Maxim Online's Scores

  • Games
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. Negative: 62 out of 560
560 game reviews
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Triple Play may not be the smartest or most realistic baseball video game, but it’s definitely the best-looking one.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The action is intense, and the super-strong vehicle lets you slam into walls and other racers without worry.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hilariously crude.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you have an urge to knock some balls around during the winter, then Tiger Woods might be able to help you out.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    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.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Fans of the genre will probably get their rocks off, but casual gamers will find it a big tease.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The long missions require a lot of patience, but not as much as you needed to sit through the movie.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If you want a glimpse of what the NBA might look like if Vince McMahon were the commissioner, then you owe yourself a look at NBA Hoopz.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If the steep learning curve has you hollering "Mayday!" a little too often, you can always switch sides and play as a Japanese pilot—and plan a little do-it-yourself Pearl Harbor.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Teams of up to four can then venture to visually stunning alien worlds, solving puzzles and wasting anything that moves.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A history of hoops that lets you bring almost every star player (dating back to the 1950s) out of the mothballs.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Despite surprisingly disappointing graphics, RC Revenge Pro takes you back to grade school with more remote-controlled cars than a well-stocked Toys “R” Us.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    An adventure game that looks and plays shamelessly like "Tomb Raider," only without the oversized breasts.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ultra-deep.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Roughly 9,200 people are injured yearly on roller coasters—and here’s your chance to add to the carnage!
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The ugly graphics make this feel more "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" than "Goldfinger."
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Sometimes the visual assault becomes so chaotic, you may lose track of your on-screen location. Our advice: Fly blind and keep on shooting.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Get really good and you challenge real women’s champ Jeanette “The Black Widow” Lee in her beach house—where losing your shirt wouldn’t be so bad.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    An all-around crowd pleaser with great weapons, exotic locales, and enough mystery to keep you coming back for more.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    SSX
    This isn’t only one of the best looking and most intense PlayStation 2 games, it’s also hands down the loudest.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It’s about time someone used an SUV for more than hauling brats to soccer practice.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    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).
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The most visually impressive football game ever.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Two guns up.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There’s no ear biting in Tyson’s animated repertoire (damn!), but there’re plenty of other ways to rearrange your opponent’s face—even though you won’t recognize any of them.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Blocky backgrounds and mushy controls make this about as tasty as a mouthful of yellow snow.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A potent Molotov cocktail of intrigue and fast, bloody action.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, the controls are still choppy compared with Dreamcast blockbuster "Soul Calibur," which defeats the purpose of splurging on a new PlayStation 2.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    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.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Truly spooky graphics and nut-shriveling sounds.

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