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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 The Wolf Among Us: Episode 4 - In Sheep's Clothing
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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    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    NBA Live 14
    NBA Live 14 is a bungled attempt to produce a viable basketball simulation, and its failures are likely to linger in the minds of players for years to come.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    SiNG Party
    The single-player mode doesn't do anything that Rock Band or other karaoke games haven't already done, and the rigid competitive structure of Team mode limits the usefulness of its dual-screen display.
    • 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.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    NHL 15
    With NHL 15, EA Canada has taken its secret weapon and buried it under a thick sheet of beautiful, glistening ice...Though there's some enjoyment to be had on the ice, NHL 15 feels like the first major misstep the series has made in years.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Brink
    Brink's artistically compelling soldiers can sail effortlessly over obstacles, landing acrobatic maneuvers never before seen in the genre with effortless poise -- unfortunately, just about everything else lands flat on its face.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Duke Nukem Forever
    What has, at long last, been committed to a disc and placed into a box might have been alright a dozen years ago, but by today's standards it simply doesn't hold up.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Wii Party U
    Wii Party U isn't terrible, it's just uninspired. If you're looking for something that can be replayed for months and months, like Wii Sports, you won't find it here.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Blue Estate Prologue
    Fans of the comic may enjoy a new way to experience Blue Estate's universe, directly from the creator himself, but the game's pacing is forced and its characters ill-developed. I wonder how many Blue Estate comic fans own a Leap Motion in the first place.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    APB (All Points Bulletin)
    If APB was just another Grand Theft Auto clone, it wouldn't be worth a second look. But because it's an MMO, it still has that chance to improve and do better. The ad-hoc versus mission mechanic is ingenious, and that customization can be intoxicating, especially when you get a clear idea of exactly what you want your character and vehicle to look like.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
    Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is everything I hoped it wouldn't be: a mediocre shooter hoping to be bolstered by the Resident Evil name. It takes what is arguably the series' best setting and wastes it, forcing players to plod through generic underground facilities and the occasional, oddly vacant street from one boring encounter to the next.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Lucha Libre AAA Heroes del Ring
    Unfortunately, the only thing hiding under this particular luchadore's mask is a truly mediocre game.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    007 Legends
    Simply put, 007 Legends is a trap: a poor, uninspired game touting the 007 license hoping nostalgic fans will shell out $60 expecting to relive some of their favorite franchise moments. Bond-lovers will be offended by story inaccuracies and barely recognizable action sequences, while shooter fans will grow bored of the lame level design, lack of variety, and out-of-context story lines.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Dragon's Dogma
    Any brief flickers of fun I came across were consistently extinguished by the game's oppressive flaws.
    • 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.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Jurassic Park: The Game
    It's a solid effort to be dour compared to Telltale's cartoonish games, but the cinematic illusion comes to a halt every time someone pulls an odd face, or when the music stops abruptly between scenes.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor: Warfighter
    The concept behind Warfighter is sound – particularly its attempt to personalize the internal conflict of a soldier – but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights
    What little Lautrec does, it does competently but not compellingly.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Inversion
    Inversion is so generic that I'd sooner recommend just about any other of gaming's numerous cover-based shooters ahead of it – especially since its anti-gravity mechanic barely even factors into the grand scheme of things.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Divekick
    Maybe Divekick is the future of fighting games. Maybe the hardcore tournament set really does want a fighter so barebones that it's basically marrow. Everyone else would be better served going elsewhere for their virtual pugilism fix.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    StarDrone
    A title that reeks of being over-designed, leaving the player with very little agency over how they want to complete the challenges set out for them. For every level that allows for a smidgen of strategy and exploration, there are several that force players down a single, unchanging path, which is pretty far from fun fun.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Red Faction: Battlegrounds
    A tepid pursuit of the bare minimum, resistant to the creative nudge that could have made it feel like something worthwhile. Everything works, it does what it says on the tin, but there's not a spark of personality in there.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Naughty Bear
    Wait ... this is a retail game? And you have to pay $50 for it? Unfortunately, in spite of a few good ideas, Naughty Bear is too sloppily executed, and too shallow to recommend -- especially as a "full" retail experience.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
    Even the most brainless of braindead fare can aim higher than this rat-hitting-the-feeder-bar inanity. You deserve better.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Harvest Moon 3D: The Lost Valley
    The Lost Valley offers a pitiful amount of content, and what's available takes ages to unlock.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    LocoCycle
    Maybe one day hordes of fans will gather in local arcades to play LocoCycle ironically and quote some of its notoriously terrible lines – Mi espalda! – but until that day, it's just a bad game, and there's nothing funny about that.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Resistance: Burning Skies
    Levels all feel constrictive, and the dour color palette doesn't help the dull nature of its locations. The start-to-sewer time is awfully short on this one.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Blood Drive
    I imagine it's difficult to make a game called Blood Drive less fun than attending an actual blood drive, but, by golly, someone's done it. At least when you donate blood you get a cookie and juice at the end.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Knights Contract
    From the awful AI to the jittery camera to the hazardous-to-controllers difficulty spikes, right down to the grammatically-challenged title, Knights Contract feels unfinished at best and lazy at worst.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified
    A flimsy, forgettable, phoned-in Call of Duty. The only entertainment value comes from watching the relationship between Activision and Sony, who now seem chummy enough to exchange gag gifts.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Fable Heroes
    It might be a suitable family game, but there are certainly better family games out there – games that won't leave a five-year-old yawning. For Fable fans distraught about Peter Molyneux's departure from Lionhead, I would recommend pretending this title didn't even exist. And for the unlucky few who can't resist and buy it anyway, I'd wager a nickel that you only ever play the game once.
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