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
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    In Epic Mickey 2, when you finally figure out what it was you were supposed to be doing, you just want to slap your forehead, because it just feels like another pointless hurdle.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Dragonball Raging Blast 2 packs the characters, environments and plenty of extras making it a good for fan service. Unfortunately, that's all it's good for; it seems the developer, Spike, forgot about creating a solid fighting title.
    • NZGamer
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Hundred Years’ War is an appropriate subtitle as after a few hours of fighting, you feel like you’ve been playing for a hundred years.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    If you LOVE golf games, feel free to bump that number up as high as you like, but for me it sits in the middle of our score band, nothing bad about it, but nothing great either.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Not up for medal contention. Buy London 2012 for the PS2 instead.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The single worst feature of Fury has to be its utter unforgiving nature when it comes to creating your character.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The platforming feels off, the puzzle solving is either too easy or too restrictive, and the humour regularly falls flat.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    After the ball drops it seems strange that the game’s biggest flaw is a control issue that could have been avoided so easily if they just left the original controls in as an option. Unfortunately this will be remembered as an oddball in an otherwise great Tennis series. Camelot dropped the ball on this one.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    If only this innovative ending summary could have been attached to a better game. The Walking Dead: Season One was a bonafide masterpiece, and we’ve somehow gone from that, to something I wish would just stay dead.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Save your money for next year’s Street Fighter V.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    If only this innovative ending summary could have been attached to a better game. The Walking Dead: Season One was a bonafide masterpiece, and we’ve somehow gone from that, to something I wish would just stay dead.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A rental at best, but better we just sweep The Cartel under a sombrero and forget about it.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It's a competent tie-in with plenty of goodies for fans of the series.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Patchy. It suffers from bugs that see you teleporting from one place to another, graphical glitches, unfortunate design decisions, and poor level design. On the upside the arcade game is so good it should have been its own game.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Interesting control scheme, but not much else.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    I am disappointed with the latest trend, where what looks to be a great game on another platform is an ultimate disappointment on the DS.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    EDF4.1 won’t win any awards but, if you can look past its failures, it’s a pretty fun game.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Despite the messy execution, there are moments of true beauty hidden inside Evoland (unlocking HD pre-rendered backgrounds being one) and there will be moments when you’re legitimately impressed with the next evolution, but there’s nothing in this game that makes it worth the $US10 asking price.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Refreshing and original. Unfortunately, the lack of victims running from the buildings makes it feel empty, and the repetitious gameplay loses its novelty value after a few hours.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It just doesn't do it well, either. To fail at the core of motion controlled gameplay at this stage in the Wii's lifespan is hard to accept.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Overall, Oozi: Earth Adventure is a nice little throwback to 16 bit gaming. The predictability of enemies may make this a walk in the park, however ramping up the difficulty to max provide a decent - often frustrating - challenge.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Overall this is a game only a niche market will enjoy, anyone else looking for a great SRPG without the massive amount of dialogue should check out Disgaea 3, or any other of the SRPGs on the PS3. While, it has its moments, the battles just take far too long to get to, and the game suffers from the omission of an English dub and poor translation.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The raw ingredients for a fun, fast-paced, high-adrenaline racer that the Kinect sorely needs are all in place. But sadly CrossBoard 7 is ultimately let down by a lack of fine-tuning in the motion-control and gameplay department.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Minesweeper Flags is a great ‘pick up and play’ live arcade game. The extra mode, content, multiplayer are a welcome addition to the series. Best of all you know what to expect: hours of addictive gameplay and it’s only 400 points.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Puzzle design, backgrounds, and atmosphere hold up, but not much else.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    With repetitive combat, an item system that doesn’t accommodate the player’s intelligence, A.I. that can be as dumb as a bag of hammers, and small design decisions that feel like they exist to make bullet-points on the back of a box, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z is a mechanically tame game that expects little from the player, and respects them just as much.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The music is annoyingly repetitive, but the sound effects are pretty well put together.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Mixed bag: On one hand, the vehicular combat is solid. On the other, it's let down by poor mechanics and a slew of unwelcome gameplay additions.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Naruto Shippuden 3D: The New Era feels like an original DS game with texture filtering, poorly executed 3D, and game breaking motion sensor controls tacked on.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sticks to the farm formula and delivers a pretty ordinary game.

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