Hardcore Gamer's Scores

  • Games
For 4,333 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 9% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
Lowest review score: 20 Vampire Rain
Score distribution:
4336 game reviews
    • 33 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    With all of the wasted potential and the abuse of a cult-classic property found here, Overlord: Fellowship of Evil is not good.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    If you’ve got the tolerance for terrible and the four hours or less that it takes to beat the game, maybe you’ll have fun groaning at how bad Zombeer is too.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Weeping Doll is the kind of game that looks like it’ll be a scary, enjoyable romp. The visuals make this home come to life in virtual reality, but that’s about the only positive note about the whole experience. Instead of providing a frightening journey, players are greeted with mind-numbing puzzles which only serve to block progression when a player forgets to check certain items.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It’s admirable that Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric tries so many new things, but every path it follows is a dead end.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Like Birdemic or The Room, Magus is so terrible that it can only be called a masterpiece.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A mess. While the mechanics are slightly unpolished, they still have a similar feel to what we’ve come to expect, which can result in some enjoyable antics. Unfortunately, they are contained in a constrained formula where the player must navigate menu after menu to get into repetitive and uninteresting missions.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Postal 4: No Regerts is a return to form to the cult classic Postal 2. Unfortunately, while it does stay true to what made it successful among its fanbase, it doesn’t raise the bar in any area where it could be considered a great game. For a series known for pushing the envelope, Postal 4 feels like it plays things too safe. The gameplay mechanics are rough around the edges, while the attempts at edgy humor fall short. The potential is there, but regerttably the writers never push it to a level where it would be memorable. What we end up with is a game that is enjoyable but ultimately unremarkable.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    This thing is so awful that it isn’t even worth the effort to cram in an obligatory reference to the original films. The real problem is that the likelihood of these criticisms being heard by the person responsible for releasing this mess is practically zero, seeing as how the complaints would be drowned by the deafening sounds of the giant metal clackers required to think this was okay.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    With the brilliant heights that remakes of Resident Evil 2, for example, achieved last year, it felt inevitable that a remake like XIII would stand as the exact opposite result in that regard. Whether or not you’re the type to maybe excuse some of the failings as unanswerable solutions to an aged approach to game design, it doesn’t take away from just how little care and effort PlayMagic have placed in the other departments. Enemy intelligence that’s practically non-existent, an overuse on what seems like a meager, hurriedly-compiled assembly of audio and visual assets. On top of a gunplay premise that looks, sounds and feels objectively worse than that of the 2003 Gamecube original. 2020’s XIII is a broken, buggy and boring rendition of a game long-time fans deserve a better interpretation of.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Basement Crawl is a reasonably-priced, well-made game lacking the features to make it a must-have. It simply doesn’t offer enough as a multiplayer-only game to fully recommend as a purchase to anyone other than folks who are dying for Bomberman on the PS4.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Road Rage takes the Road Rash formula and fails to live up to any single entry in that series despite great advances in technology since its last entry — let alone its heyday. The racing action struggles due to poor controls, while the combat rings hollow with poor weapon selection and sub-par sound effects. Glitches and other technical problems muddy the experience further, while a lack of polish on everything makes the game feel like a cash-in on a minor “Road Rash revival” sub-genre.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It saddens me to say that there really isn’t anything redeemable about R.I.P.D.. It’s boring, repetitive, and there really isn’t any circumstance I can think of that would make me recommend it to anyone. I could prolong this depressing review by talking about some of the game’s smaller features, but it would all be for nothing, as they are really just more garbage thrown onto the pile. And I’d much rather rid myself of R.I.P.D. by playing a better game.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    If even a ounce of effort was put forward, Brave Battle could have been a guilty pleasure, but instead it wastes everybody’s time with dreadful execution.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This is a game with only two gameplay features: tap the screen and give Square money. It's true that the music is great and the nostalgia value is off the charts, but neither of these things justify a release that is little more than a blatant cash grab.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Fighter Within could have been a demo disc for the power of the Kinect 2.0, but instead is an absolute mess that recalls all of the original sensor’s faults.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    BlackSoul takes one step forward and two awkwardly-placed steps back time and time again. What could have been an impressive homage to the horror genre ends up feeling like a soulless bargain bin find.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Those with even a shred of self-respect should head to a seedy truck stop, bowling alley or other similar establishment and use the forty dollars this retails for to instead play the vastly superior The Fast and the Furious arcade game.
    • 21 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    This title plays like a sarcastic version of a real game. I don’t mind being mocked if I can laugh along, but this is just mean.
    • 19 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A failed project that should have been scrapped, Ride to Hell: Retribution represents and includes everything bad about video games.
    • 18 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Nothing about this game is good. It's one of the most horrible games ever made.
    • 17 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This is the video game equivalent of Rebecca Black’s Friday, something so terrible that its existence is nothing short of a miracle.
    • 17 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, at $15, it’s hard to recommend even if you’re a PS3-only player since Urban Trial Freestyle does the same thing as this, but better.
    • 14 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Don’t buy this. Don’t show this to friends as a joke. Don’t even say its name out loud. This is the game that shall not be named. This needs to die an unloved death on the Nintendo eShop purchased by absolutely no one.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    All said and done, Family Tennis doesn’t quite live up to the smooth experience that Wii Sports offered, and the control tweaks are so slight that they are barely noticeable outside of the anti-wagglefest element.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    I power walk regularly every summer. I bring my MP3 player with me that has over a 1000 songs and I can actually lift up my feet while I walk. Not only is it free, but it is infinitely more gratifying than Walk It Out!.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Go in just wanting a good time and Grease can be fun.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Retro Pocket is hurt by some boring games being included, but remains a worthy purchase due to a handful of really fun ones.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It offers up dozens of stages for a small amount of money and is a lot of fun to play.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in North Point is priced accordingly as it's a short and repetitive story that doesn't play to the main game's strengths. It removes Wei Shen out of everything he accomplished and places him in nightmare scenario that's purely tedious and unrewarding. The only redeeming value is that you get to see the lovely Not Ping once more - that and the informative mythos that surrounds the game at an appropriate time.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Everyone else should probably steer clear. The simple truth is there are better Ys games out there, ones that are already on Steam even. So check those out long before Chronicles+.

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