Modojo's Scores

  • Games
For 1,738 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 45% higher than the average critic
  • 11% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Lowest review score: 10 NFL Pro 2013
Score distribution:
1738 game reviews
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's unashamedly targeted at the hardened puzzle gamer who fancies themselves a cut above the rest, and who tires of trudging through hand-holding levels in order to get at the meat of a game. If you're up for that challenge, one of your favorite games of 2012 awaits you.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Whether or not it's worth downloading heavily depends on how much you're into the whole Gangnam craze. At its best, this game provides a brief distraction, but considering the wealth of endless runners on the App Store, you can do better.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quite frankly, this game won't win any awards for originality, but that doesn't mean it's bad. On the contrary, Littlest Pet Shop does the franchise proud, and will definitely please fans eager to populate their towns with cuddly friends.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Even allowing for these niggles, this is nevertheless a highly original and entertaining take on the endless-runner genre.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The loading is so bad our iPhones eventually went to sleep, only to be awoken and display the same load screen.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's light-hearted but captivating, and there a difficulty setting for everyone, whether you're the committed tower-defense nut, the kind of person who likes to think they're better at these games than they really are, or the younger game who'll get a few hours of entertainment from assaulting the balloons with ease.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Thankfully, the game runs decently enough most of the time, and that being the case, Sushi Mushi is one of the surprise gems of the App Store, an attention-grabbing match-three puzzler that'll provide hours of enjoyment, while making users the slightest bit hungry in the process. Recommended.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hill Climb Racing isn't going to win any hearts in the looks or sound departments, but if you can look beyond this surface simplicity you'll find a furiously addictive little racing game that will keep you hooked long after you've grown tired of the more visually bombastic titles on the App Store.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sleepwalker's Journey is that rare game that manages to combine a frightening challenge with a huge amount of accessibility, so that those less obsessed with gathering every last mark of success can still enjoy its delights.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A respectable first attempt that we hope evolves over time, with new locations, enemies and weapons. Even with its faults, though, this is yet another cool superhero game. Consider giving it a spin.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It borrows very heavily from the likes of Joe Danger, yet it doesn't come close to the polish, fun or charming delights of that popular series.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Quite frankly, we didn't expect to fall in love with this game. Excellent stuff.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    We cannot understate this: had Nintendo published Dream of Pixels in the 90s as some follow-up to Tetris, the publisher would have sold at least a million more Game Boys. It's that phenomenal.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Skylanders Lost Islands is very much a gentle combination of familiar empire-building with the deliciously addictive finger-tapping of The Simpsons: Tapped Out, but it brings both of these elements together so wonderfully, and in such a perfectly polished package, that we couldn't help but fall in love with it.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It lacks the bells and whistles we expect these days, but when it comes to monster-blasting thrills, the game delivers the pulse-pounding arcade goodness fans crave.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you've savored and exhausted all of the content in the original game, then you'll already know that this is a dollar very well spent.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pocket Climber delivers a surprisingly fun experience that's great for just a few minutes or hours per day.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Outlaw provides a couple hours of fun, depending on how much time and/or money you invest. The artwork is disappointingly low-res, but considering the game's free, it's a cool shoot-em-up that provides a welcome escape. The lack of a wow factor notwithstanding, we'd rather play this over its predecessor.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wraithborne is a very solid combat action game that will give no small amount of satisfaction to fans of the dungeon-crawling genre.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    From the wealth of stickers to the challenging levels and creatures, it's one of the 3DS' more enjoyable RPGs, with adorable characters, catchy music and subtle yet effective 3D graphics. Our advice? "Stick" with it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It may not be the most sophisticated game you can get for your mobile, but it is one of the most entertaining and original, and you can't really ask for much more than that.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Bottom line, Madden NFL 13 Social wants to satisfy two groups and winds up disappointing both. It lacks the strategic element people love about the annual football sim, but also the high-speed, high scoring thrills of NFL Blitz.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a challenging but fair game, it's packed full of incredibly satisfying stunts, and only the most obsessive completionist will feel hard done-by in the cash store.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Pixld's a puzzle game that ticks all of our boxes and we think it will tick yours too. It's a tightly designed, breathtaking simple but addictive design concept, and it will challenge and entertain even the keenest of puzzle addicts for a long time to come.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Throw in some of the worst dual-stick controls we've seen in a mobile game, and Slenderman: Unknown Chronicles joins a growing list of poor iOS horror games.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    These small complaints aside, ARC Squadron satisfies with a combination of gorgeous imagery and intense, arcade-style gameplay.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It'll more than likely take you a fair bit of grinding coins to open up all of the content Nutty Fluffies has to offer, but it's also one of those games you'll have so much fun playing that it will never feel like work.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gizmonauts doesn't reinvent this particular genre wheel of gaming. It unashamedly offers up something you're likely already familiar with, but it does so in a package that's surprisingly refreshing, charming and loveable.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Given its accessibility and breadth of appeal, Ragdoll Blaster 3: Deluxe is in many ways the perfect mobile game. Once you've cottoned on to the core mechanic of each set though, the difficulty does dissipate rather quickly, and you're left with no more challenge than simply executing the solution.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    On the one hand, it's nice to see a freemium progression game that gives you a more active, combat-orientated role in how that progression develops. On the other hand, it's tethered very tightly to that monetization system, and the combat and controls aren't particularly exciting.

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