NZGamer's Scores

  • Games
For 2,085 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 77
Highest review score: 100 Gears of War 4
Lowest review score: 20 Smash 'N' Survive
Score distribution:
2085 game reviews
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If you ever wished to play this classic game or would like to immerse yourself in a solid RPG and can handle a very simple graphical style, there's no reason not to grab this. It might be a little clunky compared to modern examples of the genre (and we're not talking just about the graphics here) but it's actually aged rather well.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It takes the theme park building and injects it with mini-games that enable a more hands on approach to building and maintaining your park, rather than just moving the mouse and clicking a bit of dirt.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Slightly watered down version from PC, but still a good game to enjoy both with friends or alone.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Did it engross me? Yes it did. Did it frustrate me? Yes, it did that too. Did I want to keep playing? Of course, but only because I wanted to see what happened next, not because I wanted to keep playing. Unfortunately, even for a console title that's as over-the-top as Asura's Wrath, that's an inescapable flaw.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It feels a lot like a 99c iPhone game from a year ago (you'd expect more variety from a 99c iPhone game today), making it disappointingly low value at PSN prices. It does what it does well enough, but it's super niche and probably of interest to relatively few.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If you are only flying solo or plan on running with strangers online, it is simply not as a good a game when played this way. So like my mother always said, stay close to your friends and be wary of strangers.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rime is for those who appreciate Team Ico, That Game Company, Abzu, Never Alone, or any peaceful-minded game where emotion plays centre stage. Granted, it doesn’t have the same finesse, as the mechanics have little to do with anything else. The developers clearly had a story on their hearts, but didn’t sync it to the rest of the game. Subsequently the gameplay often feels like a reluctant participant to a particularly touching tale.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Glitchy, but still maintains the playable charm we have come to expect from LEGO games.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The game is also limited by what is missing. There is no Wimbledon, no Williams sisters and no Ana Ivanovic, and although Roddick and Murray might draw some interest from the US and UK, they don’t have the same effect at this end of the world. And there is also the fact that it’s a sport sim.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Goat Simulator may be raw, unpolished and one-dimensional at the moment - and this may be enough for many people - but I can’t help but wonder “is this only the beginning for the little goat that could?”.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    When the limbs stop flying and the dust settles, Naruto: Ninja Destiny is as close to what fans want in a Naruto fighter as they will get on the Nintendo DS: fast-paced fighting with a dash of touch screen support for item usage.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A combination of an average shooter (that won’t appeal to shooter fans) and a (tension and atmosphere barren) survival horror game.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Maybe the most enjoyable typing game ever, but it’s clichéd story elements hold it back.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Elefunk is a nice, addictive puzzle title with enough levels to make it worth the initial download.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's a surprisingly competent package.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A perverse dichotomy; RUSE either goes too far, or not far enough.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Overall it is hard to recommend for Smackdown! Vs. Raw fans under the age of 27; short of The Rock, HHH, Shaun Michaels, Stone Cold, and Hulk Hogan, most of these wrestlers have been dead or out of the spotlight for years. For anyone with a taste for some classic WWF you can't get any better than this – game wise, anyway.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I feel bad for Kaos Studios because I think the outcome of Homefront was influenced by possible combination of either a lack of time, budget or talent.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's good in the sense that it takes a specific aspect of multiplayer from cover-based shooters and does it better than most. However, said aspect won't appeal to everyone. Moreover, Hybrid is a hard sell at 1200 Microsoft points - in addition to the micro-transactions you will need to unlock every weapon.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Xenoverse 2 is best for those who missed the first game, as they are far, far, far too similar. Many of the maps are recycled, and really so is the combat. But your abstinence as a Dragon Ball fan (and aren’t we all) will be dearly compensated with an expanded version. Neither its story nor treadmill-fighting are likely to get you zealing for a year’s training at 500-times Earth’s gravity, but you’ll be up to your Dragon Balls in creative things to do, with an excitable use of the lore. The Xenoverse series may only exist to piggyback the monetary success of western game design, though whether sincere or not, that’s actually the best part of this translation. Like all of these games with steep stories, the depth of your enjoyment will likely depend on the depth of your fandom.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All up, while Tetris itself isn't new by any stretch of the imagination, there are enough other new gameplay variations, as well as multiplayer modes, to make this a solid addition to any gamer's collection – and a must-have for puzzle fans.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    You know it's not a masterpiece, but you're after a bit of escapist fun - nothing less, but nothing more.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A solid expansion of the space stage. You won’t find a deep adventure game here, just a lot of small quests and a solid level editor to add to the strange mix of genres that is Spore.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Overall WWE '12 is a solid game, but far from perfect with a dozen graphical glitches and camera issues holding it back.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 may not be that unique, or that good, but it certainly takes a familiar theme and then moves off at strange angles, pushing ideas far more then you might initially expect, taking something familiar and, for good or bad, making it true to its own rules.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    But, dying is one of the essential parts of old school gaming. Just like jumping, shooting, breaking boxes, electronic beats, and bosses. And, if that's the kind of platform game you want, that's the kind of platform game Zack Zero is.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A lacklustre ending and unremarkable adventure game mechanics may hold Perils of Man from reaching its full potential, but this is still a game worth checking out for anyone who likes a good time travel story with a compelling lead.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In the end the single player, while enjoyable, will get repetitive and the online community is almost non-existent at this time.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As I say, for its target market, PKMT could be a really good thing, provided parents use it and, more than that, make sure their kids use it.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Still, the game is kind of brilliant. More importantly, and I can't emphasize this enough, when you first play it, or see someone you know play it, it is the funniest thing you will see in your life.

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