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For 560 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Madden NFL 06
Lowest review score: 20 Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 367 out of 560
  2. Mixed: 131 out of 560
  3. Negative: 62 out of 560
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Galactic Wrestling: Featuring Ultimate Muscle
    Some of the better moves defy gravity and reason—such as the four-man pile driver. The game doesn't reveal who these freaks are or why they're fighting, but extensive research has revealed they're based on a line of rubber toys and a disturbing '80s TV show.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Outlaw Tennis
    What's really shocking, though, is that it plays as well as a regulation tennis game. It has the same responsive controls, and even lets you play online doubles with your friends-assuming they're more likely to chug a Country Club than apply to one.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Halo: Combat Evolved
    It’s all so much like the Xbox version, in fact, that you might wonder why the hell you spent money on it a second time.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Alter Echo
    But the game's star is really Nevin's cool, morphable costume, which gives new meaning to the phrase "class action suit."
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Like the movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is quite an ambitious undertaking. Unlike the movie, it doesn’t consistently deliver the goods.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Headhunter: Redemption
    Blowing away targets requires use of annoying lock-on control, but rolling out of harm's way during lead showers and stealthy clinging to walls varies the pace-as do cut scenes dripping with cheezola dialogue.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    AeroWings 2: Air Strike
    Welcome to the mile-high club.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Great Escape
    The drab pacing isn’t helped by clunky controls and muddy graphics.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Headhunter: Redemption
    The whole shooting match feels kinda Xeroxed, but for fans of the genre, it's worth the rental after a long day at the rock pile.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
    The only "improvements" consist of a slew of extra outfits, yawn-inducing training missions, and a handful of bonuses that only the most avid Gear geek could appreciate. If that’s you, fine.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    New Legends
    Though the tired scenarios prevent this from being a gourmet experience, on the action-starved Xbox it makes for a satisfying lunch special.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
    Offers enough twists to make us take the bait.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Crazy Taxi
    We don’t like how the pesky pedestrians always manage to dodge your cab, but the graphics of the San Francisco–like city are amazingly detailed.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rise of the Kasai
    But the game's focus on cooperative gameplay with an AI fighting partner feels more forced than fun. If we wanted to be this bored with another person, we’d have gotten married.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    The graphics and sound (enhanced by the actual voices of the movie’s stars) were well-rendered and intricate indeed, but players soon grew bored with repetitive thrusting and parrying against evil Sauron’s monstrous hordes.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Alter Echo
    But the game's star is really Nevin's cool, morphable costume, which gives new meaning to the phrase "class action suit."
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Silent Scope
    If sending a single bullet through someone’s head thousands of yards away sounds like a good Friday night to you, then Silent Scope is right up your alley (and therapy might not be a bad idea, either).
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Alien Resurrection
    The scares happen early and often, so we strongly recommend you play this one with the lights turned down and the volume turned up. Just make sure you have a diaper on.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
    This confrontation between Crash and his massively noggined nemesis, Dr. Cortex, is the most innovative yet.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
    Not everyone’s cup of vino, but a true toga party for fans of the franchise.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In Cold Blood
    A letdown for NRA enthusiasts, surely, but they will enjoy the best spy perk of all—a license to kill.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    PGA European Tour
    Maybe they should change their names to something catchy, like Fuzzy or Chi-Chi, so we can remember who the hell they are.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    4x4 Evolution
    The game’s lack of realism (your cars can’t get damaged or dirty) takes away from that devilish feeling that you’re doing something naughty with the family car.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    EOE: Eve of Extinction
    Like most outings with the little lady, this one gets tired, but ample eye candy—and violence—ensure that Eve is one traditional kiss good night that occasionally slips you the tongue.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    NASCAR Thunder 2004
    Fanatics will tweak tire pressure, suspension, and build dynasties, alliances, and sponsorships; rookies can learn the nuances of drafting, passing, and holding position on dozens of real-world tracks.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Freedom Force
    Like the comic books that inspired it, Freedom Force features slick animation and plenty of boffo, whiz-bang special effects.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dead Man's Hand
    The concept and play consistently deal a royal flush, just ignore the choppy visuals, which can irritate like a pesky infection picked up at Miss Kitty’s Cat House.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Steel Battalion: Line of Contact
    You'll add valuable mech piloting skills to your résumé in punishing combat situations that are as close as you'll ever get to the real thing...were these machines not totally fictional.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Matrix Online
    The unique fighting system keeps things lively—martial arts and gun battles play out by aligning "moves" on an action bar—but whether or not there are enough Matrix fans out there to populate this huge, lush world remains to be seen.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sonic Riders
    While not the deepest racer, the game has speedy thrills and frantic multiplayer action that help bring Sonic's usual racing antics and signature speed to the sky.
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