Meristation's Scores

  • Games
For 3,631 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 31% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 BioShock
Lowest review score: 5 Rambo: The Video Game
Score distribution:
3632 game reviews
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Shining Resonance Refrain is a title that stands out both for its combat system, charismatic characters and an interesting story as well as for including new additions in terms of content and playable characters.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Captain Toad is a great puzzle game, but has no enough news for Wii U players.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Kingdom Donkey Kong Adventure is a guide for how to make DCLs these days. 10 hours of fun and novelties that extends the original concept (an idea with a solid construction).
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A new sequel with better graphics, cuts in game modes and lack of ambition.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Wreckfest is a great successor to the Destruction Derby legacy. A game with personality and fun, with the best recreation of damages and accidents, and with excellent physics.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    The Crew 2 is a fun arcade racer, but it covers too much, lacking quality in some aspects related to gameplay and variety.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle has an unique tag combat system. Deeper, challenging and surprisingly fun. However, as a fighting product has lack of modes and controversial DLC policy.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It's been ten years, but de Blob is still a funny and colorful game. This remaster reminds us how amusing its gameplay can be. However, de Blob for Switch doesn't solve the camera problems of the original version. Besides, it was far more surprising ten years ago, when almost all the games were brown.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    With some amazing visuals and a frantic gameplay, Rise to Glory claims to be the definitive edition of the Fallen Legion series. Too bad the repetitive mechanics and the lack of depth outside the combat portions of the game make it just fall short to be a great game; it's still a good one, though.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Psychedelic, minimalistic walking simulator which invites us to enjoy a fantastic world growing around us.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Red Faction: Guerrilla was the last Red Faction solid experience, and its remastered version delivers all of its funny and epic moments in glorious 4K resolution. To top it off, it's free for those who owned the original on Steam.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Despite its flaws in handheld mode because of lower resolution, this version is the most recommended to play with. Toys For Bob has done a great job overall, so it continues feeling like Crash from last year.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Pokémon Quest has some neat ideas but none of them is well-executed. It's a free game so... try it. But it's not definitely a great game by any means.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Flashback was a 90's classic and still is a great experience in the best and most complete version of Paul Cuisset's game.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With a wonderfully complex combat system Tower of Time manages to clutch your attention and never lets go. Increasingly complex and varied, this is a wonderful little (but also quite massive) title that is worthy of your attention.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A dark-fantasy narrative adventure which holds a perfect equilibrium between story and puzzles. With an astonishing art direction, it's only con is the lack of variation in its puzzles.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Arguably the best expansion Nintendo has ever made. The Splatoon universe receives the single player campaign it deserves; furthermore, its 80 levels are so difficult to complete and satisfying. If you own Splatoon 2, you should take a look at this DLC.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    5 years of development have lead to the creation of this beautiful and imaginative platformer which combines pinball mechanics with a metroidvania structure, sprinkled with charming characters, colorful environments and an island that feels alive.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Visuals are not attractive at all, but Suncrash has created a nice survival experience with multiple options. The game is suitable for new players, but also allows hardcore gamers to enjoy their game.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Twice the fun and twice the experience, Unravel 2 is not just the mandatory sequel, but one that proposes something new as two characters this time. A cooperation game that can be played in single-player and multiplayer, the local 2 player Coop is the best part alongside with the graphics. Maybe it is a little unbalanced in the puzzles department, a little short and it doesn't have that fresh of the first part, but Unravel 2 is a game with a little soul inside, so don't rush, just stop from time to time to watch the backgrounds. There's no hurry to get through the game.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ikaruga and Switch are a perfect match. Flawless in both portable or television modes, Ikaruga demonstrates that it still reigns among today´s shooters. A true classic that truly holds up, a lot of time after storming a genre.
    • 75 Metascore
    • Critic Score
    Mario Tennis Aces is the best entry in the series since the GBA title. Its gameplay mechanics are almost perfect as the game feels so smooth in each one of the game surfaces; furthermore, the adventure mode is like a perfect tutorial to canalize the special moves. Beautiful and fun, its only fault is the lack of single player content.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ancestors of Legacy is an entertaining RTS in which the tactical aspects are enhanced and the management ones are automated so that the user focuses only on the planning and development of the battles. The limitation of units means that the movements have to be measured very carefully. There are a lot of factors such as terrain, lighting and orientation of the units that affect the development of battles.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Beautiful pixel art, good music, well designed levels and several endings to promote replay. Only a few more levels and maybe a more modern controls would have improved what's already a game no Castlevania fan should miss.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Jurassic World Evolution is a direct shot to nostalgia with the appearance of familiar faces, the magic BSO and a huge variety of dinosaurs. Even so, it’s global simplicity and the current lack of options in the management of the park makes the necessity of various updates in order to improve and become the perfect Jurassic Park simulator we all want.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Unforeseen Incidents does not stand out because of the originality of its plot, but its narrative is compelling. Players will connect with its characters and atmosphere while solving some clever puzzles.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Azure Reflections shows us a title that follows the main "Touhou" games mechanics giving a few new additions to it besides offering a nice graphical style and extras but lacks more game modes and playable characters to make it even stronger.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nintendo tries to make a step forward in mobile type experiences but does not satisfy everything we could have expected after finishing the story. Gameplay mechanics are fun, but the game lacks the appeal of other puzzle-RPG games we've seen before.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Codemasters signs an innovative driving game with good manners. A worthy successor to MotorStorm with competitive additions but lack of game modes.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Dontnod is back with a brand new franchise. Vampyr is an Action RPG with rich narrative and interesting gameplay design.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A great adaptation of Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth. Daedalic focused on narrative rather tan puzzles, but the game is very enjoyable due to rich characters and strong story.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Agony is a survival horror adventure game with disturbing and grotesque visuals that sadly doesn´t match the high expectations we had on it. Most of the game mechanics are too frustrating, clunky and repetitive, but it also gives us freedom of exploration and shows a good level design. A game for the true hardcore fans of horror games.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Packed with both nostalgia and great games, Sega Mega Drive Classics delivers a true retro experience. Visualization options are pretty much cool this time, and everything works as a Mega Drive suited for today´s screens, with a decent line up of the system´s finest. Significant absences hurt the overall quality, though.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Battle Chasers: Nightwar comes to improve the RPG catalogue of Nintendo Switch, and does it in a particular way. It doesn't innovate in any of its aspects, but it's a solid game able to be liked by any RPG fan that would like a simple offer.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Indeed, this is a strange journey for Nintendo 3DS players, full of the turn-based combats, dungeon exploration and demon negotiations fans know and love... That's why it's a pity that it ends up being held back by its outdated interface, exhausting first person exploration and slow pace.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Unimpressive tennis game that doesn't live up to its own expectations. While some core foundations seem nice, they are terribly overshadowed by poor controls and some terrible technical issues. It's officially launched but it definitely looks like it's still in beta.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    As a title which mixes adventure elements with beat'em up side scrolling combat, "Little Witch Academia" shows as a title which is appealing for the series fans but also becomes an interesting game for those who want an alternative in the genre.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Horizon Chase Turbo is an homage (totally worthy of praise) to classic games like Top Gear and Outrun, with frantic and very good control. The soundtrack is a minor wonder.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Engaging, fast-paced and mesmerizing to watch and listen to, Laser League will certainly be the next obsession for a lot of players looking for new multiplayer experiences.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Destiny 2: Warmind is still not the expansion that returns those disappointed with the trajectory of the game.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Wonderfully tense, atmospheric and bizarre Little Nightmares spooked us throughout the whole adventure. Thoroughly recommended, just don't play it on portable mode.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers is by far the best entry in the Dillon's franchise, with many new features that try to justify the full retail price. Sadly, despite the various new mechanics introduced, the main issue with the previous entries hasn't been fixed: the gameplay can be too repetitive.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Moonlighter offers two types of gameplay in the same game and does it in an excellent way. Beautiful and with many details where a great soundtrack accompanies him. A difficult game with an excellent duration.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    30th Anniversary Collection is an great tribute to the best fighting franchise in the nineties. Solid netcode, good secrets, extras and gameplay that are still fine.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Despite its horrific initial learning curve, we managed to delve into Conan Exiles to find a super capable survival experience, and we found ourselves investing way more hours than we initially thought we would. With some more polishing and a friendlier entry point for users new to the genre, this Funcom game could become something much much better.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The interest within the argument in this second episode, Hide and Seek, descends in comparison to the first one. The weight of the story relies more in the puzzles and riddles than in the really interesting part of the game: the historical and distinguished guests.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 + 2 rescues the ten games of the classic Mega Man, with a good graphic adaptation to current screens and abundant extra material. A great opportunity to enjoy these great titles while we await the arrival of Mega Man 11.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    A beautiful and well written game that happens to be a bit repetitive.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Dark Souls: Remastered proves the original Dark Souls to be a pretty solid experience even seven years later. This remaster of FromSoftware's 2011 title includes few but necessary enhancements, like 4K support and, at last, solid 60 FPS gameplay.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Living the life of an android is what David Cage and Quantic Dream offer us in their new game. Detroit Become Human is an emotional experience from beginning to end, a journey with three humanoid robots in a playable story-oriented narrative experience in the tradition of Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls. Yes, maybe the gameplay is different, it's not the usual fare, but the depth and consequences of our reactions make the gameplay feel organic in every action, reaction and decision we make, not just a 'you chose well/you chose poorly' thing. Visually a spectacle, the best thing in Detroit: Become Human is not what we play, but what we feel.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    An air-combat roguelike with lots of frantic action. Many game modes which add freshness to the gameplay and renovates interest in the player.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A charming audiovisual experience, supported by a rich playable system despite having some shortcomings.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    SpaceCan takes a risk trying to make a good rogelike given the latest indie releases level during last year. However, Juicy Realm is good enough to get engaged for a weekend, even though does not provide a huge amount of content.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Death Road to Canada is a blast for short runs and a great combination of genres like survival-horror or RPG. As a roguelite, each game is unpredictable, sometimes even too much. It is possible that its extreme randomness doesn't like to every player, but Death Road to Canada is a guaranteed purchase for roguelite fans.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    State of Decay 2 barely takes advantage of the great potential that its predecessor left back in 2013. What we have found almost five years later is practically the same experience, renewed with minor adjustments and with the presence of the cooperative online features.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A good game within Total War saga. Diplomacy is the new (big) feature. If you want to win a battle without fighting, you have one chance in this game.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Trailblazers is a very original proposal with a fairly classic appearance. The use of paint gives the game a very fun strategic component, especially for multiplayer games.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    City of Brass is a fun and beautiful first-person roguelite inspired by One Thousand and One Nights. However, it becomes repetitive too early and does not offer any hook to keep playing after a few hours. Although it is entertaining, it does not give reasons to come back to its cursed city.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    This version is actually the best in the series, improving what we saw on Wii U and taking the huge amount of content from 3DS. Despite its flaws, Hyrule Warriors continues feeling as a mandatory visit for every Zelda fan; especially with the Switch version resolution when playing on TV.
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    • 65 Critic Score
    Farhome has an extremely good ideas, but it's problems in terms of bugs and pad sensitivity worsen the global experience.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Steredenn´s greatest triumph is how it blends modern and old costumes. Roguelike and extremely classic shoot em up embrace successfully in a dream come true for many retro gamers: an old arcade game that´s new each time you play it.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Empires Apart moves in the classic schemes of the RTS, but the novelties it presents are scarce 25 years after Dune II established the keys of the genre, to which it remains excessively faithful. It looses in the individual mode, weighed down by a deficient AI and the absence of campaign and it is shown to be funny and innovative in the multiplayer, to which clearly it is oriented.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Australian developer Big Ant Studios double faults on its opening serve regarding tennis game developing; while we can appreciate the effort, AO Tennis lacks the level of polish, depth, variety and fun we'd been hoping for so long now. It's just another break opportunity lost miserably.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    A sequel that does almost everything better than the original game. You could hardly ask for anything else.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    A good example to show there are not too-old formulas, just wrong approaches to reignite them. Taking the base of D&D Arcade and introducing plenty of RPG and Hack'n Slash elements, Vanillaware has made its finest game.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The ideas of Light Fall are unique. However, they are underutilized and the gameplay becomes repetitive too soon. Light Fall is a fun and beautiful 2D platformer, but also a bunch of undeveloped ideas and a too short experience. Only recommended for fans of the genre and speedrunners.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A solid multiplayer experience with some interesting ideas, but with a severe lack of content at the moment.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    The new South Park game is amazing. It's story is one step behind The Stick of Truth, but overall, the game is fun, entertaining, with a lot of things to do and with a great sense of humour. A must-have for South Park lovers in general.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The second entry on this series offers an improved gameplay with new story and characters, which results in an interesting title to play and to follow its story.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Italian actors finally receive their deserved tribute in the form of a video game. Varied, with good audiovisual section but repetitive in its mechanics.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Fable Fortune has too many similarities with other card games, and tries to make the difference with the Fable touch, but... It barely gets it.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Funky mode aside, Tropical Freeze remains largely unchanged. Which means there aren't many reasons for Wii U owners to buy it. But it also means that Switch now has one of the best platformers ever made in its library.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A really good translation of the original game and its spirit and a excellent point of entry for building a great tactics franchise.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    For the first time ever, we can enjoy this Naruto trilogy in a portable device, which is pretty interesting for those who are huge fans of the franchise. It lacks performance though, so the edition is far from perfect and needs a patch as soon as possible.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Thin Silence, that cunkling sound that is inside everyone and drives you to hope. The game, with its puzzles and pixel art visuals, explores the depths of human depression not only by using narrative, but also with the mechanics themselves.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Great management game, full of possibilities and options. However, has improvable touch screen control and isn't the best option to play in dock mode.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Solo manages to transport us into the landscapes of our souls to ask deep questions about love and learn more about ourselves, all the while providing an engaging set of puzzles, if somewhat clunky ones.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A different roguelite, beautiful artistically, with ingenious mechanics but bored with time.
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    • 80 Critic Score
    The legendary role-playing game comes back to life with very few improvements but with the hope that the updates will do even better. We expected more from Beamdog.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    This walking simulator has a good depth and makes us think about life and death. A unique experience that delivers great moments, although it's hard to immerse in its universe and it lacks some polishing.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Frostpunk builds upon the foundation that made This War of Mine a sleeper hit in 2014, providing a solid and innovative gameplay experience with real time strategy and survival elements. Winter is coming.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    The 25th Ward is an interesting game which has an intricate story with complex moments that makes hard to know what's happening. Besides that having three different stories that get crisscross at some point, a good soundtrack with many types of music and some moments that are like retro games are its best points.
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    • 70 Critic Score
    The House of Da Vinci is a puzzle based game similar to Fireproof's The Room. Leonardo Da Vinci is missing and your destiny as his most advanced pupil is to find him. Al tough the resolution of puzzles is quite ingenious, controls and camera are very imprecise.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Northgard is a good RTS game with a friendly gameplay for rookie gamers. Maybe we miss more fighters at the screen, but It's not a problem when you're fighting with Odin in a cartoon style.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Outlast 2 is one of the most anxious Survival Horror in current gen and still is great with its new and solid Switch port.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    On one hand, it's a must have for those who love Rick and Morty. A fun new version of Job Simulator. Puzzles and exploration plenty of laughs and hilarious dialogs. In the other hand, it's only a 2/3 hours experience and there isn't any real replay value. It isn't long enough (neither deep or varied) for the asking price (30€).
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Outlast is one of the best horror games in the last decade, and it still is six years later. Now, it's a great addition for the Switch, a console that lacks of this genre, and it will be grateful to receive an absolutely horrific game that has some deficits, but is enjoyable anyway.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A JRPG that combines classic concept with original decisions, but that remains in the shadow of the greats of Nintendo 3DS.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    With the new additions that improve the gameplay, Gal Gun 2 becomes an easy game to manage with a lot of extra content like new game modes and high replayability with six endings, make this the most complete title in the series appeared to date.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    God of war is an example of a great reboot. Intense and violent as its predecessors, the new combat mechanics, point of view and nordic mythology are solid arguments to declare it one of the best PS4 exclusives. And amazing starting point for the future of the series.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This version of Impact Winter corrects the technical flaws of the PC launch. An enjoyable survival experience, but one that forgets the emotional aspect.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Boring, tedious but somewhat attractive, this would be better as a tech demo or half-priced game but certainly does not work as a full priced title. Unfortunate.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Field of Glory is an excellent turn-based strategy game, with a high degree of historical rigor and a high level of difficulty that makes it not suitable for all types of audiences. The recreation of armies and units that compose it are made with care. There are a lot of battles available, five campaigns, a local editor, a basic multiplayer and the possibility to enjoy scenarios created by other members of the community.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Ash of Gods: Redemption holds a deep grimdark spirit in its rich lore and narrative. An intelligent combination of visual novel and roguelike.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    We find few reasons to recommend Past Cure. It is quite far from what is expected of a video game: having fun with it.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Being the third and final installment on the "Mysterious" trilogy, this game offers a title which takes the best from the recent games and mix it with some features from the "Arland" trilogy, making a game which improves in graphic, playability and content.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Despite the lack of general improvements, MLB The Show 18 offers, once again, a completely personal experience for each player. This year, any player will find multiple ways for enjoying baseball, and for the rookie, a welcoming game that knows how to teach the basis of this sport.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Minit is a Zelda-like game in which you die every sixty seconds. Its design is smart, its world is ridiculous and funny, and its gameplay is pleasant.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Raven Remastered brings to our generation an awesome point & click which will be loved by players fond of Agatha Christie.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Far Cry 5 is the best game in the series, very complete and with multiple options. Whenever you play it alone or with a friend, it will be a consistently fun experience. It's not the most innovative game, but the formula has been updated and works surprisingly well.

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