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For 768 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 51% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
Lowest review score: 20 Conduit 2
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 421 out of 768
  2. Mixed: 279 out of 768
  3. Negative: 68 out of 768
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Raskulls
    There's little truly innovative about Raskulls, and its non-stop attempt to charm (never as funny as it thinks it is) nearly backfires. But with its solid mechanics, well-designed levels, and cute characters, only a grizzled old Gargamel wouldn't enjoy their time with the Raskulls.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam
    Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam -- as a $15 expansion -- is a must. The maps are excellent and several aspects of the game feel different, but still balanced, like they did in the original game.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A World of Keflings
    As a palate cleanser, A World of Keflings certainly does the trick, though you may feel your sanity begin to ebb after extended sessions.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Back to the Future: The Game - Episode I: It's About Time
    For a few hours peering into my laptop screen, Telltale managed to make me feel eight years old again. It may not be time travel, but it could be the closest you can get without a flux capacitor.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bit.Trip Fate
    The music in Fate is dark, ominous, and really cool.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Amnesia: The Dark Descent
    Amnesia's macabre sensibilities and slow pacing may not be for everyone, but horror fans looking for a truly frightening experience should turn off the lights, plug in some headphones and settle in.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Sonic Free Riders
    To its credit, the game is colorful.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
    The game is at its best with a friend, perhaps someone turned off by the long-term learning required by more complex fighting games.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Kinect Joy Ride
    If there wasn't a decent racer attached to the gimmick, I wouldn't recommend it at all.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
    Having waited seven years for another helping of Golden Sun, cozy is exactly what I was looking for.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Splatterhouse
    Splatterhouse is like an undercooked blood sausage. It's sloppy, gooey, and all falls apart under any real amount of pressure.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
    Frankly, Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom might have been better off with no combat at all. In about 15 hours of playtime, the puzzles stay fresh, while the fighting feels stale from the start.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hoard
    But like Narbacular Drop, Hoard's gameplay shines beyond its meager trappings. If anyone ever polishes this game to a Portal-like hue, there won't be enough cake jokes in the world.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Poker Night at the Inventory (2010)
    Playing cards with some talkative favorite characters is great ... for about the first 30 minutes.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Kung-Fu Live
    Fans of Kung fu pulp or those who want to sample motion-controlled gaming without breaking the bank should find enough stupid fun in KFL to warrant the $14.99 download. Just don't blame me if you can't lift your arms in the morning.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The UnderGarden
    Unlike the Buddha, who waited for his students to grasp his lesson on their own, The UnderGarden felt the need to prompt me. That's not very Zen, dude.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem
    Although the bite-sized puzzle play of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! initially seems no more enthralling than what you could find on a free Flash game site, it takes only a few minutes for the game's quality to shine through.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    FlingSmash
    If you find you have a knack for the basic gameplay of FlingSmash, beyond willing yourself through the levels as I did, there's plenty of replayability.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
    Look: This is a game about punching perplexed paper dolls until they explode with blood, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But it is so very much about that -- and only that -- that, unless you're in love, it's far safer on this side of the looking glass.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Fight: Lights Out
    Nearly 1000 milligrams of ibuprofen are coursing through my system while I finish this review, slightly dulling the pain of the strained muscles in my chest and torso that I endured at the hands of The Fight: Lights Out.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    EA Sports Active 2
    It's a solid effort all-around and a surprisingly fun way to get fit.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Dead Nation
    But if you have a willing friend, and don't have a history of heart disease, this is a journey worth taking.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit may have been a late entrant into the race, but it both grabs the checkered flag for this year and may set a land speed record for this entire class of racer.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit may have been a late entrant into the race, but it both grabs the checkered flag for this year and may set a land speed record for this entire class of racer.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    GoldenEye 007
    I tend to sprint in the middle of the room with a shotgun, shoot a round in the air, and get ready for the army to rain down on me. To each his own.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Donkey Kong Country Returns
    Donkey Kong Country Returns proves that Retro Studios doesn't just have a talent for first-person sci-fi adventures. This is a game that succeeds not because of incredible innovations, but simply because it was designed really well.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Create
    Between the uninspired puzzles and numbing repetition, it's especially difficult to recommend Create. As a puzzle game, it's shallow and monotonous; as a creative sandbox, it's extremely light on stuff to do.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: Black Ops
    Black Ops is a terrific action game with a solid story and a deep, rewarding multiplayer mode.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Disney Epic Mickey
    You don't need to be a Disney fan to appreciate the high points of Epic Mickey, but it certainly helps when the going gets rough. Thankfully, the moments of sheer joy this game creates -- whether it's the umpteenth weird twist on a Disney classic or the multitude of fantastic side-scrolling levels themed after Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts -- mean there's always something worthwhile just around the corner.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gran Turismo 5
    If you're one of those car nuts I mentioned earlier, here's your game. Have fun, we'll see you in a year when you finally leave the house. If you're not in that group -- you like, even love racing games, but care less about tuning and more about the thrill of the race -- GT5 is like walking in on a group of physicists discussing string theory and asking who wants to go toss around a ball for a bit. You're looking to have fun; they're only interested in studying the math behind how it bounces.
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