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For 3,862 reviews, this publication has graded:
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On average, this publication grades 2.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 98 Crysis
Lowest review score: 7 NRA Varmint Hunter
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,078 out of 3862
  2. Mixed: 1,412 out of 3862
  3. Negative: 372 out of 3862
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    • 91 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Planescape: Torment
    One of the most inventive, entertaining RPGs ever created. [Mar 2000, p.82]
    • PC Gamer
    • 91 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Neverwinter Nights
    Central to its pull is a storyline as persuasive as any I've encountered in a fantasy roleplaying game. [Sept 2002, p.60]
    • PC Gamer
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Resident Evil 4
    Resident Evil 4 remake is a great game in its own right, but can't hold a candle to the original.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
    Polishing off the brilliance that is NOLF 2 are the game's stunning graphics, powered by the LithTech Jupiter engine. [Holiday 2002, p.78]
    • PC Gamer
    • 91 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Dragon Age: Origins
    An outstanding story-driven RPG with fantastic writing, RPG depth and tough tactical combat. It's BioWare's best RPG since Baldur's Gate 2. [Holiday 2009, p.38]
    • PC Gamer
    • 91 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's gorgeously realized world is let down by its emphasis on combat, marred by a few fatal stumbles.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Mark of the Ninja
    A stealth game that turns you into a predator rather than prey. Mark of the Ninja is an engaging sandbox of stealth.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Disco Elysium
    The thing about Disco Elysium is that my experience of it is completely unique to me, such is the dizzying variety of skills, stats, thoughts, and conversation options on offer. You could play through it five times and still not see everything, so there's no one experience to assess. But I can say with certainty that it's one of the finest RPGs on PC if you value depth, freedom, customisation, and storytelling.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Dark Souls II
    More accessible, challenging, and rewarding than its predecessor, this is the Dark Souls sequel PC gamers deserve.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Spelunky 2
    Spelunky 2 doesn't advance the original's formula, but there's more stuff to sink your teeth into.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Satisfactory
    Satisfactory is a masterfully made game for crafters, builders, and factory managers of all kinds.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    Caves of Qud
    Caves of Qud is a genre-defining achievement in play, story, and roleplaying freedom.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
    By turns sentimental and ridiculous, Death Stranding 2 nonetheless offers best marriage of mechanics and meaning in Hideo Kojima's storied career.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Call of Duty
    It's the 24-mission single-player experience that you'll remember for years. Call of Duty is a first-rate achievement. The sensory overload is amazing, and the interaction with intricately scripted action set-pieces is a big step forward in the art form. [Dec 2003, p.88]
    • PC Gamer
    • 91 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 2004
    Sadly, the one thing that's fairly consistent is the opposing AI's late-game heroics. [Dec 2003, p.114]
    • PC Gamer
    • 90 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Balatro
    A roguelike deckbuilder debut already worthy of joining Slay the Spire and Monster Train at the King’s table. Essential.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Animal Well
    A sleep-destroying puzzle metroidvania of baffling depth, Animal Well may go down in history as one of the genre's best.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Sims 2
    May not be the most ambitious follow-up ever, but it does fix most of what was broken in the first game while introducing an attractive, badly needed, 3D makeover. [Dec 2004, p.108]
    • PC Gamer
    • 90 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
    Final Fantasy 14 is quietly one of the best games in the series, but Shadowbringers elevates it even further by telling a bleak and heartfelt tale that generously rewards the investment made by its most hardcore fans.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hollow Knight: Silksong
    Silksong can be ruthless, but it's hard to pry yourself away from its haunted little world that never seems to end.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
    Its complicated missions and gameplay mechanics make Enemy somewhat time-consuming for newcomers to pick up, but the benefits are worth the effort. [Sept 2003, p.79]
    • PC Gamer
    • 90 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Factorio
    Buy Factorio. Build Factorio. Become Factorio.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Black & White
    One of the most innovative, creative, original, and awe-inspiring PC games ever. [June 2001, p.52]
    • PC Gamer
    • 90 Metascore
    • 96 Critic Score
    Spelunky
    Straightforward and replayable, Spelunky is precision engineered to make death fair, funny, and a story worth sharing.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    N++
    A masterful distillation of classic action-platforming gameplay, doling out tension and elation in equal measure.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
    Vengeance combines the fresh, familiar, and the fiendish into one incredible RPG.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Split Fiction
    An incredibly inventive, rapid-fire co-op adventure that never breaks its stride, despite its dull protagonists.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Tetris Effect
    Maybe Tetris Effect is just Tetris, but it masterfully does what so many other game remakes aim for—an experience suitable for seasoned players as well as beginners, which enhances what’s already good and offers new reasons to love a classic.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    NHL 2001
    Finally, a hockey game that should appeal to every level of fan. [Dec 2000, p.158]
    • PC Gamer
    • 90 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
    Being so devoted to Final Fantasy 7 means that there’s a lot of love to be found in Rebirth. And as a fan of that original game, it was so easy, for a while at least, to be swept up in the dazzling sights of Gaia, in the vibrant amusement park of games and sidequests at my fingertips, to hop on this rollercoaster journey with many of my all-time favorite characters and give myself to the joy of being able to spend more time with them. But all the charm and pageantry in the world can only distract me for so long before I realize: nothing has happened this whole vacation. The ship hasn’t even left the dock.
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