Hardcore Gamer's Scores
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For 4,329 reviews, this publication has graded:
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50% higher than the average critic
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9% same as the average critic
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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: | Balatro | |
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| Lowest review score: | Final Fantasy: All the Bravest |
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Positive: 2,430 out of 4329
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Mixed: 1,657 out of 4329
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Negative: 242 out of 4329
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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.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Jul 17, 2016
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To say that Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist is a letdown is an understatement. This is a title poised to irritate fans, befuddle neophytes and generally just waste the time for everyone involved. This is a true throwback to ye olde days of bad cash ins. As one ages, nostalgia becomes a comfortable past time. Not in this case, though. Not in this case.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Nov 21, 2019
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Only try out Time and Eternity when someone offers you money in exchange for playing it, or if you want to see what happens when a development studio doesn’t do any kind of QA testing. For no other reason should you waste your time playing it.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Jul 12, 2013
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Outside of the cheese factor, everything here is just dull. Loads of banal conversations, wooden acting and obvious advice abound for every one moment you can laugh over Richard deciding to grab a girl’s rear end in what can only be described as a video game in the loosest sense of the term. This might be a weird thing to hear from a critic, but just wait for the highlights to go up on YouTube instead. You’ll get the same chuckle-worthy stupidity and save some money in the process. It’s a game about being a pick-up artist that you should in no way consider picking up.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Mar 7, 2018
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At the moment, the Steam release of Goats on a Bridge simply isn’t ready for prime time.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Feb 18, 2015
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Reservoir Dogs is a classic movie that deserves a better homage than Bloody Days for its 25th anniversary. The only equivalent would be if your dog died and it got replaced with a turtle. This was not an enjoyable experience and feels like an even sloppier cash-in on a movie franchise than the latest Ghostbusters game did. At least that had some depth. On paper, the idea of a Reservoir Dogs game coupled with what Big Star Games is pitching would warrant a purchase, but the annoying Time Rewind feature and complete lack of connectivity to the actual movie makes this feel like a trip to the dentist. Although at least with that you’d come out with clean teeth.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted May 19, 2017
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The host of technical issues mean that Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command ultimately feels like a bad joke played on anyone who expected it to provide a compelling strategy experience.- Hardcore Gamer
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The stealth BK game "Sneak King" is actually more of an entertaining game than Vampire Rain is. [Sept 2007, p.70]- Hardcore Gamer
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This game has no redeeming qualities, no ambition and no heart. It is nothing but a waste of your time and money.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Dec 3, 2013
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The Quiet Man is nothing short of a shoddy, broken, incomplete, tonally-deaf chore of a few hours. Even some of the worst releases this year alone could, arguably, be deemed more ambitious and more focal to their aims (regardless of the end product/direction), but The Quiet Man doesn’t even rustle up the effort to at least try and explore its prime concept of a deaf protagonist. Worse, it doesn’t respect the players’ very presence and instead strips most of its reasoning and room for exposition away, leaving us with some of the most indulgent and confusing storytelling you’re likely to bear witness to.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Nov 9, 2018
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- Posted Nov 30, 2015
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If you want to have a good time with your 3DS, however, you’d be better off smashing it with a hammer.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Jul 13, 2014
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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.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Jul 19, 2013
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Lacking a single inspired trait, 007 Legends is the kind of game released simply to bilk $60 out of uninformed gamers before a swift trip to the bargain bin.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Oct 22, 2012
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Nothing about this game is good. It's one of the most horrible games ever made.- Hardcore Gamer
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Fishing games are supposed to be relaxing, but Super Black Bass 3D was one of the most stressful gaming experiences I’ve had all year. Second-rate graphics, poorly thought out motion controls, bad music and some of the worst gameplay a fishing game has ever seen add up to an experience that is frustrating at best and unplayable at worst.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Apr 2, 2013
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Like Birdemic or The Room, Magus is so terrible that it can only be called a masterpiece.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Mar 2, 2014
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A failed project that should have been scrapped, Ride to Hell: Retribution represents and includes everything bad about video games.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Jun 26, 2013
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Escape Dead Island squandered whatever opportunity it had to make a compelling story, while offering only sub-par gameplay to tide you over in the meantime. It has no business being a game, rather than a one-shot graphic novel for dedicated fans.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Nov 17, 2014
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For a game that has such an incredibly interesting premise, 1000 Heads Among the Trees is utterly woeful in execution.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Dec 23, 2015
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A failure on essentially every front, Submerged is likely best left at the bottom of the ocean its overgrown setting takes place in, which is truly a shame.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Aug 4, 2015
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Into the Dark: Ultimate Trash Edition is not “so bad, it’s good.” It’s just bad. Very, very bad.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted May 26, 2014
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This is the video game equivalent of Rebecca Black’s Friday, something so terrible that its existence is nothing short of a miracle.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Apr 19, 2013
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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.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Nov 24, 2013
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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.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Jul 30, 2014
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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.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Jan 22, 2013
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Forward to the Sky may have wanted to reach for the skies, but it needed to dig out of the ground first.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Feb 3, 2015
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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.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Oct 10, 2014
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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.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted May 22, 2013
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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.- Hardcore Gamer
- Posted Oct 31, 2016
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