PC Gamer UK's Scores

  • Games
For 1,036 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 44% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 68
Highest review score: 95 Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Lowest review score: 9 Day Watch
Score distribution:
1036 game reviews
    • 34 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Rarely exciting, mostly disappointing. An unfinished tactical shooter let down by technical issues and terrible AI.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Dumbed down; drawn out; deeply annoying. [Jan 2009, p.84]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 54 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    The explosions and spells look lovely, but the game itself is drudgery. [June 2009, p.89]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 59 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Spoiled by repetition and muddle. [Jan 2007, p.100]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 70 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Dark, moody, and full of hate. Your reviewer the day after the diary puzzle. [Aug 2008, p.89]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 52 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Lots of swearing as you protect a world that hates and fears you. [Aug 2006, p.85]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 65 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Pointless but not worthless. [Jan 2008, p.74]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 60 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Basically eight new maps for Majesty 2. [July 2010, p.91]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 59 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Night of the living dud. [July 2007, p.86]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • tbd Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Same old niche, now with less freedom. [July 2008, p.74]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 71 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    A free MMO whose ingenuity does little more than simply streamline what we've seen elsewhere. [July 2010, p.104]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 55 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    When a game makes you alternate between screaming and laughing out loud at its faults, the rewards aren't worth the struggle. [Apr 2008, p.71]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 66 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    It's repetitive, mindless, claustrophobically linear, over-stylised and incoherent. [June 2009, p.93]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 52 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Dull sporting minigames, not made for the PC. [Nov 2008, p.93]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 72 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Disjointed and muddled, wth embarrassingly bad acting. [May 2007, p.83]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 55 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Too clever for its own good. [Jan 2008, p.80]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 58 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Too tough for tykes, too dull for adults. It's not a looker either. [Oct 2008, p.78]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 60 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Depressing, derivative movie cash-in. [Sept 2007, p.88]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 59 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Despite its clumsy handling of some issues, Journal has clever moments. [May 2014, p.91]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • tbd Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Four pretty but stale multiplayer arenas. One comedy zombie map. Eleven of your pounds wasted. [Nov 2011, p.122]
    • 68 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    An idea tangled in shoddy design. [Oct 2006, p.86]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 43 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Badly ported and badly dated. Not a game for the PC at all. [Oct 2008, p.91]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 54 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Pretty, but frustrating pokery fiddliness wrecks this game. [Aug 2007, p.81]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 64 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    The bulk of JULIA feels like an attempt to pad out the story. [May 2012, p.111]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 66 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    The worst thing is that you can't skip the dialogue. [July 2010, p.91]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 60 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    And now, dressed up in this sorry state, trying to excuse itself like a dad in a night club, there's not even that to defend it. [May 2006, p.97]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • tbd Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    This game has been spread too thinly: while initially engaging, it quickly becomes repetitive and dull. [June 2012, p.87]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 74 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    A tragically flawed LucasArts tribute. [Jan 2009, p.80]
    • PC Gamer UK
    • 68 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    It's got decent spaceship sections and charmingly bad dialogue, but don't expect quality or compelling action. [Apr 2011, p.96]
    • 53 Metascore
    • 47 Critic Score
    Bluntly, depth doesn't automatically mean satisfaction, and even within this very small strategy niche, "Europa Universalis II" is a much better choice if this is the kind of warmongering that floats your trireme. [May 2006, p.93]
    • PC Gamer UK

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