PALGN's Scores

  • Games
For 1,949 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 34% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 60% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Super Mario Galaxy
Lowest review score: 5 Elf Bowling 1 & 2
Score distribution:
1949 game reviews
    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Gun
    A quick and dirty port of a current generation game is a nasty move on behalf of Activision, especially when the Xbox 360 offers much more compelling software for a similar price.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    A somewhat interesting action/RPG title underneath all the terrible flaws.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The graphics are pretty, though everything else feels incredibly ordinary, with the intentions solely being focused on tacking Garfield’s name onto a lifeless affair. The game is far too simple and offers very little to anyone who buys it – there are much better alternatives available.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A real slap across the face to Matrix fans. Do yourselves a favour and take the blue pill.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    With its familiar but poorly implemented game mechanics, The Wonderful End of the World comes across as trying to be a PC take on the Katamari series. But for the USD$9.99 price tag, you're better off saving the money for something else.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Unforgivable mistakes leave Brink sitting alone in the corner crying, thinking about where it all went wrong.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ty 3 isn't a bad game, taking its target demographic and budget price into account.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    According to Sony, stripping a game of it's most distinguished component is a sure way to achieve success.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    A far cry from the quality we've come to expect from the series over the years.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Cold War seems to lack the two main components that are crucial to a stealth/espionage game - a solid narrative and a competent stealth system. Combine that with a short overall length, and you've got no real reason to play it.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ultimately, Worms: Open Warfare feels really undercooked. Everybody knows that there’s potential for a good Worms game on the DS – you’ve got the Wi-Fi online play, stylus allowing for mouse-like precision and all of that jazz, but Open Warfare doesn’t exactly make good use of any of these features. Regardless of that, the biggest insult is that the title can’t even hold up against its ageing predecessors – it really feels like the product was slapped together and shipped out as cheaply as possible.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's a missed opportunity weighed down by cumbersome and lacklustre design. The multiplayer provides some fun, but with Mario Kart on it's way, it's worth neither the hassle or expense.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    24 lacks the focus and innovation to make it stand out from the crowd, and is yet more proof that throwing as many ingredients into the pot as possible rarely yields favourable results.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Rumble Roses XX seems to be more of an exercise in voyeurism for young teenage boys than a serious wrestling game.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection is a package that will truly inspire nostalgia, for better or for worse.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    PixelJunk Racers is a basic game, not basic in the sense that it's easy to pick the game up (but it is) but basic in the sense that the game can be a little bit too boring.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Mad Tracks not only feels like a game that's designed to get as much money out of consumers as possible, it also lacks a real sense of speed and feels uninspired.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Shaun White Skateboarding isn't worthy of your time, your patience or most importantly - your money.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    It's a soccer trivia game, no more and no less. It's aimed at hardcore soccer fans, but we're pretty sure hardcore soccer fans would rather be playing the likes of FIFA.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Just a quick cash-in designed to appeal to those who once held the Namco collections in high regard. This is one of the worst compilation titles released in recent years.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Shoot is an uninspired on-rails shooter that fails to capture the imagination it desires to make real and simply remains below average.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The gameplay is utterly basic, consisting of punching and running, but the co-operative element between two players is quite nice. Kids who loved the movie will no doubt get a kick out of this game.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Even if it is considered just a kids game, it still doesn't make the grade. That is even with all the conventions that have been borrowed and all the variety that it tries to provide.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    The atmospheric presentation of Microbot is top-notch for a downloadable title. But for a game that promises to be an action shooter, the severe lack of action throughout a significant portion of the title makes this one game that should be left to flat line on the operating table.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Flawed and forgettable. Let this one drown slowly in the deepest pit of Xbox Live.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A generic platformer to say the least. It is obvious the game’s focus is on the franchises rather than the core gameplay mechanics. One for the diehard fanatics only.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Although it’ superior to the PlayStation 2 version, there still lacks an overall polish and depth to make it stand out from the crowd. Best left for die-hard fans only.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Such a broken game that you'd be better off waiting for NBA Live 08 to hopefully rectify some critical issues.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    A serviceable adventure game that does a few things new but is unlikely to tide anyone over or bring back renown to the adventure genre.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Kids who loved the movie will like the game. Everybody else will be bored to tears.

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