No DPad's Scores

  • Games
For 237 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 53% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Wild Frontier
Lowest review score: 25 Red Star
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 18 out of 237
237 game reviews
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Traffic dodge games usually feel pretty generic as the majority do nothing to innovate or enhance the genre in any way. Fortunately, there are a few gems out there like Hit N'Run that take a chance and do something a little different.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The use of multitouch is also quite creative, and it works really well in this situation.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    At first glance it looks like just another copycat, but dig a little deeper and you will find a complex game with much to offer.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Seventeen years after its initial release, Secret of Mana remains the gold standard Action RPG.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Seamlessly combining a strategic RPG, a puzzle and a turn based strategy game into one was not an easy task, but Axion Logic appears to have done just that with chronoSgear.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Eco Punk is a very charming and light-hearted game that is great fun and hard to put down.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    As match-3 games go, Puzzle Quest 2 is king of the hill.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dead Space isn't a game that particularly stood out and isn't something that's a no-brainer Must Have in my eyes. The production values are high, and EA did a really nice job with this one. I just wasn't exactly addicted to it, and it never really grasped me from the start. But the playing atmosphere and graphics are phenomenal, and the game as a whole is quite professional.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    An extremely fun game. I would go right on ahead and give it that coveted Must Have award, but there are those small, nitpicky annoyances in there that prevent me from doing so.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Minor shortcomings aside, Who's That Flying?! is a wonderfully fun game and an easy recommendation. I've been having a blast with it!
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Fans of dual-stick shooters, survival titles or Solomon's Keep will definitely want to pick this one up.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    9mm
    9mm includes some improved voice-acting, great online multiplayer, an interesting storyline, and an overall action-packed adventure that is sure to entice third-person shooter fans. Just note that the game isn't for everyone, and I personally thought the amount of language in this game was really unnecessary.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Blocks Cometh is an easy recommendation, both to new players as well as to those who previously bought the knock-off. The game is attractive, challenging and rewarding, and nails that just-one-more-time addictiveness factor that makes games easy to pick up and hard to put down.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Can Knockdown 2 does everything a casual game should do: universal, GameCenter achievements, great graphics, and a simple gameplay mechanic. But, it does get old quickly, and there are only 12 achievements for you to work with.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    On the surface, Heavy Gunner appears to be a shallow shooter, with the dual-thumb cannons only a gimmick. Taking the plunge beyond that surface, however, reveals the game to be quite deep, full of choices and with great replay value.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    All things considered, Fight Night Champion is well worth your time and money, provided that you're willing to adjust to the learning curve and you're looking for a fighting game that rewards persistence and technique over lightning-fast blitzkrieg victories and ridiculous special moves.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Overall, The Hero will have you clamoring for more as you will feel you need to save the city from more ill wills.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dungeon Defenders has potential, and it's a really fun game; there's absolutely no doubt about that. But I would love to see an improved interface and controls-mind you, they're not bad, but not good either-along with some better graphics.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Luxor is another solid marble shooter, but we still have yet to experience a marble shooter that has captured our hearts forever.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Rarely do games accommodate so many different styles of gameplay while maintaining a perfect balance, but EVAC pulls it off.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Fast and Furious Adrenaline is a competent racing game; it'll provide you with a few hours of high-speed thrills along with some sweet cars. There are some issues with it including the need to connect to Facebook to access the online multiplayer, but all in all, I thought it was a good racer.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Highborn is a really strong game and I highly recommend you give it a shot, even if your not a fan of turn based strategy games, or you're tired of them. This is fresh, new, and seriously…how expensive is it really?
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Overall, despite some minor gripes that can be fixed with updates such as deathmatch multiplayer, or lock-on controls, Star Batallion is a great flight-sim package that is very arcade-like in execution at times, but offers solid twitch-gameplay and challenge, with great presentation and graphics.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Speed Forge Extreme did a great job with executing with the controls, and the tilt was flawless along with the inclusion of touch controls; another yet flawless implementation.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Fastar! is not what most would expect of an Action RPG, nor is it what most would expect from Kooistra having played his previous app store releases - admittedly, the game left me scratching my head at first and it took me several plays to warm to it. Set aside such expectations, however, and Fastar reveals itself to be an excellent casual action game, well worth the paltry price of admission.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    It's the closest thing to Mario Kart I've seen so far.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ash
    Though I suspect once you get involved with Ash, you won't be able to put it down until you see what happens next.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    PES 2010 is, at best, a good soccer game. There are a lot of feature and content problems that I know could have been nonexistent had Konami been more creative.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Surprisingly one of the EA's best sports titles yet.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Zombie Infection is a well-made zombie-shooter with high production values, great graphics, and an overall solid gameplay experience.

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