MondoXbox's Scores

  • Games
For 1,855 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 69% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 26% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 Grand Theft Auto V
Lowest review score: 20 Immortal: Unchained
Score distribution:
1856 game reviews
    • 71 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Asura's Wrath sports an entertaining and adrenalinic gameplay, coupled with great visuals and a captivating storytelling style. Nevertheless, its very repetitive gameplay, short duration and too low challenge level contribute to drag down its overall value.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A very good shooter, with enjoyable gameplay, well defined characters and a thought-provoking story. The problematic voice controls and a shoddy multiplayer are our only complaints.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Definitely the best MMA game around: deep, complex and satisfying, UFC Undisputed 3 improves THQ's series in almost every area, delivering us a must-have game for any ring sports lover. Our only complaint is about the still shaky net-code, an area in which Yuke's should focus all its efforts for the next game.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    If you want a hard-core and challenging game this isn't probably for you, but if you're looking for a good story to be lived as an interactive movie with great graphics and sound, this is surely a good buy.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Syndicate shines for its great visuals, the intriguing world they depict and the brilliant co-op mode, while we would have liked a better developed story and more freedom during the missions. The augmented interface is sometimes confusing too, with too much information on screen and often too tiny and difficult fonts. It looks like a missed opportunity: it could have been a real gem instead of a simply good FPS.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Neverdead tries to mix shooters and action games but it fails, merging common defects from both genres and without adding nothing good.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    A mixed bag, with immediate and easy to learn controls but lacking depth and challenge. Even the depiction of great historic players succeeds only in part, with each player behaving too similarly to the others. A good starting game for begninners, but not enough for hardcore fans.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A good game, but it feels like a step backwards from the first game in the series: it's lost some of the depth and innovation we were used to, delivering us a more classical and straightforward experience. It sports, however, a good story, even if quite short, and insipred visuals: it deservers to be played.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Three great games at a very good price, brilliantly standing the test of time and allowing Xbox users to play MGS 3 and Peace Walker for the very first time. An high quality package, strongly advised for everyone.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A very solid title, capable of successfully merging the depth and complexity of TES-like RPGs with a more spectacular and satisfying combat system. Nonetheless, it fails to really shine due to a somewhat generic and bland main story, even if the world and its background story are very well crafted.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Square Enix made a good job in listening at fans requests and bringing us a better game than FF XIII, even though the combat system is still too similar to the previous one; the involving story, a greater focus on exploration and the many things to do make it an advised buy for every fan.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Thanks to its artistic and gameplay values, Catherine stands apart from every other game. If you're looking for a different gaming experience and aren't scared by overly difficult games, it's a sure bet.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Double Fine Happy Action Theater fully succeeds in offering us a "foolishly entertaining" gaming experience, something we could associate to the video gaming equivalent of a kids playground. Perfect for both playing with children and as a party warmer.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    A pleasant and relaxing adventure, capable of combining different genres like rythm and platform games. If it wasn't for the repetitiveness of settings and situations, it could have achieved a higher score.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    A game only suited for fans of Cartoon Networks' hero, that you'll have finished in about 4-5 hours.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    An interesting title and with good potential, but it drowns in defects we can't ignore, like the badly balanced difficulty and a bad ui in the menus. You could however consider it if you're looking for a more serious Kinect sports game.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    A great game, capable of keeping you entertained for many hours also thanks to the involving Quick Match mode and the deep editor; we would have liked a more fleshed out story and a special mode like the Tower of Lost Souls in SC4, but it stays, however, a recommended buy.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If you never played MvC 3 and love fighting games, this is a recommended buy with a larger roster and more balanced gameplay. But if you already own the previous game, the added content isn't enough to justify the expense. The added fighters aren't charismatic enough and the new Galactus mode just feels like a gimmick. Nothing that couldn't be made with a simple DLC.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    A very poorly produced game, with too many problems to be even considered as a possibile buy.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A solid game that will plese all LEGO and Harry Potter lovers, but it doesn't add anything new to TT Games' formula.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A good remake, recommended to nostalgic players or the ones who could never play Rare's game, but we feel the price is a tad too high for a game of this kind.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    THQ's graphic tablet proved to be a solid and well-thought product, but the bundle price is too high for what's inside, due to the lack of quality and contents in the Instant Artist software. Bundling it with Marvel Super Hero Squad or Pictionary - at the same price - would have been a wiser choice.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Excessive, vulgar, absurd, ultra-violent, embarassing: Saints Row: The Third's charme resides in its uniquely ironic and ill-mannered style, but supported by strong structure and gameplay.
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    • 70 Critic Score
    A nice kart game for kids, with a lot of contents and solid gameplay. A good choice for every Ben 10 fan.
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    • 85 Critic Score
    An innovative, pleasing and fresh product. If you're looking for something different and more "relaxing", you should give it a try.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Kung-Fu High Impact does well on what it promises: immersing the player - both phisically and visually - in a fighting game creating a funny and fresh gaming experience. But once the novelty effect wears off, what's left is a short, repetitive and artistically amateurish game, more suited as a title to show when you've got people at home rather than a real fully-fledged game. It would have been perfect as a Live Arcade game, rather than an overly priced retail Kinect game.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    An irritating and awful game: boring, repetitive and with serious problems like the nerve-racking soundtrack and bad movements recognition.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    A welcome step forward for the series, even if there are still problems to fix in the physics simulation and online play. WWE fans won't however be disappointed and will find it a fresher and spectacular game.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A very good game for our children, that will be able to taste the Disneyland parks magic without leaving their homes.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: The Run fails where it was supposed to be stronger: its story mode is embarrassingly short, with gameplay problems like the automatic resets each time you even slightly go off-course, and with a dull and badly developed plot. What's left is a frantic and spectacular arcade racer with a solid online multiplayer, but lacking enough variety and content.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    A good activities and environments variety is ruined by too-monotonous gameplay where, except for climbing, we're asked to repeat very similar moves for each sport.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    An average title suited only to hardcore TBEP fans, lacking enough variety and features to please the broader dancing games lovers crowd too.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A good family game, entertaining even if not too challenging. Parents and children won't stay flat to Disney's characters great charm, even if in the form of funny costumes.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A very good good game from Kalypso, not only very deep and satisfying in the simulation and strategy areas, but with a great atmosphere too.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    343 Industries made a great job in refreshing the first Halo graphics, making it a game capable of competing even with modern FPSes. It's not perfect mainly due to its 10 years age, but it's highly recommended both to gamers that never had the chance to play the original game and long time fans.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    One of the best platform games of this generation: maybe it lacks Braid's innovation or Outland's challenge level, but it's got a great appeal thanks to an highly inspired artistic audio/visual production and a varied and constantly entertaining gameplay. A little gem that would be a shame to miss.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    A solid and vast game which however feels too similar to the previous one, with a not charming enough main environment, and the story becomes really interesting only in its latter part. Altair and Desmond's storylines manage, however, to keep it interesting to the end, and the final revelations are definitely worth the journey.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Modern Warfare 3 is a great FPS and a satisfying ending to Infinity's trilogy. With an adrenalinic and spectacular campaign and very entertaining multiplayer modes, fans of the series won't be disappointed – though we would have liked if the developers pushed it more on the technical side.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Spike's new game feels like a missed occasion: due a repetitive and limited gameplay and a bad storytelling, even fans of the series will feel uncomfortable with it.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A good Sonic game, enteraining and fresh, with great 2D levels and a not so great 3D ones. Suggested to every fan of SEGA's hedgehog.
    • 96 Metascore
    • 97 Critic Score
    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is, undobtedly, Bethesda's masterwork: a deep, pure and vast RPG capable of satisfying both fans and newcomers to the genre thanks to great gameplay and an involving story. A strong contender to the title of best game of the year and of the entire generation.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    One of the best party games for Kinect, thanks to a very good variety of activities, up to 16 players support, and enteraining use of alternate reality and perfect movement recognition; the Rabbids' scoffing comedy pervading the entire game is just the icing on top.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Despite the new and interesting Challenge Play mode and the great golf implementation, Kinect Sports Season Two looks like a step backwards for the series, with generally uninteresting sports expecially for the european public. Keeping the first game sports together with the new ones would have kept it more interesting, adding more variety to the entire package.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    A boring and repetitive combat system and and a subpar technical production make The Cursed Crusade an avoidable game; a wasted opportunity to represent a great and charismatic historical period.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A welcome improvement of the original game with a more distinctive and catchy visual style, local multiplayer, a great tracklist and better movements tracking. We're still missing online play, though.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A good Live Arcade game and an original take on the tower defense genre, with good variety and an entertaining gameplay, especially if played with friends.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    It lacks on the visuals side, especially after the other movie tie-ins Ubisoft got us to, but it sports a charismatic cast and solid gameplay. An enjoyable game, recommended to newcomers and fans of the belgian character, children and grown-ups.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A great toys idea and, quite surprisingly, a solid and entertaining game, with very nice characters and level design. A good gift for kids.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    The single player campaign is blessed by stunning visuals but falls with a dull story and a too short experience: where the game really shines is the multiplayer area, with very entertaining gameplay and modes, even if it lacks some polish that could have made it even better.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Off the Record feels too much as the previous game, and the new sandbox mode isn't really open like we would have liked. Advised only if you never played DR2.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A shoddy game, both visually and on the gameplay and contents sides. The developers tried to differentiate it from the other MMA brawlers using an arcade approach, but there isn't anything to like here.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    A step back for the series, with a more repetitive gameplay and not enough differentiation between the classic spidey and the 2099 one.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A very good and mixed tracklist meets relatively simple and forgiving dance mechanics, where we'll mainly use our upper body. More suited as a party game rather than a real challenge for dance enthusiasts.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    A great game, that successfully builds upon the foundation of the first title delivering us one of the best super heroes and action games around. It lacks highly memorable moments like the ones in the original game and delivers a quite disappointing final boss fight, but its incredible content richness and great gameplay make it an highly suggested buy.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Definitely the best hockey simulation around, thanks to a great AI and an excellent technical production. Highly suggested for every NHL fan.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A dream come true for the kids of the Ben 10 generation, which will be able to transform themselves into poweful super heroes. The game sports a good and satisfying control system and accurate Kinect recognition, but with a too short single player experience. Best if played with friends.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    PES 2012 fails to fully persuade, especially if you're looking for a more realistic and simulative play style. The game introduces some welcome features like the on-line fair play system, but fumbles on the ball physics and defense management, with an overly high speed of the actions. Suited for those looking for a more arcade soccer experience.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship builds upon the previous game with a more satisfying driving model and more involving career mode. A very good and realistic reproduction of the rally experience except for the graphics, still not up to the competition.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    A very good shooter with great visuals and some interesting RPG contaminations. But the dull story and lack of real innovation in the FPS missions keep it from being the great id Software comeback we were expecting.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A disappointing game, with interesting premises but with a boring gameplay and underdeveloped RPG elements.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The best offline basketball video game around and one of the best sport sims yet. Our overall judgment is however strongly impacted by the disappointing online support, with frequent disconnects and heavy lag. We hope the developers will be able to fix it.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    An important and very welcome turning point for the series, with a more enjoyable and spectacular gameplay, and a greatly improved storytelling. If you're intrigued by air combat and don't mind a more forgiving and arcade approach, it's a recommended buy.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Even if with four years behind it, Crysis arrives on Xbox 360 in great shape with a compelling campaign, great environments and one of the best graphics around. Too bad for the complete lack of multiplayer, a lacklustre enemy AI and some bugs and problems here and there, but if you never played this game on PC, it's an highly recommended buy.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    An amazing title, greatly improved both in gameplay, simulation and graphics, and with some great additions like the stunning Autovista mode. We would have loved if the developers pushed the envelope further by adding night racing and weather conditions, but it's nevertheless an unmissable buy for every motorsports lover.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Dark Souls is a game without compromises: you'll either love or hate it. The very high difficulty level could discourage the less undaunted players, but if you'll take your time to master its mechanics and "enter" into the game, you'll be rewarded with one of the most satisfying and memorable experiences in your life as a gamer.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An entertaining game with a good gameplay balanced between shooter and hack'n'slash mechanics; it only lacks on the variety side, but it will undoubtedly please every Games Workshop fan.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Gunstringer is a very enjoyable game, fresh and fulfilling in every aspect. Definitely one of the best non party/fitness/dance games for Kinect, with great motion recognition and a smart co-op mode. Too bad for its shortness, which detracts from the overall value of the game, but it's however a suggested buy.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    Yet another step forward for a great series: the new tactical defense system, the improved campaign mode and the new players collision engine make it an unmissable buy for every soccer fan.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Rise of Nightmares is a missed opportunity. The idea of a first person horror game made more immersive thanks to motion controls is a very good one, but it fumbles in the controls department due to a clunky exploration system and a too simplistic and repetitive combat system. It deserved to be better thought out and developed.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rugby World Cup 2011 sports a solid gameplay foundation, but it's dragged down by a mediocre technical production ad the lack of content, limited only to the World Cup teams and competitions.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    F1 2011 is a good step forward in the series with better driving model and simulation, great graphics and some nice ideas on the gameplay side. The experience is only partially ruined by the high loading times and some unexplainable pauses when entering and leaving the pit stops. It remains however a must-have for every F1 fan.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Gears of War 3 is what everyone was waiting for: a great ending for an epic saga with state of the art visuals, rock-solid gameplay and a feature-rich multiplayer. It obviously lacks that innovation and surprise factor that we can't expect from the last episode in a trilogy, but it is however one of the best and most polished games this gen.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A unique game, with great and distinctive artistic design; if you can turn a blind eye on the somewhat repetitive gameplay and quite short longevity, it could prove to be one of the most memorable visual experiences of this generation.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dead Island is an entertaining game, with interesting locations and a good RPG component, even if sometimes too cumbersome. Its main problems reside in a disappointing technical production and annoying bugs that sometime prevent us from completing a mission, forcing us to reload the last save. It's a very good game concept, but too unpolished.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A very good and solid game, capable of perfectly blending its action and RPG souls and with good visuals and level design. Our major complaint is about it trying to get more of our money than other standard XBLA games, with an insidious pricing model and in-game currency packs: this could create some confusion in the players.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A disappointing game, failing both on the graphics side and the gameplay mechanics side, like with the lumbering cover/aim system and the lacking multiplayer. The single-player campaign is capable of delivering some good moments of destructive action, but it isn't enough.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The shift mechanic proved to be unexpectedly good providing lots of destructive fun on the streets of San Francisco, even in the dedicated multiplayer modes. Too bad for a forgettable story: the very good CGI cut-scenes deserved a better canvas to be painted on. It's however a solid and entertaining game, a very good starting point for Ubisoft to build upon.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Even judging by kids standards, Kung Fu Panda 2 is ruined by flaws like bad movements recognitions and long load times. There are better Kinect games out there.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    SF III: Third Strike Online Edition manages to offer the same awesome feelings of the original game, together with a rich set of extras and solid online gameplay.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A surprisingly well done and fun game, which would have better benefited from a full story mode and online play.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    A real surprise and one of the most interesting games of the year, with a great cyberpunk mood and an highly satisfying gameplay expecially for those willing to go the stealth/hacker way. It isn't flawless though, with problems like overcompressed cut-scenes - we'd preferred a multi-disk release to this - and the immersion-breaking bad lip-sync in the italian version dubbing, but it undoubtedly is an advised buy.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Captain America: Super Soldier isn't a bad game, but it lacks that brightness and polish that can make the difference between an acceptable game and a good or very good one.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    A mere add-on to the previous game, short and without any improvements to the first game, even losing features like Kinect support.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    One of the most entertaining Kinect games thanks to the high levels of light hearted and direct fun it's capable to deliver, expecially if played with friends. A great debut for Kinect on Live Arcade.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The best title in the series yet, thanks to the great anime style visuals and the addition of a bit of strategic gameplay. Koei needs to work on the confusing story and the dull and repetitive environments, though.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Call of Juarez: The Cartel doesn't add anything special to the FPS landscape except for the three-characters storyline, with a mediocre and unpolished technical production. A big step backwards compared to Bound in Blood, and departing from the old wild west setting didn't help.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Yet one more demostration of the great potential of digital delivery: an innovative, inspired and highly satisfying game, capable of proudly standing amongst the best Xbox Live Arcade titles.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Hunted: The Demon's Forge doesn't excel in anything in particular and is hindered by noticeabel graphical and AI problems, but it manages to offer a fair amount of fun if played in co-op. We expected much more, but if you like fantasy games you could be willing to give it a chance.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dungeon Siege III revealed to be a good action-RPG with a satisfying combat system, an enjoyable co-op mode, good graphics and great sound. Too bad for the undelwhelming plot.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A very solid and good game, with a varied and satisfying gameplay and very original multiplayer options. It doesn't scare ad we would have liked, but it's a recommended buy for every fan of the series and FPS lovers in general.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A missed chance, expecially after the very good War for Cybertron. Unpolished and too short, its main value resides in the story bridging the second and third movie.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Not a game for everyone, which bets all in pure destructive action and online co-op, sacrificing graphics and story.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A very good action-RPG, with a classical gameplay enriched by an awesome artistic design and great weapons variety.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    A very boring title even for its main target, cycling fans, with too trivial gameplay mechanics and a very bad technical production.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    A good and valid workout program, suited for some serious home fitness. Don't expect to be trained in MMAs tough, because except for some boxing excercises, you won't find much.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Red Faction Armageddon delivers the usual - and even enhanced - amount of spectacular destruction and physics play, but we found the experience to be more limited than the previous game due to the linear gameplay and the removal of the great competitive multiplayer Guerrilla had. If you're a fan of the previous game, Armageddon will probably disappoint you; otherwise it's a solid third person shooter with a very satisfying destructive soul.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A game with a very strong personality and two great main characters, reminiscent of some Rodriguez movies. It sports a solid and varied gameplay, but it could have been much better if it was tweaked to deliver more tension and fear to the player; moreover, eight hours for a playthrough without any incentives to replayability aren't enough. Notwithstanding, it remains a very good game for action-horror lovers.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A disappointing game due to an unconvincing story, repetitive gameplay and environments, bug-ridden online co-op and a generally lacklustre technical production.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Another great game in the LEGO series, capable of entertaining both kids and grown-ups and sporting enhanced graphics. We're just a little disappointed in its small longevity, about 7 hours to complete, and the developers stubbornness in not providing an online co-op option.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    A great rally game and natural evolution of the series keeping its soul in the middle between arcade and simulation approaches. An improved engine delivers some amazing sceneries and very detailed cars, with state-of-the-art physics and light effects. We apreciated the new features like the Gymkhana mode and the YouTube video upload, while the multiplayer modes proved to be very enteratining and varied. A suggested buy for every fan of the series and everyone looking for an awesome and adrenalinic racing game.

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