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For 1,125 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 58% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Lowest review score: 10 Ape Escape Academy
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 618 out of 1125
  2. Mixed: 428 out of 1125
  3. Negative: 79 out of 1125
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Spore
    Despite sounding incredibly deep on paper, the reality of Spore is little more than a patchwork quilt of ultra-simple games that, even taken as a whole, have the depth of a puddle in the Sahara Desert. To be perfectly honest, you’d be better off sticking with the standalone creature creator, as it’s actually the only portion of the game that isn’t half-baked and in need of some serious evolution.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
    While still similar in many ways to Midnight Club 2, the two remain sufficiently different that neither negates the other.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Devil May Cry 4
    Devil May Cry 4 is not the revolution that Capcom might have wanted from the series, but it’s their fault for lumbering Dante with lazy, repeated level design, and making Nero a far more interesting character to play as than to watch in cut-scenes.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow
    With a quality single player campaign, custom game modes, split-screen co-op and a very strong multiplayer component, Black Arrow is hard to fault even if it is very similar to Rainbow Six 3 – which is not in itself a bad thing.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    NBA 2K6
    Some of NBA 2K6’s updates are incremental, while others show a continuing commitment towards maintaining the best NBA video game on the market.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
    Rise of Legends may not break new ground, but it certainly adds to what has gone before and presses all the right buttons along the way to becoming one of the more entertaining RTS games out there.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
    No matter how many bad songs there are, no matter how many planes you’ll never pilot or how much you want there to be multiplayer, Ace Combat: Squadron Leader is still a fantastic game.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
    Its simplicity is its strength, and its weakness – while traipsing around looking for annoyingly hidden items and backtracking is almost completely avoided, the limited direction of the game reduces its chances of holding your interest for long enough to play it all the way through.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    DEFCON: Everybody Dies
    By far one of the most understatedly atmospheric games of the year, DefCon has cornered the market on the kind of strategy that tenses the buttocks to sphincter-alarming proportions. Death, destruction, brains and beauty – who the hell needs a nice game of chess?
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Warriors
    As a movie tie-in, we can say with no authority whatsoever that it’s totally authentic and sure to please fans (in all seriousness, the production values and treatment are extremely respectable).
    • 84 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
    It’s essentially the same game as before, only played from a different angle.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
    It trumps the already brilliant original by being based on the classic trilogy of films and, in terms of gameplay, is the multiplayer co-op game of the decade so far.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Indigo Prophecy
    A truly extraordinary game, and easily one of this year's landmark titles. Evocative, unique, original, atmospheric and gripping – most contemporary releases struggle to lay claim to just one of Fahrenheit's strengths.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
    Due to the fact that there are so many ways to eliminate the enemies on screen, there is a certain reply value to this other than unlocking the various movies, but the levels are quite linear in design and maybe once the novelty of the psi abilities has worn off this title may well start collecting dust a few weeks down the line.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II
    As welcome an update as we could ever have hoped for. By expanding beyond the reach of the films, adding in the distinctive modes of play in the forms of the simple campaign and the more tactical War of the Ring and improving upon the construction elements, EA have done a splendid job of bringing an already solid RTS right up to date.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Guild Wars Nightfall
    Some elements of the game could definitely use a bit more polish, and we’d hope to see some more significant retroactive technical changes for the next inevitable outing, but for now Guild Wars Nightfall represents a perfectly justifiable if not essential purchase.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
    The stylish look and off-the-wall story certainly make up for a lack of hardcore role-playing depth.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
    There’s no doubt that Quake Wars is a good deal of fun to play, and that counts for a lot, but in terms of winning and losing, it’s clear that the onus is primarily on the defending side to get and stay organised, as only then will the attackers need to do the same.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
    The visuals push the PS2 to its limits, the combat system is incredibly unique and enjoyable, and there are countless hours of gameplay to be had in reincarnating every Einherjar during Silmeria and Alicia’s wonderfully written adventure – even if you never really get to know them.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Warhawk
    But if you are happy to play the game online all of the time and don’t mind an initially steep learning curve, Warhawk actually proves to be an enjoyable and engaging game; it’s arcade leanings making up for a slight lack of sophistication, and an impressive sense of scale making up for the lack of visual ‘wow’ factor. Overall, a surprise hit.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords
    The multiplayer definitely benefits the most but all in all, one of the best and most disturbingly addictive games ever has just upped the stakes once again.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
    In terms of visuals, features, quality of courses and online play, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 is a really great golf game. It would probably be easier to recommend if the series wasn’t prone to such inconsistent yearly updates, but at least EA has focused on making the game better than just bigger.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)
    Perhaps only a third party can produce a title that so glorifies a series that revolutionised cinema, because it’s Pandemic and not LucasArts that has created a game that lives up to the vast shadow created by the films.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    Darwinia
    We’re left with a fairly annoying RTS title full of niggling and frustrating bugs, poor design decisions, and pathfinding that has dripped directly from the nose of Satan himself.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Space Invaders Extreme
    As a modern update to a classic and as an example of neo retro presentation, Space Invaders Extreme works and it works well. Taito has walked a tightrope between faithful and contemporary gameplay without the need for a safety net.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
    Due to the fact that there are so many ways to eliminate the enemies on screen, there is a certain reply value to this other than unlocking the various movies, but the levels are quite linear in design and maybe once the novelty of the psi abilities has worn off this title may well start collecting dust a few weeks down the line.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
    Overall Warrior Within seems to be in something of a messy transition period, caught between the light-hearted fun of the original and some noirish violent action game that was probably more the result of mis-focused market testing than any kind of genuine developer decision.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
    When combined with solid, focused, accessible gameplay and handy features such as the ability to ping objectives so that you don’t get lost, or automatically rewind time Prince of Persia style when you inevitably cock something up, Sly 3 represents the cream of the genre.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    NHL 2K6
    The downsides don't trash what is basically a fun and frantic experience that manages to combine realism on the ice with arcade action.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    ESPN NBA 2K5
    If there’s any criticism at all it’s that the game throws it all at you at once thanks to a fairly unwieldy menu system, but the tutorials go some way to help and even if advanced team tactics and formations aren’t up your street, it’s good to know that they are there.
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