High-Def Digest's Scores

  • Games
For 200 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 43% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 INSIDE
Lowest review score: 20 Ace Banana
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 99 out of 200
  2. Negative: 14 out of 200
200 game reviews
    • 32 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    It's a bland horror game that doesn't offer anything mechanically satisfying, and ends on an absolute whimper.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator feels like the kind of party game idea that devs would bandy about at a brainstorming session, briefly reminiscing about Monte Python before tossing it into the bin with the other bad ideas. Instead, Vile Monarch actually went through with making it, and I can say in no uncertain terms that it is not my cup of tea.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Ace Banana isn't a particularly fun game when it works, which makes all of the issues I ran into even more damning. There is room for a good archery game on PlayStation VR, but this isn't it. Its wave-based gameplay only serves to mask its lack of content, and even a charming aesthetic can't redeem this poorly designed game.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Necropolis feels like an amalgamation of 'Dark Souls,' dungeon crawlers, and roguelikes. Sadly, it also seems to miss the mark on what is enjoyable about those games. The combat lacks variety, the randomized dungeon wasn't fun to explore, and technical issues keep it from ever feeling fair. If anything, it suffers from trying to do too much. When combined with the shocking exclusion of online matchmaking for cooperative play, I simply can't recommend it.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    For a series that only has a niche following in the West, Touhou really needs to put its best foot forward to win over a bigger audience. Unfortunately, this fan-game spinoff of the doujin series is not it. While not particularly terrible,Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity is about as middle of the road as you can get with an action RPG, and as such does not leave a good impression as one of the few English representations of the 'Touhou' series.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A collection of good ideas held back by subpar execution, Ray Gigant feels too easy and dull for its own good.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Shiny is very lightweight, too lightweight for its own good, in fact. It wants to tap into the ongoing retro platform revival that's so popular in the indie scene, but is a clunky, clumsy imitation without many redeeming qualities.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    For as much as A.W. : Phoenix Festa fails to capitalize on the potential of its strong ideas, there is something oddly compelling about the whole game that had me start up a second playthrough pretty much immediately after my first ending. I can't really recommend this to anyone but diehard fans of the series, but even then, it comes with the caveat that it's a flawed, rushed game. It's nice to see more titles like this brought over, but this is one that can safely be skipped.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Vile Monarch’s Grzegorz and Kacper have done some awesome stuff in their career - 'This War of Mine' is a personal favorite. With 'Crush Your Enemies' I don’t know what happened. They tried to subvert the genre of mobile gaming and satirize the clickfest, and yet they just created what they were trying to parody.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    I am struggling to understand why people would choose this over some of the really excellent survival games out there. Maybe on PC it’s really great. On the Xbox One it is not.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    'Full Mojo Rampage' is a forgettable twin stick shooter that offers up very little when compared to the genre's best.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The general lack of polish and content makes 'Umbrella Corps' highly disappointing. There are rare moments where the round-based gameplay really shines, but it just doesn't happen often enough to make up for the title's many other shortcomings.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This is a very short and very weak rendition of the Turtles. With the exception of perhaps the youngest and most devoted fans of the pizza-loving reptilian brothers, it can be easily skipped.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Collider 2 just doesn't have enough substance to make it an enjoyable experience. In fact, it even seems like in several ways to be a step back from its predecessor. There's a solid base, though, and with a few tweaks to the progression system it could be a much more enjoyable title.

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