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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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    • 74 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    EverQuest Online Adventures
    Fortunately for our loved ones, the urge to boot up a PS2 to waste entire months role-playing as an Orc who sells pomegranates or a Warrior who slays stray cats won’t be nearly so compelling thanks to graphics that often look like flattened dragon dung.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unreal II: The Awakening
    The first Unreal made its name on, well, its unreal visuals, but we had no idea how saucy a first-person shooter could look until we tried the sequel.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Devil May Cry 2
    Clunky camera moves hit the occasional sour note, but the eventual showdown with the Dark Lord Currently Known as Satan makes it all well worth the ride.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
    The sharp graphics and advanced jiggle physics will no doubt prick the interest of lonely gamers, but surprisingly, the game's volleyball action is pretty solid. And that's the most important thing…right?
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Getaway
    If the ensuing police brutality doesn’t mold you into the model Wheelman, then having to endure those whiny English cop sirens surely will.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    War of the Monsters
    The battles themselves are chaotically free-for-all, allowing up to four monsters to grapple hand-to-hand and even rip up handy lampposts, buildings, and cars to bludgeon enemies.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    SimCity 4
    Unlike past SimCities that dealt in generalities, this one takes a more hands-on approach.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Panzer Dragoon Orta
    Looks beautiful, and is one of the best shooters we've ever played.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Impossible Creatures
    Once you get past all the gamesmanship, you can concentrate on bitch-slapping Mother Nature by creating twisted beasts that would make Jack Hanna brown his khakis.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Sims Online
    Unlike the previous Sims games, all of these citizens are controlled by actual people. In other words, you might want to double-check the genders of those two cuties before you try to score the world’s first virtual hot-tub ménage à trois.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Seek and Destroy
    While the kill-and-kill-again objective may be low in frills, the simple, straightforward action is a welcome break from a sea of complex games that currently take longer to set up than to play.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Star Wars: The Clone Wars
    Both the solo and multiplayer options deliver the explosive goods, but for maximum entertainment value try betting with friends on the strategy-based Conquest mode. Loser has to sponge-bathe Jabba!
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    007: NightFire
    Stealing the best gadgets and characters from the movies, NightFire lets you decide how to topple the requisite megalomanical villain: Use stealth and gizmos (like Eurobabe-revealing x-ray specs—thanks, Q!) or go in guns blazing.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
    This is actually one of the best adventure games we’ve played in a long time—even if pseudo-Conan is killing beasts by the thousands with something from Toys “R” Us.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Minority Report: Everybody Runs
    We forsee you buying this game, enjoying it at first, getting frustrated at certain parts, then putting it on your shelf after you’re done and rarely playing it again.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Minority Report: Everybody Runs
    We forsee you buying this game, enjoying it at first, getting frustrated at certain parts, then putting it on your shelf after you’re done and rarely playing it again.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Superman: The Man of Steel
    You do get to take on all of the classic villains in Metropolis—Braniac 13 and Lex Luthor, among others—but not before fighting through a number of mind-numbing missions with unrecognizable characters.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Minority Report: Everybody Runs
    We forsee you buying this game, enjoying it at first, getting frustrated at certain parts, then putting it on your shelf after you’re done and rarely playing it again.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    James Bond 007: NightFire
    Stealing the best gadgets and characters from the movies, NightFire lets you decide how to topple the requisite megalomanical villain: Use stealth and gizmos (like Eurobabe-revealing x-ray specs—thanks, Q!) or go in guns blazing.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
    To hell with lame gunshot wounds and other gang violence. This game’s fatalities include creative beheadings and dismemberments that would make Hannibal green with envy.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    James Bond 007: NightFire
    Stealing the best gadgets and characters from the movies, NightFire lets you decide how to topple the requisite megalomanical villain: Use stealth and gizmos (like Eurobabe-revealing x-ray specs-thanks, Q!) or go in guns blazing.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    James Bond 007: NightFire
    Stealing the best gadgets and characters from the movies, NightFire lets you decide how to topple the requisite megalomanical villain: Use stealth and gizmos (like Eurobabe-revealing x-ray specs—thanks, Q!) or go in guns blazing.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
    To hell with lame gunshot wounds and other gang violence. This game's fatalities include creative beheadings and dismemberments that would make Hannibal green with envy.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
    To hell with lame gunshot wounds and other gang violence. This game’s fatalities include creative beheadings and dismemberments that would make Hannibal green with envy.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Simpsons Skateboarding
    Yes, it’s half-amusing to see Marge do a 360 with her beehive do for, oh, about 10 seconds, but really, let’s just keep the skateboarding to experts like Bart and Tony Hawk.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    MechAssault
    After playing this game you’ll understand exactly why, short of a crate of opium-laced Snickers bars, nothing is more satisfying than leveling city blocks by the dozen with a 50-ton robot.
    • 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.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003
    In addition to playing on boring, traditional courses like Pebble Beach with the good ol’ boys, you can take on a quartet of kilt-wearing Scotsmen in the middle of the Amazon.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
    You’ll be sold the second you get into a gang bang with the song “Beat It” playing in the background. It just doesn’t get any better than that.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003
    In addition to playing on boring, traditional courses like Pebble Beach with the good ol’ boys, you can take on a quartet of kilt-wearing Scotsmen in the middle of the Amazon.
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