Operation Sports' Scores

  • Games
For 384 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 77
Highest review score: 100 NHL 2K6
Lowest review score: 20 Strike Force Bowling
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 21 out of 384
384 game reviews
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tiger Woods PGA Tour has gone from a throwaway golf-like substance on a disc to a surprisingly challenging and fun simulation with loads of promise for the future.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's no delicate way to put it - this game is ugly. I feel awful saying so, but I've got to come clean - it looks like a first-generation PS2 game, not a game released for a four-month old system.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If you passed on the PS2 or Xbox releases last year, Blitz: The League is definitely worth a look on the 360. If you’ve played the game already, there’s not enough new here to justify a second purchase.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stunning character models, simplistic controls, and fluid gameplay usually result in a instant classic. However, the wrestling genre is, and always will be, dominated by a licensed product. Rumble Roses XX is a enjoyable pick up and play alternative to other wrestling titles, despite its fictional characters and lack of gameplay options.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It tilts a bit towards the boring, but the excellent online implementation means that if you're really into paintball, this is the game for you.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If they had spent a tenth of the effort they made on their graphics and presentation on the gameplay instead, would we have a game that was comparable to the "Winning Eleven" series?
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In a nutshell...if you like playing online, and like 2K football, you can't go wrong with All-Pro Football 2K8. If you're primarily an offline gamer, it's questionable at best.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I can only suggest Total Extreme Wrestling 2007 for the hardest of hardcore wrestling fans. I consider myself a pretty big wrestling fan, and at times I found this game to be confusing, cumbersome and frustrating. However, if you are willing to work through the clunky menus and handling of minutiae, you could find yourself immersed in this game.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The major issue plaguing Madden 07 is this: at it's most basic, there is no fatigue whatsoever. After the excellent implementation of fatigue in "NCAA Football 07," it's a mystery why this fundamental aspect of football is absent from the pro version.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Every Grey Dog Software game is extremely deep and while Wrestling Spirit 2 is no different, I still walk away from this game thinking that there could be more.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Blitz: The League has the potential to become the "Burnout" of football, a game that takes big risks and blazes a path for a legion of imitators.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    To my shock and confusion, I really liked the game. Why? Because I stopped thinking that I was supposed to be playing “a Tony Hawk game” and started realizing that I was playing a fun arcade racer that happens to have Tony’s name on the box.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    With a few slider tweaks, March Madness 06 plays a darn good game of basketball. The major issues are off-the-court bugs and features that should have been included.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    For all of the additions and enhancements that this season brought, the core gameplay has too many little issues to call it an improvement over last season.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    MVP 07 NCAA Baseball plays a solid game of baseball...One can't help but be underwhelmed.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The two-year development cycle between the original and this release passed by with no significant improvements to add to the total experience. That can't happen again for this franchise to survive.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    While the Challenge mode is a nice addition and the Ultimate Team card game in pretty innovative to the genre, I’m not convinced enough has changed since the FIFA 07 release to justify the $59.99 price tag. For Champions League fans, it’s a no-brainer at any price.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's fun and clever blended-arcade approach to the sport worked for me, and the variations in game play are welcome.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The series is solid, but too little of this game is truly new, save for the functionality provided by the Wii's unique control scheme - and that doesn't quite work right.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I can, without a doubt, say that the more people you have huddled around the PS2, the more fun you’ll have.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    No online and that damn stopwatch thing is bugging me. It is a great game to play for short periods of time, but I don't think the game has much replay value.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    They’ve improved very little on the court or in the Season mode, but they still tell a nice story. Playing this game still keeps me optimistic that the franchise will continue and could potentially thrive.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If you take the game on it's own merits - as a fun arcade racer - you'll have a ball.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    A 95-mile per hour puck in the face! I’ve seen far worse first efforts in sports gaming, but I’ve seen no worse hockey efforts this year.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    The main gripe I have with Gamebreaker is that it feels like an afterthought to Redzone and 989 Sports. I played it and "Gameday" at the same time, and the game looks like, plays like, and has the same menu as "Gameday" - yet it has less polish on the graphics and gameplay.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    I’m sorry to say but FIFA World Cup 2002 is game to catch consumers when they get cup fever rather a game to provide the ultimate World Cup experience.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Sluggish at best and the controls leave a lot to be desired. Very often this game looks like it is moving at half speed, and you never get that visual feeling of speed that you get from other titles.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    I think I might be in the minority thinking this game is an absolute mountain of canine fecal matter... just another quick hit to get a gamer’s $50 on a new console that doesn’t have any competition for it.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The problem is that EA’s "NCAA Football 2003" is a MUCH better game then NCAA2k3. EA’s game makes 2k3 pale in comparison.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Not fun. If you are looking for a baseball game that involves any thought process more complicated than, “throw the ball, hit the ball”, I suggest you look elsewhere.

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