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
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A good game with good ideas but a leak in the final release. Poor Voice acting making the experience lose the ambience.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    With poor graphics, bad gameplay (despite some interesting points in the battle system) and bland story, Drive Girls fails to match the quality of the popular franchise Senran Kagura despite some more than evident similarities in concept. The driving parts don't look like part of a professional game.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beside the complaints of some players of the classic version about the drop of difficulty, beside those controversies about what we can get for free and what not, it's a game that will provide us for tons of hours of fun and excitement, and the fact of it's a free to play game makes it undoubtedly worth of try, even if it's just to fulfill our curiosity.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Strikey Sisters is a great brick breaker game that vigorously incorporates new ideas to the genre. Cute characters, cool pixel art and refreshing gameplay ideas make for the best entry to the formula in many years. Dya Games surely is one of the indie studios to follow in the near future, if they manage to produce games bearing this quality from time to time.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dark Rose Valkyrie is a decent game with an entertaining combat system which provide stunning fights and a interesting story besides a good character design. However at some points the game depends so much in fights, for bosses and chaining to complete main missions for the main story, that the game's pace resents from it.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Vicarious Visions have fulfilled their promise and have brought back our favorite orange bandicut in a graphic quality far superior to the original, totally maintaining the classic essence and adding improvements that are to be appreciated, such as being able to control Coco in any of the three games.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Arguably a breath of fresh air to the franchise, this new installment achieves what the last entries didn't, but is not good enough to get a remarkable score. Perfect to a handheld point of view, just ok to a deep fan of the series.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is a remarkable continuation, fun and realistic.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    The Legacy of Final Fantasy XIV continues to improve the magnificent Heavensward. Stormblood is one of the best products available from Square Enix and some of the best MMORPG on the market.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Despite having many good elements, such as the amazing story or the great characters, the game tries to be different from Valkyria Chronicles while being too faithful to it. Therefore, the result is gameplay that lacks personality and doesn't really know what it wants to be.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With a good plot and atmosphere for a survival horror, the game only lacks a more refined action sections to get to a higher point. The importance of the decisions gives it a higher replayability than expected in the genre.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A really lovely video game with a balanced genre combination. Although not reaching the level of the greatest games of Nintendo 3DS, the new adventure from Koichi Ishii is a remarkable and varied adventure game.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An indie with smash bros influences, big roster and dynamic scenarios.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A top-down tactical-action strategy game based on the Tarantino's film, but doesn't work as a videogame homage.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Milestone needs to change or improve its engine to achieve something not just better, but also different. The usual player maybe won't find enough new content to justify this new iteration, but if you dig deeper, the game teases some features that should improve in the near future.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ARMS is probably the best example of how to make a fighting game using the Splatoon and Mario Karts philosophy, but with its unique appeal to be a future big Nintendo franchise. The execution is massive and its AI is just amazing. Playing alone or online feels good and fresh in every moment.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Another roguelike that explains a tales of pirates with some technical issues but interesting gameplay mechanics.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Has something that makes it some kind of special.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    After all this time, we still miss you everyday, Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool. An amazing pack for those who didn't play these games. But Sony, what we want is a new WipEout! And we don't understand where WipEout 2048's online campaign went.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A very fun title to play with friends, although in the long run it can become repetitive.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A beautiful adventure with a superb presentation, great visuals and music, but a bit thin on content.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Tekken 7 is not the best entry in the series and lacks some single-player content, but when it comes to offering gorgeous combat against friends and other people online, here it is: the King is back with outstanding battle mechanics and plenty of characters to learn. If you don't prefer Injustice 2, here you have your new main fighting game of the season.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    A New Frontier won't be the best Walking Dead Season, but it sure has perfect writing, awesome characters and Clementine makes a come back.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A very enjoyable Run 'n Gun with obvious influences from some classics of the genre. The accurate control and the two worlds with inverted gravity accompany its high difficulty as signs of identity of the game.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nongünz nails the action part but it falls a bit short in general structure, getting repetitive.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An interesting title which offers a different experience from the Sanada's clan point of view. With some new features and characters this game is a good option in the series.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Minecraft Nintendo Switch Edition borrows the best of the handheld versions and the possibilities of its console siblings, making it a superb version a game that almost everyone can enjoy even if you have player dozens of hours in the past. Touch screen controls and the fact of being able to play wherever you are makes the difference here.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    A happy, cartoonesque homeage to the golden 3D-platform games era which ends up resulting a bit dull and half way of becoming something big.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    The process of getting Rime hasn't been easy, but Tequila Works made, it the end, a special and touching adventure. Balanced between puzzles and exploration, RiME has come to stay in a very unique place.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Thumper is arguably the best example of how a game developer can create a brand new experience in an old genre like this with an impressive game which matches every aspect in a wonderful way on Switch.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Inner Chains has been a big opportunity wasted. It's true that it's a relatively small indie studio, that it's a project with a very specific vision and that has really new features that are also great, but the final result has more the look of an unfinished beta than a totally finished game.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ultra Street Fighter: The Final Challengers is a new version of the game that defined the fighting game genre in the 1990s. It has some new features, but most of them are dispensable. However, it's still a classic with solid, fun and addictive gameplay.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    The first title of this two games saga manages to create a perfect environment for its sequel with a slow but interesting story along with an original but simple combat systems.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Seasons After Fall is a captivating 2d-platform adventure with witty puzzles involving the changes of the seasons on nature.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Solid update with new characters, new and important balance changes and the same mechanics and modes as its predecessor. Probably the best fighting game nowadays.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Akiba's Beat doesn't offer something different from other Japanese RPG games. However as the games progresses it becomes an interesting title and alternative in the genre.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's still one of the best entries in the series, but it's illogical that they released the exact same PS2 games, instead of the more recent HD version for PS3. Great story and characters, but gameplay and graphics are not up to the task.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Intelligent Systems takes the risk of not following the path opened by the successful Awakening and Fates, but instead travels to the past to bring back the old mechanics from the obscure 2nd entry in the franchise. The result is a game that diverts from what people associate with Fire Emblem, that feels fresh at the start, but gets tedious due to the continuous random battles.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Surge is not only a “sci-fi Dark Souls clone” but also a solid game in its own right. Deck13 brings some good ideas to the mix and achieves one of the most interesting combat systems of this particular subgenre.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    NetherRealm is finally able to implement its own style to not only the combat system, but also the whole DC Universe, reimagining the confrontation between the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight in a brilliant Story Mode. Multiverse offers an almost infinite number of hours of play, and can satisfy any type of player. Despite lack of innovation in the game, the group of DC heroes finally gets the videogame they deserve.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    If you have PlayStation VR, Farpoint is a must-have game for you. One of the best VR experiences yet. Also, the Aim Controller its pretty damn great.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A good adventure full of puzzles to solve. Ingenious and fun, but not very difficult, World to the West is a good choice for lovers of this kind of games.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    NBA Playgrounds isn't the new NBA Jam, but is fun and solid with friends.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    LocoRoco Remastered continues shining in each and every aspect, making it one of the best portable Sony games ever made. Its new features are good, but not enough as it has been eleven years since the original release. Completely recommended, however, if you own a PS4.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Wonderful Explosion Machine brings the Nintendo Switch back to the good old days of Defender. Colorful environments and tight gameplay make for a great debut for the Shoot em Up genre in a machine more than suitable for the classics. It just doesn't match the outstanding quality of certain shooters available today, but it´s a solid game after all.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Silver case is a different experience compared to other visual novel games. Its plot, soundtrack and interaction levels make it quite special but in contrast it has some confusing moments.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Way of Redemption is a new Windjammers spiritual successor with a poor offer and so many connection problems. It will have free updates with new features and content but, until then, you should skip the game.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    It nails the style it is pursuing and looks like a lost piece of 90s, but the level design and some important bugs in its launch makes it a very frustrating experience the more you play.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Another roguelike game with solid mechanics but one that is too often unfair.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A good classic FPS, frenetic and full of action, with certain problems of repetition and a sense of progress that make the experience worse. You'll like it if you love roguelike style games.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The story is not the best and its difficulty is very high, but Prey gets the job done. Despite its shortcomings, it's an interesting game that appeals to a very specific audience and delivers an experience that should be played.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The characters, along with the story, are the strong point of the title, returning many of the classics we could see being a jumble of pixels in 2D so many years ago.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A bit of the same, but the good kind of same. Dragon of the North introduces a new story arc that begins in the cold lands of Tohoku, a region with several missions and bosses which build on an already great game.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Kakimo is arguably a stunning game with its own personality and sense of joy, surprising with that pixel-art visuals. Easy to recommend for any Nintendo Switch owner as its prize is really fair, but we would have liked to have more difficulty and length in the whole adventure.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Day of Infamy is not for any kind of user, but it's realistic, complex and great co-op experience.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It could be the roundest narrative game of the year.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Two puzzle game juggernauts collide in a solid, fun and complete experience. Good as a single player game, great with its multiplayer options.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Little Nightmares doesn't invent anything, but this puzzle and platform game creates an original world (The Maw) where we live grotesque, stressed situations because of its deformed inhabitants. The graphic and sound design completes the formula to generate an unpleasant fear.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    Full of ideas and referents, but dull and uninspired, One Dog Story doesn't fullfil its ambitions. The repetitive music and graphics, and the focus on storytelling over gameplay make it somehow boring, although it has some good ideas.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Flinthook is another great Roguelite game. Frantic, challenging and solid level design.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A great return of the saga Syberia, turning into a trilogy one of the best graphic adventures of all time. Despite its technical problems, which we hope will soon be solved by a patch, this title will appeal to fans of the wonderful world of Benoît Sokal as well as newcomers, who will put themselves into the shoes of the insightful Kate Walker to solve all Enigmas on the tour accompanying the youkol tribe in their spiritual migration.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Dragon Quest Heroes II improves significantly on its predecessor. The changes introduced leave a satisfactory overall set and will give enough hours of play for its base content, multiplayer and post game.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 is the best entry in the series yet... but again, it's not good enough. The open world feels great after the last (awful) campaign, and it has more content on offer than ever, but it forgets its roots and turns into a Far Cry wannabe. Also, it has graphical issues, repeats the same things all along and turns boring. We'll miss multiplayer.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Outlast 2 is pure narrative horror. Great atmosphere, storyline and enemies. Improves mechanics relative to the first game, but feels simple and too linear in some gameplay moments.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dawn of War III is really a tryharder. While we are years away from the RTS' former glory, it can't be denied that the guys at Relic know how to manage themselves in the genre and bring us a game that truly delivers.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Addictive like old school arcades, its simple but fun gameplay will keep players retrying every time they die until they complete each mission. Graphics and music do their job and the result is an overall recommendable title without ambitions.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the best possible entry of the most valuable game in the series. The game is solid in each of every aspect, making it one of the most perfect experience we've ever had in an arcade driving game. Portable mode looks awesome as the game is almost perfect.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A good collection at a good price. The Capcom of the 8-bit era was able to capture the charm of Disney, and the games are still fun to play. The overall package is cheerful, and the new features are welcome, providing a friendly entry point for the newcomers while offering an optimized experience for the long term fans.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Signal from Tölva will appeal science fiction and robots lovers. Although they don't explain the plot well enough, you'll enjoy the gameplay engaging in battle robotic factions and exploring the planet. In addition, the graphic art of the title and sound effects will make us feel in Tölva, wanting to discover the origin of the mysterious sign that took us there in the first place.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series presents a very promising beginning in its first chapter: "Tangled in the Melancholy". The spirit of the saga's comics is very present and Telltale promises to make us enjoy this new adventure by joining Star Lord and the squad in their adventures in the galaxy, everything seasoned with an incredible soundtrack and a story that will surprise us.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom is a nice game. It's beautiful to watch and very fun to play. It has some technical issues and it's beginning is not the best and leaves players with more questions than answers, but overall it's an interesting experience with an amazing lore.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It could have more content, but for a remaster it's a good work. It offers 4 games in 1080p and 60fps so if you want to enter in the Kingdom Hearts world, here you have the perfect choice. If you already played them, there is not new stuff here.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    This brand new version is undoubtedly the most recommended for everybody who wants to live an open world adventure in a LEGO environment. Playing in handheld mode is fun, but the frame rate problems are so heavy in certain moments.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Anachronistic both in a good and a bad way, Yooka-Laylee recaptures the charm of the 32-bit era collectathon platformers. It definitely is rough in some places, and the overall design would benefit from a little more polish, but it's also a love letter to a forgotten genre that sets a solid starting point for Playtonic Games.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Drawn to Death, David Jaffe's return, is a free-to-play game with the worse things of the genre and without the best (it isn't free!). Funny and original, with an unique art design, it deserves one chance, but you must know: it's simple, turns boring soon and it doesn't have enough content.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Sexy Brutale is a nice piece of art. Its artistic values are great, with amazing visuals and sound, and the story is amazing and charming. It's an interesting evolution of traditional point'n'click adventures.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It's hard to think how Sony San Diego could improve this franchise inside the field, bragging with great animations and amazing IA behaviours, while there's still room to be better in some aspects of its great game modes, like lack of own identity in Road to the Show. Thanks to a great level of customization and difficulty, there's an MLB The Show 17 for every baseball fan.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    PaperSeven, an independent English studio, debuts with Blackwood Crossing and presents a journey through an emotional and surreal family and brotherly history that will reach our hearts.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    One of the most beautiful remastered games in the PlayStation library on the PlayStation 4.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The fun gameplay makes it up for the not so inspired graphic and sound design. The game lacks the deep customisation and character evolution typical of this genre but offers gratifying hackn' slash combat instead.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Elder Scrolls: Legends is a great and fresh idea for the card battler genre.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A brilliant way forward for the most traditional side of the JRPG, an example for the genre that should be taking into account for the future.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Snake Pass is a good game, but not one that we can recommend to everybody due to his particular controls. If you have patience, it's a unique take on the platformers genre but it could be more polished.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A really good stealth game, with a great design of levels and mechanics totally oriented to infiltration, although with an AI that affects the final result.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Crow's Eye is a first person adventure of puzzles and platforms with psychological terror elements. Developed by the independent Spanish study: 3D2 Entertainment, we are transported to the mysterious University of Crowswood, where we break through a series of tests and discover an interesting and disturbing history.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Yo-kai Watch has improved almost everything from its predecessor, despite being very conservative in its mechanics and gameplay. However, the new additions and quantity of content turns out to be a more solid and better game.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Thimbleweed Park is a true love letter to the adventure game genre, developed by two geniuses who built up the genre back in the golden age of the point and click games. Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick give us one of the best adventure games of the last 20 years. Its clever puzzle design and gorgeous pixel art visuals, combined with over the average length delivers a really enjoyable game that brings back the best vibe of the classic Lucas games A truly modern classic and a masterpiece of the genre.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Rain World could have been one of the best independent titles of this year, but risky design choices have just backfired here, causing it to be a missed chance, no matter how good some of the ideas that it brings to the table.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Meaty and challenging, The Ringed City is an appropriate send-off for one of the most important videogame franchises of the last decade.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sniper Elite 4 is a really fun experience. The stay of Karl Fairburne in Italy leaves us the best and more polished delivery of the franchise.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Packed with over 100 jpop/vocaloid songs, well implemented touch controls and colourful and beautiful illustrations, VOEZ will delight fans of the mentioned music genres, but lacks more music variety and the difficulty can be quite unfair at times.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    HAL Laboratory's Bye-Bye BoxBoy! it's a brilliantly designed and delightful puzzle game. New mechanics and ideas come and go constantly. A jewel in the Nintendo 3DS's eShop.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Toukiden 2 is a sequel that raises a new air to the franchise and offers a touch of originality. Exploration and hunting come together to give a different option to hunting games.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Kona aims to satisfy those users who do not like narrative adventures, but ends up failing in their attempt. Unfortunately the narrative goes in the same way, leaving serious plot gaps after a few hours of interest. However, just to feel the recreation of a humble Canadian rural village is worth going into it.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Whether it's a new beginning or a better beginning, only time will tell. This new Mass Effect tries its best to walk in Shepard's shoes on a different galaxy, but your willingness to forgive Andromeda's flaws and start anew depends on how fond you were of the original saga.
    • 17 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Vroom in the Night Sky is probably the worst-priced game right now on any console's store. Don't even look at it: it's very, very bad.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    LEGO Worlds is a powerful combination of tools with thousands of LEGO pieces, characters, vehicles and more. It offers billions of procedural worlds where we can create, destroy or shoot pigs, but it has graphic bugs that can affect the experience.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Disc Jam isn't Windjammers, has no single mode games and graphic issues, but it's free in PS Plus service, its fun with friends and it's addictive.

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