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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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    • 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.
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