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For 231 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 72% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 22% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 83
Highest review score: 100 Super Mario Galaxy 2
Lowest review score: 47 Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 192 out of 231
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 231
  3. Negative: 1 out of 231
231 game reviews
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Disaster: Day of Crisis
    Like the disaster movies it takes inspiration from though, Day of Crisis is ultimately more than the sum of its parts. When it works, it’s a relentless, thrilling assault on your senses; a huge grin of game. And when it doesn’t, when it starts to wobble precariously on its own flimsy parts, it’s still compulsive in its creativity, inexplicable in its uniqueness and, most importantly, one thoroughly fun ride.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Harvest Moon: Magical Melody
    It's soothing, compulsive and peculiarly thrilling all at once: a perfect little world where working hard brings its own tangible rewards and cows have huge happy faces. Even in this slightly butchered state, it's good to see Magical Melody finally on these shores.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Conduit
    It's The Conduit’s beautifully tactile control set-up that proves to be the star of the show here. Take it away and you’re left with a single-player game that’s consistently bland but, more damningly, consistently boring.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    MotoGP 09/10
    Such problems are not enough to detract from MotoGP 09/10’s successes, and there are enough of these to make it just about worthwhile for anyone desperately itching for some authentic action.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    F1 2009
    It’s short on features and lacking looks, but it nails the fundamentals well enough, with the F1 license served with an engaging handling model and an impressive sense of speed.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Doodle Hex
    Succumb to its infectiously deliberate pace and there's plenty to uncover in Doodle Hex. However, if it's immediate gratification you're after, with the minimum of endeavour, then there's perhaps just a bit too much here to suit your fancy.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Lost Planet 2
    At its core it's a potentially great action game and it's very good-looking, but it explains itself so incredibly poorly and has such an awkward structure and poor checkpointing that a lot of the fun is ruined by interminable frustration – not to mention the fact that it's basically unplayable as a single-player game.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Lost Planet 2
    At its core it's a potentially great action game and it's very good-looking, but it explains itself so incredibly poorly and has such an awkward structure and poor checkpointing that a lot of the fun is ruined by interminable frustration – not to mention the fact that it's basically unplayable as a single-player game.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    MotoGP 10/11
    It's one of the most exciting series in motorsport, and this year it's got a game to do it justice.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Buzz! Master Quiz
    Ultimately, our main issue with Buzz! Master Quiz is that it's an almost completely redundant package. Solo mode isn't substantial enough to maintain your interest for long and multiplayer options are so peculiarly arranged that the real meat of the series is pretty much lost.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Samba de Amigo
    Frustrations emerging on higher difficulty levels mean that while as a basic multiplayer experience Samba excels, for the solo player it sadly isn’t a lasting prospect.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Another Code R: A Journey into Lost Memories
    While it’s frequently breathtaking in its ingenuity elsewhere – from impressively reductionist point-and-click design to intelligent, inventive puzzling – ultimately, it’s the melancholy atmosphere that lingers when it’s all over.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Too Human
    Unbound from the lumbering storytelling, when you and a friend are tackling levels at your leisure, hurling crowds of mechmen skywards, it’s exactly the sort of brainless destruction the game should be.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Aliens vs. Predator
    A game that's going to stoke the hearts of anyone who ever fell in love with the original films – which is likely anyone who's ever picked up a game pad.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    007: Quantum of Solace
    A true blockbuster of a game, Quantum of Solace is loud, dumb but sadly all-too-forgettable. The Bond licence goes a good way to hiding the game’s lack of ideas and for the four hours the single-player campaign lasts there’s no denying it’s a solid blast, but ultimately there’s better ways to spend your money this autumn.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
    For everything it gets right – the gritty storyline, adrenalin-fuelled firefights and epic set-pieces – it falls flat on its face in other areas, like the stupid AI, disappointing co-op and occasionally by-the-numbers level design. Visually, it’s equally as unbalanced.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Aliens vs. Predator
    A game that's going to stoke the hearts of anyone who ever fell in love with the original films – which is likely anyone who's ever picked up a game pad.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    FIFA Street 3
    Though the game enthralls in short bursts it’s hard to see anyone sticking with it for more than a couple of plays before moving on to more substantial fare – and as such we wouldn’t recommend anyone paying out for the full-fat asking price.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    FIFA Street 3
    Though the game enthralls in short bursts it’s hard to see anyone sticking with it for more than a couple of plays before moving on to more substantial fare – and as such we wouldn’t recommend anyone paying out for the full-fat asking price.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wii Music
    More than any other ‘Wii’-branded Nintendo offering, Wii Music truly demands an open mind to appreciate. Join the party with too many expectations – in either direction – and you’re likely to walk away either bewildered, disappointed or disgusted.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
    It does little to endorse Ubisoft's claim that it's been in development for years, as underneath the admittedly high-detail visuals it's a pretty rudimentary thing. It's a long way better than bilge like the Quantum of Solace, but it's certainly got no sense of a landmark pop-cultural moment, in the way we're repeatedly told the film will.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
    It does little to endorse Ubisoft's claim that it's been in development for years, as underneath the admittedly high-detail visuals it's a pretty rudimentary thing. It's a long way better than bilge like the Quantum of Solace, but it's certainly got no sense of a landmark pop-cultural moment, in the way we're repeatedly told the film will.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    Disorientating, disjointed, over-stretched and largely charmless.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Dark Void
    Every bit as disappointing as expected. By Capcom's normally impressive standards, this is by some margin its least impressive offering for a generation. To be blunt, Dark Void is a bland mass of half-baked ideas, generic combat and unengaging aerial action, with poor AI and a wearisome story.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Dark Void
    Every bit as disappointing as expected. By Capcom's normally impressive standards, this is by some margin its least impressive offering for a generation. To be blunt, Dark Void is a bland mass of half-baked ideas, generic combat and unengaging aerial action, with poor AI and a wearisome story.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Alone in the Dark
    Sure, its plot is hugely contrived, it’s occasionally frustrating and really lacking in the kind of polish we expect from big-name games in this day and age. However, it’s also undoubtedly one of the most imaginative, ambitious and exciting titles to hit a console in the last few years.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
    With FIFA already offering a fairly respectable portrayal of the sport on the DS, there’s no reason to even consider purchasing Pro Evolution Soccer 2008; it’s a redundant retread of already barren ground, failing as both an update or a standalone title.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls
    For the already-converted, Labyrinth of Lost Souls is a more than solid dungeon crawler. Its fulsome selection of side-quests, items, and expansive dungeons could keep you exploring for many hours, making it excellent value. But it's hard to imagine it winning over the unconvinced or the uninitiated.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Haze
    For all its promise to deliver a thoughtful take on the murkier aspects of war combined with Free Radical's proven prestige with first person shooters, ultimately Haze is a resounding disappointment that never truly shines in any department.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
    Conquest offers much sound and fury but little substance.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
    Conquest offers much sound and fury but little substance.
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