Official U.S. Playstation Magazine's Scores

  • Games
For 1,416 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 56% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 9.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Lowest review score: 10 Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt
Score distribution:
1416 game reviews
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A shot in the arm that makes me enthusiastic about a PS2 ShootOut prospect. [Nov 2001, p.166]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    If you think toying around with the track editor sounds like $10 worth of fun, check this out. If not, don't bother. [Apr 2003, p.87]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Just pick up "NCAA 2003" and forget this one even exists. [Oct 2002, p.149]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's a simple game--so simple that it's really not good for anyone over the age of 9 or 10--but it's not bad, and the way it's structured makes it perfect for parents to jump in and out to help when kids get stuck.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Easily the worst modern game of its genre. [Oct 2001, p.134]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It's sad to see an old franchise become something so generic. [Feb 2004, p.102]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, you have to keep playing through the adventure portion of the game, and it really isn't all that worth it unless you're the most ardent fan of monkeys inside balls. [Oct. 2006, p.87]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Mutant Nightmare has improvements over its predecessors here and there, like a better camera and nice graphics, but when the basic game is this boring, that's about as useful as replacing the air freshener in a house build in the sewers. [Dec 2005, p.123]
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The puzzle aspects of Cy Girls is about as fun as watching the cheese-creation process. [Apr 2004, p.99]
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Definitely reinforces the "toy" part of Eyetoy. [Jan 2006, p.90]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The monotony of item collecting will turn anyone off long before frustration over poor control sets in. [May 2005, p.96]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Passing is this game's big problem... Otherwise, the flaw that perturbs me most is the lack of special moves. [Dec 2002, p.171]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's clunky and frustrating due to its awful controls. [Nov 2001, p.160]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Even worse, it doesn't do the stuff you've seen before with much panache. It's not comic - it's tragic. [Nov 2005, p.90]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ultimately, what Virtua Quest proves is that putting great characters into a lousy game doesn't make the game any less lousy. It just robs those characters of their dignity. [Feb 2005, p.87]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is the best of its genre. [June 2002, p.100]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Generic racing game wrapped inside a cheesy candy shell. With guns. [Nov 2005, p.118]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's mercifully short but painfully boring. [May 2004, p.97]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Defending myself from a shark attack would be more entertaining. [Aug 2006, p.77]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Apart from the cheese factor, Gangs simply fails at the basics. [Nov. 2006, p.120]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The entire package seems like it could have used a little more polish, too. [Apr 2002, p.104]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A great game for the over-30 crowd, though, which is something we don't get to say often. [Dec 2004, p.108]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There's something fundamentally wrong with a game that lets you finish a few stages without even looking at the screen. [May 2004, p.101]
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Ultimately, it's a good, pirate-heavy distraction but, thanks to the game's repetitiveness, it won't do much to keep your attention past the first few levels. [Oct. 2006, p.91]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    This game stinks. [Jan 2002, p.132]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Is it really that smurfin' hard to smurf up someone who at least sounds like the original voice actors? [June 2001, p.103]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Nice touches like graphics and gameplay elements ultimately don't disguise this fighter's lack of depth. [Oct 2005, p.107]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    With the exception of a few factual glitches (it's Shadowcat that can walk through walls, not Nightcrawler), the game's pretty solid and fun overall. [July 2006, p.76]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Underneath the offensive layer of crap that coats every facet of this version is a more than adequate game desperately trying to get out. [Feb 2002, p.113]
    • Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Given the heritage, and the burden it carries as a flag-bearer for videogaming, it's appalling... The biggest issue I have with it is that the controls are atrocious. [Sept 2003, p.90]
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