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For 4,372 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 18% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 76% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Metroid Prime Remastered
Lowest review score: 0 Dungeon Keeper
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,559 out of 4372
  2. Mixed: 2,224 out of 4372
  3. Negative: 589 out of 4372
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Riders Republic
    Riders Republic is exactly the game it is trying to be, with a modern take on early 2000s xtreme sports games that works in terms of everything except the corporate-mandated ambience.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mario Party Superstars
    Remakes of old N64 Mario Party boards may not sound the most desirable release of the season but in terms of easily accessible party games there are few better options.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Age of Empires IV
    A highly competent but disappointingly unambitious real-time strategy that fails to move either the genre or the Age Of Empires franchise forward.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
    A traditional turn-based role-player which utilises its tabletop disguise with charm and polish, but isn’t long enough to fully capitalise on its ideas.
    • tbd Metascore
    • Critic Score
    My Friend Peppa Pig
    There’s no question that effort has gone into making it though, and that kids of an appropriate age will enjoy it – but that enjoyment is only likely to last a few sessions at most. At that point you will have spent £35 on something that isn’t really that much more interactive, and certainly has less educational value, than a free mobile or browser game.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
    A surprisingly ambitious cosmic space adventure that excels the more it diverges from the movies, offering robust action, impressive visuals, and unexpectedly sophisticated storytelling.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
    Easily the best of the Dark Pictures Anthology series, which finally manages to serve up some interesting characters and effective horror scenes, with an appealingly gothic atmosphere.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dungeon Encounters
    The Japanese role-playing game stripped back to its bare essentials and yet rather than an exercise in nostalgic pandering this is one of the most compelling and sharply designed dungeon crawlers of recent years.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Inscryption
    A work of devilish cleverness that’s both a mockery and celebration of collectible cards games and an increasingly disturbing horror story about the cost of victory.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Crysis Remastered Trilogy
    The series may no longer be the graphical tour de force it once was, but all three Crysis games remain highly playable, your nanosuit’s suite of powers adding a distinct twist to the shooter action.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Good Life
    A hugely disappointing mess of a game that magnifies all of SWERY’s worst tendencies and fails to compensate in terms of the unengaging characters and script.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Back 4 Blood
    While it never forges its own identity, or escapes the shadow of Left 4 Dead, Back 4 Blood provides a great cover act, that captures all of the original series’ magic.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Eternal Cylinder
    One of the most enjoyably weird games of recent years and yet surprisingly easy to grasp, with an engaging mix of action and survival gameplay – and a good dose of surrealist imagery.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Alan Wake Remastered
    The original was always highly simplistic and repetitive, and neither the passage of time or being in 4K can do anything to improve this disappointingly trivial actioner.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
    A mechanically solid and fun Super Smash Bros. clone which doesn’t have the style, personality or affection for its characters to reach the heights of its inspiration.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Metroid Dread
    One of the best Metroid games ever made and a thrilling restatement of everything that makes the series, and the genre it inspired, great.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Far Cry 6
    Colourful and brutal, funny and horrifying, Far Cry 6 is the distilled essence of its franchise, as well as a richer and more coherent experience than recent outings.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition
    On paper it does everything XCOM does and more, but poor balancing and overcomplicated rules means it’s just not as much fun.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
    Another sub-par remaster of Super Monkey Ball that ruins the precision and elegance of the originals and replaces it with janky, unpredictable controls and shoddy presentation.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    eFootball 2022
    A shameful launch of a barely playable, graphically embarrassing game that shames the memory of PES and may have killed the new franchise before it’s even begun.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
    Although the quality of the puzzles remains the same this unexpected expansion certainly isn’t just more of the same, with an unexpected new survival horror element.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A Juggler's Tale
    A charming puzzle platformer which makes great use of its puppet show concept but falls short in longevity.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    ActRaiser Renaissance
    An unexpected gift for fans of the SNES original and while the remake is seriously flawed in terms of both graphics and gameplay its sheer oddness is still highly compelling.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Castlevania Advance Collection
    A very narrow selection of games, from a format that does not work well on modern TVs, but Aria Of Sorrow in particular stands out as one of the best Castlevania games ever made.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Death Stranding: Director's Cut
    It’s hard to believe this is Hideo Kojima’s preferred version of the game, considering it side lines so much of the core gameplay and adds little else of any substance.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Diablo II: Resurrected
    An exacting remake of Diablo 2 that will not only please those that played it the first time round on PC but works impressively well on consoles too.
    • 78 Metascore
    • Critic Score
    FIFA 22
    An ambitious release that focuses on new animations and gameplay innovations but the execution needs refining, whilst matches feel too heavily skewed in favour of defence. [Provisional Score = 70]
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Aragami 2
    A bigger, more ambitious stealth sequel which revamps the original’s mechanics and personality but most of the changes are to the game’s detriment.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Kena: Bridge of Spirits
    Highly impressive on a technical level but the throwbacks to PS2 era game design feel less like a homage and more an indication of the developers’ lack of experience and imagination.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sable
    A stunning visual style can’t hide the fact that Sable is not only uninterested in guiding its players but it doesn’t really care about entertaining them either.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lost Judgment
    There’s so much reused content it barely feels like a new game at times but the storytelling in Lost Judgment is some of the best, and most thoughtful, the Yakuza series has ever known.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Eastward
    The 2D visuals are absolutely stunning, but the simplistic action and pretentious storytelling undermine what could have been a true neo-retro classic.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    SkateBIRD
    A chirpy spin on the skateboarding sim genre, undermined by poor level design and frustrating gameplay.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rush Rally Origins
    The real problem though is that it’s missing career mode, which was central to Rush Rally 3. Despite the excellent interface and handling model it leaves the game feeling a little unfocused.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Contra Returns
    Online battles provide the odd moment of fun, but matchmaking is regularly unfair, the gameplay little more than a flimsy veil over the upgrade system and in-app purchases, and your character’s stats overwhelmingly the most important factor. It’s dull, over-commercialised drivel that’s not even a shadow of the franchise whose name it sullies.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Metal Slug: Commander
    Metal Slug: Commander is a dystopian masterclass in late stage capitalism. It does look nice though and is thankfully unrelated to the upcoming Metal Slug Tactics.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Assetto Corsa Mobile
    There’s a solid racing game in here somewhere, but it will need further development to reveal its delights.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lost in Random
    A dark and comical action adventure with excellent combat mechanics, sharp writing, and a memorable cast of characters.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Deathloop
    Not quite a misfire but while the action is highly entertaining this time-looping adventure squanders much of its premise on disappointingly straightforward objectives and a curiously tame portrayal of unchecked hedonism.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Crown Trick
    A well designed, turn-based roguelike with a winning art style and a wide variety of options – even if it is a bit too random.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Life is Strange: True Colors
    A charming addition to the Life Is Strange franchise that has one of the best branching narratives in any video game and one of the most likeable set of characters.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tales of Arise
    A successful attempt to modernise and broaden the appeal of the Tales series without completely abandoning its JRPG roots.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    WarioWare: Get It Together!
    The least interesting WarioWare entry so far, with overcomplicated multiplayer characters and microgames that seem to have lost their sense of manic invention.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sonic Colors: Ultimate
    Technically it’s still the best modern Sonic, if you don’t count Sonic Mania, but time has not been particularly kind and neither has this unambitious remaster.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    No More Heroes III
    A better game than the earlier spin-off but Travis Touchdown’s time is clearly over, even if he is still able to provide some entertainingly odd boss battles.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy And The Liar
    A series of darkly comic spy-themed VR escape rooms that revel in their ability to kill you in inventive and unexpected ways.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 22
    There’s some mild improvement on last year’s game but the Madden franchise still feels lost, with too little depth and too many bugs.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Aliens: Fireteam Elite
    It’s trying its best with an obviously low budget but rather than replicating the tension and thrills of Aliens this has much more in common with one of its lacklustre sequels.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Psychonauts 2
    A great sequel that is just as surreal and imaginative as the original and manages to be both a silly comedy platformer and a surprisingly affecting character study of regret and lost love.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Vale: Shadow of the Crown
    An audio-only RPG adventure which feels like a new benchmark for the genre, through challenging combat and excellent sound design.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut
    The underlying game is still too reliant on the Ubisoft formula but the new content and Legends mode make Ghost Of Tsushima Director’s Cut a notably better experience than the original at launch.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Twelve Minutes
    A clever and idiosyncratic time loop detective thriller with top notch voice acting, which suffers from circular gameplay that quickly descends into monotony.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Boyfriend Dungeon
    An enjoyable, likeable mash-up of dungeon crawler and dating sim undercut by simplistic combat and a short running time.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Humankind
    A highly competent alternative to Civilization but the list of unequivocal improvements is disappointingly short, with an unfortunate lack of real innovation.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Road 96
    If you’re not too bothered about seeking constant action, but prefer your games to possess a discernible intelligence, overlying a message which is delivered in a subtle yet insistent manner, then you’ll love Road 96. The illusion of generating your own road movie works perfectly, and whether you view it as simple escapism or something deeper it manages to entertain either way.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Axiom Verge 2
    A curious sequel whose simplified combat and lack of challenge undermines some of the best level design and puzzles in any recent Metroidvania.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sixit
    Clever, unique, and often pretty puzzling, Sixit is another title with no enforced microtransactions, although you can choose to support its developer to the tune of £1.99.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Jupiter Hell
    A turn-based roguelike set in a universe that’s similar to but legally distinct from Doom, and where every choice you make has immediate and long term consequences.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Forgotten City
    A cleverly constructed narrative adventure that explores serious issues of morality without ever being preachy, and still allowing for an intricately designed, non-linear gaming experience.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Baba Is You
    Ingenious, devious and endlessly entertaining, Baba Is You works just as well on touchscreens as it did on Switch and PC, and for anyone who enjoys having their mental faculties brutally tested, it’s about as good as it gets.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Final Outpost
    It’s a bit buggy, with the latter part of runs increasingly likely to suffer from game save destroying glitches, but while it works its interconnected resource creation and city defence is hugely addictive.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Alto's Odyssey: The Lost City
    It’s reasonable to suggest that this is more of the same, but when the original is this good, more is entirely welcome.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    NieR Re[in]carnation
    Viewed as a visual novel where you have to sit through large numbers of identical, non-interactive fight scenes, you could enjoy it purely for its plot and characters, but this is not a game in the conventional sense.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mini Motorways
    Its mellow pace, peaceful sound effects, and steady built-in intensity are reminiscent of Nintendo’s formative Game & Watch titles, with Mini Motorways remaining mesmerising throughout.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Death's Door
    A thoroughly entertaining mix of Dark Souls and Zelda that has few genuinely new ideas but still manages to enthral with a unique charm of its own.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Ascent
    A deeply disappointing co-op shooter that squanders its excellent graphics on a bland and repetitive attempt to make a sci-fi Diablo.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Last Stop
    A twisting and engaging portmanteau tale of the unexplained, set in a London that’s refreshing in its finely observed normality.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    NEO: The World Ends With You
    A worthy follow-up to the cult classic original, with a great mix of Japanese role-playing and beat ‘em-up elements – even if the storytelling is sometimes hard to follow.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
    Ace Attorney meets Sherlock Holmes turns out to be a great premise for a new game, with a subtle change in formula that works as both absurdist comedy and historical drama.
    • 90 Metascore
    • Critic Score
    Microsoft Flight Simulator
    This is a simulation, and very much not a game, but it’s also the most graphically impressive console experience ever seen and one of the best adverts for Xbox Game Pass so far.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Pokemon UNITE
    An addictive and accessible MOBA which takes advantage of the Pokémon license to great effect but is hampered by an abundance of free-to-play irritations.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Wildermyth
    A revolutionary approach to storytelling and an excess of charm makes this modest little indie game one of the most important new role-players of the new generation.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cris Tales
    A loving tribute to the past and present of Japanese role-players, with some impressively clever time travel powers and gorgeous artwork – although it’s a shame about the random battles.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD
    The most uneven of the 3D Zeldas but its highs soar well above its immediate contemporaries and while the motion controls are still hit or miss at least there’s now an alternative.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    F1 2021
    Codemasters’ best Formula One game so far adds an excellent story mode, along with a raft of new tweaks and options to make it more accessible.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Doomsday Vault
    Solve puzzles, find and plug in carbon eating machines, and recover seedlings that flourish on nutrients tucked away in secret areas. There may only be 14 plants to recover but getting all the nutrients in each level is a much bigger task. Although Doomsday Vault’s been out for over a year it’s just been updated to add four extra pyramid-themed levels and a spruced up seed vault with a viewing platform to stand and survey your crops.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Frenzic: Overtime
    As puzzles get more involved you can deploy power-ups (purchased using in-game currency) to help extend the time limit or automatically turn all pie pieces the same colour, in this engaging and well-designed puzzler.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Legends of Kingdom Rush
    It’s fun and polished as far, as it goes, but it feels as though more content might be due in future updates. It’s also seriously light on instruction, leaving the impression of having been rushed out to a tight deadline.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sniper Elite VR
    A great VR experience that is more than just a simple sniper simulation, with some impressively replayable missions and a great marriage of VR and motion controls.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
    A clever reinterpretation of classic Monster Hunter action in the form of a Japanese role-playing game. Although it can often seem a little too oversimplified compared to the mainline titles.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny
    When one of the main new features of a game is its ability to play itself, it’s a hint that a franchise is beginning to run out of steam – especially given Disgaea 6’s limp script and 3D graphics.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
    A tragically awful attempt to revive the Dark Alliance name, with horribly repetitive combat, empty storytelling, and a dragon horde’s worth of bugs.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mario Golf: Super Rush
    The best Mario Golf game since the N64 original and while it does have some odd ideas they’re almost all optional, resulting in an impressively comprehensive sporting experience.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Scarlet Nexus
    A supremely playable action JRPG, which marries gorgeous anime visuals with satisfyingly original real-time combat.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    LEGO Builder's Journey
    Clever puzzles and excellent visual storytelling combine in what is arguably the best Lego game ever made, and certainly the most thoughtful.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX
    A solid reworking of a brutal but characterful retro platform game, which offers a fascinating insight into the earliest days of the genre.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Chicory: A Colorful Tale
    A charming and imaginative spin on The Legend Of Zelda that is filled with cleverly original ideas and a deceptively serious script that packs a real punch.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Game Builder Garage
    An impressively visual approach to building your own games, with a fully formed tutorial that demystifies complicated ideas with typical Nintendo charm and aplomb.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
    It’s already a miracle the remake works as well as it does but this PS5 remaster is excellent and while the new Intermission DLC isn’t essential it’s still an enjoyable diversion with a fun new character.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection
    Despite the remasters changing nothing, and being based on the inferior versions of the original games, the innate quality of Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 shines through in this surprisingly enjoyable compilation.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
    Carefully engineered sniper action that’s let down by frequent departures into close combat, exposing weak gunplay and a lack of polish.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Guilty Gear -Strive-
    One of the best looking video games ever made and the most accessible Guilty Gear has ever been, with impressively deep combat and memorable characters.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
    The graphics are absolutely stunning but the gameplay is predictable and surprisingly uneventful, as the game fails to leverage its technical achievements for anything more than straightforward spectacle.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
    The package itself may be no frills but Virtua Fighter 5 is still one of the best fighting games ever made and deserves to be appreciated by a wider audience.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mass Effect Legendary Edition
    The Mass Effect trilogy’s classic status is well deserved and while these remasters can’t iron out every problem, this is still a hugely entertaining and forward-thinking trio of action role-players.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World
    The least accomplished of the recent spate of Wonder Boy games but it still retains a certain charm and offers plenty of reasons for the franchise to continue.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster
    As fascinatingly unique as it always was but this former PlayStation 2 game is showing its age and while it’s still one of the best JRPGs of its era, it pales when compared to more modern titles.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Biomutant
    It’s very pretty but this patchwork of other game’s ideas never has enough of its own to keep you interested during the repetitive and overfamiliar open world action.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Days Gone
    The game itself is as generic and unmemorable as ever, and does little to deserve talk of a sequel, but this is a notably better PC port than Sony’s first attempt.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wonderbox: The Adventure Maker
    Unlocking useful equipment like a sword, bow, shield, and high jump helicopter attachment, its puzzles often stretch across multiple screens, requiring exploration, conversations with traders, and plenty of key and item collecting. Wonderbox’s heart, though, is the ability to build and share your own levels using its excellent and highly intuitive tool set. If it can pull off the same feat as Dreams did on PlayStation 4, and build a community of creators, its future could be very interesting indeed.
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