Meristation's Scores

  • Games
For 3,630 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:
3631 game reviews
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Gylt hits PC, PlayStation and Xbox after its exclusivity with Stadia to bring its light and enjoyable survival horror proposal to a wider audience. A simple, convincing audiovisual experience that hides a deep social message.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It offers more than the original, but it's not better for it.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Everybody 1-2-Switch! brings everybody to the Switch, with fun, easy minigames for every kinds of family-friendly parties.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Everspace 2 is what sci-fi fan want. It's gorgeous, has a frenetic action and its exploration is so good. Also is an excellent evolution of its predecessor.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Red Matter 2 pushes PS VR2 improvements and become a showcase of what it could achieve in the future.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Not the party game we expected, more of a simplistic MOBA with little to offer.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Wartales is an interesting tactical game mixed with survival elements. It has an engaging and fun combat, but the severe lacks of resources makes it a bit frustrating.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Warhammer 40.000 Boltgun successfully brings back the aesthetics, mechanics, and level design of the best first person shooters of the 90s, and offers a magnificent recreation of the games workshop license setting in an enjoyable video game that will delight anyone looking for a shooter with solid and satisfying gameplay.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    System Shock is a worthy remaster of the original, bringing home all the atmosphere and flavor of a classic title without any of the rusty mechanics and controls that would bring it down in modern times.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Decarnation is a narrative adventure that knows how to explore delicate topics such as depression and unhappiness.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An enjoyable surprise.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Age of Wonders 4 offers a profound gameplay when we talk about pure strategy, despite the battles are not at the same level. There is no doubt that it's a great entry to the genre and the Paradox portfolio.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Amnesia apologizes for Rebirth and deliver us a great fourth game. The Alien Isolation 2 that we deserved and never had.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Amaterasu's Wrath is a solid metroidvania with retro pixel art that combines dual gameplay mechanics with a questionable map design.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Loop8: Summer of Gods offers an intriguing premise with a wide cast of characters and strong social component but lacks to offer more variety in its gameplay, which results in a constant feeling of repetition.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The best Blizzard launch in a long time and a worthy game to be called Diablo.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gal Guardians: Demon Purge is a game that will delight fans of 2D direct action. Excellent gameplay, outstanding final bosses and a set of charismatic characters and dialogues as witty as the Gal*Gun saga. A fun experience that lacks more creativity in level design, but the dynamism of its proposal and the good work in the genre of its developers elevate this remarkable game.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    F1 23 offers the best driving within the franchise. This is the kind of evolution we expected after the introduction of the new F1 rules back in 2022.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Much more than a remake.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    On the track, MotoGP 23 is a great and satisfactory simulator, despite a lack of technical improvements. Unfortunaly, we miss some single player content, maybe based on a historic season, riders, etc...
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! has everything we could wish for about Taito's classic. A new installment that engages from the first moment, with a gameplay as fresh and addictive as the first day. A multitude of mechanics that significantly increase the difficulty and depth of the game, as well as multiplayer and online options that significantly lengthen the life of an already infinite game. The usual charm and charisma of Puzzle Bobble remains intact.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Sonic Origins Plus is the definitive edition of this compilation. It's a pretty nice way of celebrating the 30-ish years of Sonic's history
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A great role playing game with turn based combat, free and fun. It does not reach the quality of Genshin Impact but it is close.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Poly Bridge 3 is a fun and relaxing physics-based puzzle game about building bridges, with easy execution and infinite depth if that's what we're looking for. We miss more and better tutorials, and more playable mechanics, but its entertaining proposal and its wonderful online community will offer us hundreds of hours of fun.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Miasma Chronicles is a great game that lovers of tactical strategy and stealth games will enjoy. The Bearded Ladies refine the formula of Mutant Year Zero in a proposal that is kinder to the player, but that is not exempt from a sometimes strangely managed difficulty. The story takes time to start, but even in those first hours it is capable of pushing us to continue playing.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Eye of the Temple is the perfect game to feel like Indiana Jones. Traveling to a remote corner of the world, whip in hand, solving puzzles, avoiding traps, riding a wagon, balancing on the void... And all with real movement in an immovable 2x2 space. The mechanics convey the real sensation that we are moving in a much larger space, and the result is spectacular.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie breaks into current systems with the same surreal spirit of yesteryear, some visual and gameplay improvements and all the fun intact after almost two decades.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Zool Redimensioned brings back a 90's classic in a slightly tweaked version that makes it friendlier to modern standards. Fast-paced 2d platforming and intricate level design in a fun game that is some steps behind of the best in the genre today, but its attractive price makes it an option to consider. For an extra dose of nostalgia, it includes the original Genesis/Mega Drive version, only for the brave.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Curse of the Sea Rats is very beautiful on its artistic aspect, yet it drowns on its artificial difficulty and clunky gameplay.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A great adaptation of the original to new systems that promises for the future of the saga. Although there are new features, the game is simpler than the current titles in the franchise and can get boring.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The most self assured Final Fantasy in decades. A well crafted epic adventure that manages to do its own thing while pays homage to the name it carries.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Street Fighter 6 is a spectacular fighting game with a diverse combat system and filled with options. It has learned from its mistakes regarding launch content and confirms itself as the benchmark of the genre for the upcoming years.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The new game from the creators of Myst is a first-person puzzle adventure similar to previous titles from the developer, but its proposal is too old-school to connect with players accustomed to modern titles. Recommended for those looking for a challenge like games offered in the 90´s in a video game that does not take the player by the hand and offers a gorgeous world to explore.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    After Us combines unique environmental design with fast and dynamic gameplay with many secrets to discover and a powerful social message. Only a few design decisions and poor performance tarnish the final result.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Humanity is one of the best puzzle games of the last years. The true successor of Lemmings.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Bland, boring and glitchy. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum fails to deliver a good LOTR experience.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Planet of Lana achieves surround us in a wonderful world. It is a visual piece of art, besides not surprise us on the gameplay side. If you like relaxed adventures give it a try.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A disappointing installment of The Dark Pictures franchise, a disappointing Rush of Blood sequel and a disappointing PS VR2 game. Third strike for Supermassive in virtual reality after Bravo Team and The Inpatient. Come on guys.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Apparently aimed at a very specific target, Varney Lake is a remarkable game that, we are sure, can surprise and please both those who are foreign to retro adventures and video games in general. Simply, if you like to enjoy small and good stories, here is a place where you can be happy for a couple of hours.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Speedstorm has truly conveyed the Disney-Pixar essence into a videogame. Good first season, even though the progress in game and the rewards system lack that Disney magic.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A nice simulator of human behavior for all audiences that makes us rethink how we interact with society.
    • 96 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the largest and most ambitious game from Nintendo. A masterpiece that presents us with a vast and dense world, expanding in every direction, and continually impressing the player, even after dozens of hours have passed. If Tears of the Kingdom is not the ultimate Zelda, it is the closest thing to it.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution is a sequel that does not alter anything that stands out in the original. Continuity has its good side, and that is that fans of the saga will have another test of survival that works well within virtual reality. However, there is little reason to justify the sequel.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A refreshing take for Minecraft.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Teslagrad 2 arrives 10 years after the original game and it doesn't improve anything. His art are marvelous, and while the platform challenges are fun, the metroidvania side ruins part of the experience.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Besides his amazing visuals, afterimage is a solid and balanced metroidvania that fans of the genre will fall in love into it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Darkest Dungeon II is an absolute revolution of what we saw in its predecessor. Only the hard battles will be some familiar to those who played that game, finding a completely different game apart from that, and of course, better. Much better.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Redfall wants to be many things at once, but at the same time it can't be any.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Dead Island 2 is pure fun. We are satisfied after completing the long-awaited sequel. Few risks in a game that offers what fans of the genre demand.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp rises the figure of a franchise that should occupy a prominent place in the Nintendo catalog. This package is a must have for Nintendo Switch fans.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Papetura seems like a handmade medium-length film that can be enjoyed by both those who watch and the one who acts. Papetura is a tribute to the art of other times, simple and intimate, focusing on the light that has made stories possible since man was able to tell them. You are welcome.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Although this ps5 release fails to include a great deal of additional content from R-Type Final 2, it shines so beautifully and plays so nicely that it's a perfect match for any shmup fan. A very solid game from a saga pretty much unexpected to be alive in 2023.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Beautiful action game with great music and a solid story for fans a not fans of League of Legends. A good way to put a spin off.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Cal Kestis journey continues in a great action packed adventure full of challenges, combat and puzzles.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Figment 2: Creed Valley is an adorable and gorgeous adventure and action game set within the thoughts and desires of a tormented mind. Its artistic direction is overwhelming and only some repetitive combats and puzzles weigh down a remarkable plot development.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    WWE 2K23 offers a great amount of content for every WWE fan, no matter what mode will chose to enjoy. Technically above average and with a profound but affordable gameplay, its easy to have a great time with this game, although it has some aspects to improve yet.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A free and fun visual novel with a superb visual style and some solid writing that will give us a few hours of solid entertainment.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It has the very best of roguelike genre and this challenge has been accomplished by Have a Nice Death. However it doesn't have any gameplay mechanic that defines it although its excellent art design.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Before Your Eyes is a highly emotional storytelling experience that takes advantage of eye tracking, our favorite feature of PlayStation VR 2.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Between Rock Band and Beat Saber, Drums Rock is a highly recommended music game for VR. Its only drawback is the game’s playlist (short and all covers).
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Excellent visual presentation and some solid gameplay fundamentals for the future, but with some puzzling omissions.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is a correct remake of the 2007 classic, which uses the mechanics and graphics of Sherlock Holmes Chapter One to update the Frrogwares game. Unfortunately, the circumstances of the conflict in Ukraine have affected the development and ambition of the project, which is a step behind the previous title of the franchise.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    An amazing puzzle title that is very easy to understand, fun and with really good ideas. However it is very short.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    It's one of the best adventures of the last decade, but the PC port is a disaster in terms of optimization, performance, and bugs that don't live up to the franchise.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A great metroidvania adventure and good artistic design where its negative point is found in some scenarios with an artificially high difficulty.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Trails from Zero results in a title that will please JRPG fans through its gameplay and story development until its very end.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Refreshing, unique and incredibly polished, Pizza Tower brings an experience that few other platformers can hope to match. A twisted energy spike in a world full of bland 2D indies.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dredge is surprising in its proposal to mix fishing and the RPG genre, but it loses steam after a few hours of play. Still, it is a very interesting and innovative work.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom manages, through the care it gives off and the good work done in the implementation of its mechanics, to be among the best games for virtual reality in standalone systems. An appreciable achievement considering that the limited hardware has made poor graphics the norm for many developers. [Meta Quest tested]
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dreams in the Witch House is a point and click adventure game with role-playing and survival elements, inspired by Lovecraft's short story of the same name. Its gameplay is very original, and its setting is magnificent, and it leaves us complete freedom of action to decide what we want to do at all times. Only the lack of content and few and not very brilliant puzzles keep it from being outstanding, but we are left with a different and fresh graphic adventure, highly recommended for fans of the genre and essential for lovers of Lovecraft.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Destiny 2: Lightfall is a step in the right direction in terms of offering a challenge that lives up to Bungie's legacy.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This remake of Resident Evil 4 is an homage to a classic, very respectful with it (maybe a bit too much respectful). It´s a terrific action game, but we miss some of the braveness Capcom had for the Resident Evil 2 remake.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A Space for the Unbound is one of those games that ends up having a considerable emotional impact on you, and this is not easy nowadays. A work that, even if you put on the greatest emotional armor possible, when the time comes, it will break you, it will make you reflect and draw conclusions such as how important the video game is as a medium and how unused it continues to be today in many cases. An adventure that, due to its message and the way it is told, should be in schools.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A magnificent combat system and general improvement over the first one makes this a must for fans of classic JRPG.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    A convincing dynamic campaign sustain a game that follows the quality path set by the series.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Despite not being perfect, Scars Above can satisfy those players that look for a challenging experience in a science fiction environment. Technically average, we talk about a long game with an important sense of progression and a great variety of weapons, although most of the combats are based in elemental weaknesses.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Blood Bowl 3 is a step back from the second installment of the series in terms of content, and it seems like an early access release full of glitches and omissions. We love its gameplay and the possibilities of its proposition, but we think it still has a long way to go to reach its potential.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is going head-on from the start. The new soulslike from Team Ninja returns to sign a solid, addictive combat. It is the hallmark of the team. Risk has its reward. Mechanics added to the formula, such as the morale system, influence the development of the levels. From the moment you enter a mission, you activate the chip to achieve everything and destroy everything that comes your way. It's hard not to recommend it to fans of the genre. Only the limitation of the bestiary and the uninteresting loot system keep it from going one step further.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We doubt that many indies more beautiful than Season will pass through our console this 2023. Season is a contemplative experience that helps to break the rhythm of modern society and serves to rest and heal the soul. It's a pity that the controls are so bad and that the game is empty of meaning and message. As if you were passing a beautiful postcard through Instagram and filling it with hashtags and pose.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A perfect mix between contemporary art and videogame, now better because of Eye Tracking on PS VR2.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe is possibly the most family-friendly Kirby game, with all the good and bad that comes with it; and it is, at the same time, the one that offers the most content in the medium and long term.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wild Hearts is a great gateway to the online hunting genre and a worthy alternative to Monster Hunter. The idea of ​​constructions is the future of this type of games and its rhythm, like a musou, makes Wild Hearts dynamic, original and fun. Its a pitty what happens with the camera, its performance issues and its broken progression system that requires you to grind to death and doesn't allow you to complete the game if you are a lone wolf.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Atomic Heart is a game with identity and some brilliant elements, but its flaws prevent it from offering a solid structure. It could have been so much better.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A missed opportunity for an emblematic title of the RPG genre. A pointless remaster that leaves the original in a bad place.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Horizon Call of the Mountain is a great entry point to understand most of the capabilities of PS VR 2.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Metroid Prime Remastered is an easy game to recommend to veterans and newbies alike. Atmosphere, environmental narrative, combat, puzzles, platforming. It does a little bit of everything, and it does it everything well, even by 2023 standards. Samus is the queen of the metroidvania genre and today she reminds us again why.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Wanted: Dead has poor execution, lack of possibilities, and repetitive structure. It's far from Ninja Gaiden legacy.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Hogwarts Legacy is the best game set in the Harry Potter universe.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hi-Fi Rush is a celebration of the videogame. A perfect fusion of hack and slash and rhythm game, with stunning art and positive vibes. We need more surprises like this.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Dead Space remake is one of the best remakes we ever had the pleasure to play. A new benchmark in lighting and sound design, the game is packed with lots of tweaks and enhancements that enrich and refresh the experience. The first essential of 2023.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Nice fleshed combat and parkour, fun and very fast-paced fights. However, the open world and the activities within it are not as satisfying.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Well focused combat system, very classy flavored, and nicely designed maps can't fully overcome a lackluster story and forgettable characters. It is very good as an strategy game, it´s a bit lacking as a Fire Emblem.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Superb ambienceand outstanding music elevates a well crafted story in this relentlessness and somewhat unbalanced space manager game.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    The Knight Witch is a fresh and brave game that successfully mixes three very different genres: Metroidvania, Shmup and Cards. And although it is not the best game of any of those genres, it does manage to make a difference in its balanced combination of all of them. His nice narrative also hides an interesting meditation about our society. The only problem we have found are some difficulty peaks that we think should be fixed with a patch.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wayforward tries the classic Run’n Gun formula after Contra 4. A solid game for those who value classic gaming with very little concession to recent developments of the genre. A game made to entertain for some hours, no more and no less.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    The best atmosphere since the days of Underground and Carbon. We love his visual and sound excesses and all the new ideas (the structure of the story mode, its surprising difficulty and its renewed and slow progression system). Control continues without convincing us (just Heat 2.0), but this is the way. Unbound gives us hope in the NFS saga.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a missed opportunity to bring back a great arcade classic. Although it offers the same experience as 30 years ago, the sensations at the controls are not entirely comfortable and it does not offer enough launch content.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Warhammer 40,000 Darktide is a superb first-person cooperative action game, spectacularly staged and offering a very satisfying challenge, but at the same time it is a step back from Vermintide 2 in terms of content and player progression. An unpolished gem that we hope will unleash its true potential in a few months.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Crisis Core is a good example about what a remaster would be. Better combat, visual improvements, and the same DNA as the original game.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Callisto Protocol has the qualities to have been a great survival horror, but we found too many execution problems that end up dragging down the experience.

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