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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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    • 93 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Fallout 3
    It’s the big Christmas action game with brains and choices, and with an interest in constructing a refreshingly different world from all those austere near-future manshoots that clog up the shelves. In many respects, it’s a far better game than "Bioshock," most of all because you get the endless choice that promised but didn’t deliver. So it’s tragic that the often awful production values make a fool of it so regularly.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Shift
    Need for Speed Shift gets the most important part of a racing game right and it does so with a flair that’s uncommon in a frequently po-faced genre, providing driving that’s genuinely thrilling.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
    This is a better game than FIFA 10 and while it'll inevitably be outstripped by FIFA 11 later this year it still stands as the best take on the sport that's currently available. It's also the perfect accompaniment to the summer of football that awaits.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: World at War
    The WWII setting compounds the wearying feeling of over-familiarity, but the solid engine that powers the game ensures that it’s often the most spectacular take on the conflict yet, and one that’s certainly the most exhilarating.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Dawn of Discovery
    Ubisoft has delivered a game that’s been thoughtfully designed around the strengths of Nintendo’s system, delivering an experience that retains the essence and depth of the long-running series while streamlining it to offer a pacier, more accessible twist on the familiar formula, replacing unnecessary complexity with gameplay breadth.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
    This is a better game than FIFA 10 and while it'll inevitably be outstripped by FIFA 11 later this year it still stands as the best take on the sport that's currently available. It's also the perfect accompaniment to the summer of football that awaits.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Shift
    Need for Speed Shift gets the most important part of a racing game right and it does so with a flair that’s uncommon in a frequently po-faced genre, providing driving that’s genuinely thrilling.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Split/Second
    Split/Second is an explosive shot of distilled arcade energy; it's action that's fueled by the slick production of the Hollywood a-list, and racing that's infused with an infectious amount of fun.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
    Improved graphics, streamlined tactical options and a relatively robust take on the series' winning formula ensure that this is the best PES yet, though it's not quite enough to topple FIFA from its well-earned perch.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: World at War
    Although World at War too often feels like a refit, it’s a refit of one of the greatest games of the current generation - and one that’s, by and large, been confidently handled by Treyarch.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
    Improved graphics, streamlined tactical options and a relatively robust take on the series' winning formula ensure that this is the best PES yet, though it's not quite enough to topple FIFA from its well-earned perch.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
    The sheer size of this expansion is staggering.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Halo 3: ODST
    When it delivers, it does so with an excellence unmatched within the genre. Ultimately though, it fails to build upon the framework of Halo 3 in a way meaningful enough to put it on par with Bungie’s previous efforts, resulting in a game that’s merely great.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Dead Space: Extraction
    Taking the established genre formula and adding the core elements of the Dead Space experience has made for a shooter that's refreshingly relentless, delivering a hugely enjoyable action romp.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
    Whether you’re a Sephiroth obsessive, or whether you couldn’t tell your Aerith from your Angeal, Crisis Core is an excellent action RPG, and it’s certainly among the best the PSP has to offer.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
    It's the Layton series' uniquely endearing atmosphere and the developer's obvious love for its creation that makes this return visit to the good Professor feel like a genuine pleasure, rather than an over-familiar chore.
    • 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.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    F1 2010
    Easily the best Grand Prix game since Geoff Crammond was on the beat.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    F1 2010
    Easily the best Grand Prix game since Geoff Crammond was on the beat. Its driving is second to none and is brought alive by a dynamic weather system, while its racing is as thrilling as the real thing.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    F1 2010
    Easily the best Grand Prix game since Geoff Crammond was on the beat. Its driving is second to none and is brought alive by a dynamic weather system, while its racing is as thrilling as the real thing.
    • 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.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Battlefield: Bad Company
    Bold and bright in tone, it’s blockbuster fare that combines DICE’s first-person expertise with a small sprinkling of innovation that’s enough to ensure it’s a perfect way to shoot the summer breeze.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Red Steel 2
    As a template for how to combine shooting and swordplay within one intuitive, fluid control system, Red Steel 2 is an incredible achievement. But the bottom line is that the game takes a little too long to get going, and when it does it's all over way too soon.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
    It mightn't be especially original but Lords of Shadow's rock solid core mechanics, creative flourishes and assured sense of pacing all combine to form a game that, despite a few rough edges, is a beautifully atmospheric, undeniably entertaining experience.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
    It mightn't be especially original but Lords of Shadow's rock solid core mechanics, creative flourishes and assured sense of pacing all combine to form a game that, despite a few rough edges, is a beautifully atmospheric, undeniably entertaining experience.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
    There’s certainly no arguing that Project Origin is an excellent, albeit, old-school shooter. It’s 2009 though and, from the game’s well-worn jolts right through to environments consistently drawn from the big book of FPS clichés – hello subway system, hospital, derelict street, science lab and underground bunker – there are simply too few moments that alleviate proceedings to the top tier of genre daddies.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Ridge Racer 3D
    It doesn't add anything new to Ridge Racer's well-worn formula, nor does it do anything particularly daring with it, but the 3D overhaul combined with a surplus of content are enough to blow away the dust that's settled on the series over the years.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    New International Track & Field
    Sumo Digital’s take on the athletics genre is a rare gem on the handheld’s current stark landscape, at its heart an unashamedly old school experience that also manages to successfully revive the spirit of Konami’s once great series.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Race Pro
    No other game has managed to capture the thrill of going bumper to bumper in pure-bred machinery quite so brilliantly as this, and if you can see through its shortcomings it's one of the very best available on the 360.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Battlefield: Bad Company
    In spite of its sluggish opening, Battlefield: Bad Company goes on to produce one of the most entertaining first-person shooters since last year’s "Call of Duty 4."
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