PC PowerPlay's Scores

  • Games
For 976 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 40% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Lowest review score: 0 Infestation: Survivor Stories (The War Z)
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 74 out of 976
977 game reviews
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Some good old honest space combat fun, with an inoffensive free-to-play model. Worth your time, and possibly even your money. [Apr 2013, p.86]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Anodyne falls between average and perfection, offering a strange, funny, horrifying few hours of old-school action-adventure. [June 2013, p.91]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The best experience is probably on console. [Oct 2010, p.60]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A streamlined action RPG with the emphasis placed firmly on the action. [Sept 2015, p.58]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Dying Light should showcase everything Techland learned from Dead Island. Instead, it showcases everything they haven't. [March 2015, p.57]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Not without some significant problems, Ruiner is still a satisfyingly difficult slice of twin stick grimdorkness. [Issue#267, p.73]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The story is great but the surfeit of ideas means that none are fleshed out particularly well. [Issue#264, p.63]
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    We urge you to try and understand Hitman's environment, take action within it and control it as much as you possibly can. [Issue#250, p.60]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A bright and fun side-scroller that you can lose hours in, or just play for a few minutes - either way, it will keep you coming back. [July 2015, p.64]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Same great quality, plus enough subtle tweaks to shake things up for the better. [Aug 2010, p.61]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is a gorgeous and amusing diversion, even if puzzling feels tacked-on, rather than integral. [July 2011, p.71]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Slow and meandering but gently enjoyable. [Sept 2012, p.54]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    With an ambitious concept, it's easy to forgive smaller mistakes - fortunately, Beatbuddy barely has any. [Oct 2013, p.86]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Busy and discordant. [Oct 2012, p.76]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Combat is flawed, but does little to detract from the game's breathtaking depiction of lunacy. [Sept 2011, p.61]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An interesting take on a classic genre, with some great writing and variably rich worlds to explore. [Sept 2015, p.62]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Beautiful but flawed, Sundered is too frustrating early on to be fully satisfying. [Issue#265, p.62]
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You can't go wrong with sticking to Rocksteady's Bat-formula, however it is starting to feel a little played out. [December 2013, p.93]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gameplay that refused to break any new ground can't tarnish the love and care shown in this nostalgia piece. [Mar 2011, p.68]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Visually spectacular alien-blasting action; another fine port from Volition. [July 2011, p.60]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A love letter to the joy of exploration and randomness. [Issue#256, p.64]
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fun enough, but hardly anything new under the shooter sun. [May 2014, p.58]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Substantial expansion with significant new content. But price is very hard to swallow. [Issue#254, p.58]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Admirable, but maybe not lovable. Requires stubborn determination on the part of the player. Then it's rewarding. [Nov 2011, p.50]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The campaign requires an interest in 40K, while the basic multiplayer modes are fun for all. [Dec 2011, p.67]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Not bad, but far more likely to be remembered for its stunning artwork than for its plot or puzzles. [Oct 2012, p.74]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A wonderful, strange, sad trek through the myth of America. [Issue#270, p.52]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A deep tactical - and strategic - RPG. [Issue#262, p.58]
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The hackneyed story doesn't detract from the thrilling world and new challenges of 10,000BC. [Issue#249, p.45]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Exciting to play with friends, utilising a clever, magic system that makes you think. [Apr 2011, p.54]
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