looks like a great setup for a big exciting finale, the game just sort of... ends, abruptly and poorly.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
    For experienced players, though, Tales of Valor offers enough distractions to fill your need for something new. Just don't be surprised if you find yourself returning to the original campaign and multiplayer modes the next time you need a fix.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
    If the fundamentals were a little more refined or the new ideas a little more fully implemented, I'd feel better about recommending it wholeheartedly, but given the new elements in play here, you can at least take heart that Traveller's Tales isn't resting on its laurels.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Puzzle Agent 2
    The bigger issue is that I rarely found the puzzles particularly challenging.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Puzzle Agent 2
    The bigger issue is that I rarely found the puzzles particularly challenging.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Demigod
    Demigod can be a lot of fun online when it works right, when the gameplay is smooth and you're working with your teammates efficiently to buff up your defenses, take the right flags, and chase down and slaughter the enemy heroes with a one-two punch of special abilities. It's just a shame that experience is so hard to come by right now. When--or if--Stardock and Gas Powered get all these issues fully ironed out, Demigod will be easier to recommend, but for now you should be aware of exactly what you're getting into.
    • 86 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.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    New Super Mario Bros. U
    Everything about New Super Mario Bros. U is pretty exciting, except the game itself. Is it possible that this is the best game in the "New" series to date--not to mention one of the best exclusive Wii U games on the market, by default--and at the same time kind of flatly uninteresting? Apparently so. The game is perfectly well made for what it is, and I had plenty of fun playing it in short bursts here and there, but at this point the series' by-the-numbers design philosophy is starting to lend the name "New Super Mario Bros." a degree of unintentional irony.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell
    If you’re looking for a new collection of Saints Row activities in a new setting, Gat out of Hell is just that, so it can be enjoyed if you go in without expecting a significant upgrade to what’s been seen numerous times before in the series.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
    Maybe if it had scaled back the scope of its X-Files-meets-the era of Mad Men concept, focusing on the earliest incursions of the massive conflict brought to bear in Enemy Unknown, it might have helped rein in some of the crazier, stupider, and more aggressively junky portions of the game.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
    The Forgotten Sands is the very definition of a pretty good Prince of Persia game that doesn't feel like it entirely lives up to the series' vaunted pedigree.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
    As is, The Bureau makes for a decent enough 10 hours of alien-obliterating combat, but all the way through you'll find yourself lamenting the many aspects that feel like they could have, and should have, been better.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
    It'd be a really cool game that would actually be pretty easy to recommend if there were a little more to it. While there are definitely aspects of the game that are very much worth seeing, the game's lack of content (and potentially severe Xbox 360 issue) make it tough to recommend as a full-priced purchase.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Child of Light
    As visually resplendent and periodically fun as Child of Light can be, it too often buckles under the weight of its own aspirations.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Far Cry 5
    A decent video game undermined by bad pacing, weak characters, and a wishy-washy world view. Play it cooperatively with a friend, ignore the characters and their motivations, and you'll probably have a good time.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Defend Your Castle
    The presentation goes a long way towards making Defend Your Castle a worthwhile experience, but after a few hours of fending off hordes of DIY enemies, I was done with it.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Far Cry 5
    Far Cry 5's story is a real let-down, but the action still makes for a solid co-op experience.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Far Cry 5
    The ambitious setting doesn't pay off in this story that seems to want to hedge every chance it gets. The end result is a story that goes nowhere, says nothing, and fails to live up to the previous settings and villains in the franchise. If you can get past that... the rest is pretty much fine if you're up for another Far Cry game.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    You're in the Movies
    There are neat ideas at work, but ultimately, the premise and structure of You're In The Movies is a little too thin to recommend. If you're going to be getting a rowdy group together, and you're patient enough to get the camera working, it can make for a fun evening or two. But the thrills don't last.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
    This rollercoaster ride of a turn-based strategy game starts out almost impossibly strong, but by the end I mostly wished it'd been over three hours earlier.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Battlefield Hardline
    Battlefield Hardline is hardly a disaster, but it feels like a franchise spinning its wheels with minor adjustments, rather than truly advancing forward.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Touch My Katamari
    Most disappointing is the game's conclusion, which lacks the kind of all-encompassing, universe devouring qualities of some of the series' best entries, switching instead to a sort of Rainbow Road-esque fantasy land that just tosses a bunch of random giant things from the other games together into a technicolor slurry.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Battlefield Hardline
    Given the embarrassingly long time spent patching and getting Battlefield 4 up to snuff, maybe a "stable" Battlefield will be enough for some players.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Homefront
    Kaos obviously had ideas for this game, yet seemingly couldn't bring any of those ideas to total fruition. The end result is a brief, brittle campaign bereft of impactful storytelling or creatively designed action, one that ends not with a bang, but with the build-up to a bang, followed by a title card.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Alpha Protocol
    If you decide to play Alpha Protocol, just know that your main enemies over the course of its 15-or-so hours will be its collection of misery-inducing technical issues and the clash between its action and role-playing elements. There are parts of Alpha Protocol that I feel are totally amazing and absolutely worth seeing, but you'll have to trudge through a lot of very disappointing stuff just to see it.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Battlestations: Pacific
    While some will definitely enjoy the sandbox nature of the game and the variety of units it provides, others might be put off by the arcadey gameplay and simplistic strategy. The game provides a decent amount of replayability through its multiplayer modes but it's hard to tell if there are enough gamers online as of this writing to make that a sure thing.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Homefront
    Kaos obviously had ideas for this game, yet seemingly couldn't bring any of those ideas to total fruition. The end result is a brief, brittle campaign bereft of impactful storytelling or creatively designed action, one that ends not with a bang, but with the build-up to a bang, followed by a title card.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mirror's Edge
    The highs in Mirror's Edge are undeniable, and Digital Illusions deserves credit for some of the bold choices it makes here, but the first-person perspective that helps make it so singular is also its biggest liability. Momentum is the biggest strength of Mirror's Edge, and it's unfortunate that it trips over itself so often.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 12
    That Madden NFL 12 feels like a less passionate endeavor than even other yearly sports titles, less a labor of love and more a labor of necessity, is a criticism that likely won't mean much to either type of player. It's still video game football in a competitive and compelling environment, especially when played online with friends. It has more content than you will likely ever touch over the course of the next season of real football. In some ways, Madden NFL 12 is a better game than its predecessor. In others, not. It has significant flaws, and it has significant strengths.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
    The IW campaign is great, but not long or replayable enough to warrant a full-priced purchase on its own.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
    Its protagonist is an intriguing one, and her mission frequently teases greatness. But it never quite arrives, due to the developers' inability to marry the "full-fledged" Assassin's Creed gameplay to the Vita's form and function.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Remember Me
    Remember Me is a better story than a game, a mixture of Philip K. Dick-style plotting and Luc Besson's sci-fi aesthetics grafted onto an initially nifty, but ultimately repetitive gameplay design.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
    WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2010 doesn't fix any of the fundamental issues that the series has had for years, and as this style of gameplay gets another year older, it looks that much more dated.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Remember Me (2013)
    That art design, the game's intriguing story, and the terrific score by composer Olivier Deriviere are ultimately betrayed by Remember Me's slavish dedication to a game design that just doesn't quite work.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Section 8
    There are some neat aspects of Section 8 and some good ideas that keep the game from getting too straightforward. But it feels like half of a game.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Raiden Fighters Aces
    At $19.99, Raiden Fighters Aces compares favorably to the standard Xbox Live Arcade pricing structure, where each one of these three games would probably run $10. So if you have a hankering for this type of classic scrolling shooter gameplay, Raiden Fighters Aces is a strong package that you'll certainly enjoy.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gran Turismo 5
    Gran Turismo 5's core problem is that the broad scope of all these game modes diminishes the polish of the general product. There's no denying the feel of the actual driving, but everything else that makes up the game feels tedious and half-baked.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Forza Motorsport 5
    Forza Motorsport 5 becomes a game that is outstanding in specific, limited situations, but overall, it's kind of a drag.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wheelman
    It's certainly mechanically sound, but you should probably attempt to find it at a slight discount.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Splatters
    Feels like some lost XBLA title from 2006, like it just wandered in from the cold after years adrift at sea, totally unaware of what's happened in the six years that transpired since. Its insubstantial puzzle mechanics and generally bare-bones presentation are the stuff of yesteryear, somehow transplanted into a time that's all but forgotten that games like it ever existed.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    BurgerTime: World Tour
    If you can accept that BurgerTime: World Tour is something fairly different from the arcade classic you may remember, there's a good chance you'll find some enjoyment in it. Like your average fast food hamburger, it's insubstantial, but so is its $10 price point. It's a solid multiplayer snack, if not a proper meal.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Pilotwings Resort
    Offers lighthearted flight action that's fun enough while it lasts, but it just doesn't last very long. As if the brevity of the mission lineup weren't enough, there's no support for StreetPass or the 3DS' other nifty system-level features that would have let you further explore all the cool stuff your new handheld can do.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Saboteur
    But The Saboteur's gameplay systems never let you forget that you are playing a game, and the nakedness of the underlying machinery is one of the game's greatest shortcomings.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dark Void
    The core elements in Dark Void are well-designed and fun to play, and it tells an interesting story while setting up a world that's developed enough to deserve a sequel. But with its technical problems and a lack of enemy variety, Dark Void starts to feel like the game is getting in the way of its own universe.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Army of Two
    But even with another player, the action gets repetitive too quickly.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    No Man's Sky
    It's light years from being a great game, but there's still something at the heart of No Man's Sky that speaks to the would-be explorer in all of us.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rock Band 4
    Rock Band 4 doesn't feel like a grand, triumphant return for rhythm games. It feels more like a minimum viable product than the fourth game in a long-running and popular game franchise.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rock Band 4
    Rock Band 4 feels more like a maintenance release than a proper relaunch of this once-popular franchise.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Terminator Salvation
    Terminator Salvation ultimately just feels too small for a $60 game. Even the environments, which consist mostly of war-torn streets and boxy, brownish interiors, give you little sense that there's a world outside of the path that you're on. It's not a bad experience, but what it offers is so simple that it would feel repetitive if it were any longer.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 25
    The problem is, Madden NFL 25 isn't anywhere near the best or most memorable edition of the game released. Hell, it's barely much better than last year's flawed, but generally playable game.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
    Web of Shadows opens strong, but it seems like it runs out of interesting and varied ways to put them to use well before you get to the end, and it turns into a bit of a grind.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 13
    In spite of its misfires and glitches, Madden NFL 13 is a step forward for this franchise. It's a small, clumsy step, but considering how little forward progress this series has made in recent years, any kind of step is a cause for minor celebration. If you can forgive the technical problems and often cumbersome menus, there's a football game worth liking here.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Star Wars Battlefront
    Slick production values, solid controls, and tons of fan service can't make up for mediocre progression and a lack of content.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Lips
    But Lips is hardly a bad game, so if you're unable to go the Sony route, Microsoft's answer does most of what it needs to do to be successful.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Lucidity
    With its absolutely exquisite art design, yet middling gameplay, Lucidity presents a package that initially captivates but wears thin quickly. I often found myself enjoying watching Sofi's actions more than I did participating in them.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Watch Dogs
    Even though I feel its story is often weak and its action isn't that different from other games in the genre, I still enjoyed my time with Watch Dogs. It turns out that the old stuff still works, and the strong-but-standard mission design kept me entertained, most of the time. It's rough around the edges, though, so if you don't settle for anything less than the best, you'll probably be disappointed...But hey, Watch Dogs 2? That'll probably be pretty cool.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
    If you're just a regular Joe looking for a great action game, you could do better. But if you've still got a special place in your heart for the Transformers series--despite what Michael Bay may have done to it in recent years--the game is fun enough to be worth taking a look at.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ms. 'Splosion Man
    Given all the improvements and additions and craziness, though, it's a little disappointing that I didn't enjoy PLAYING this sequel as much as the first one.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Legacy of Kain: Ascendance
    Legacy of Kain: Ascendance is a frustrating title - a truly new game in the series has finally made its way to us after decades away, but the choice to retcon the story, coupled with the absolute whiffs in gameplay, leaves it feeling like little more than a flimsy footnote in the series overall. There’s a ton of love here for the story of Legacy of Kain, but its changes and contributions to the lore make it feel more like fan fiction than a true prequel. I wanted this to be the triumphant return of Kain, Raziel, and the strange, dark world of Nosgoth, but what arrived instead was something draped in the series’ skin - not an evolution, but an uninspired reinvention.
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