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
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Obtuse, ancient design and infuriating difficulty hides an addictive, oddly satisfying, well-translated hack-and-slash. [Nov 2011, p.66]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Accomplished, amusing city-builder sequel that's more evolution than revolution. [Nov 2011, p.64]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You'll laugh, you'll die, and you'll come back for more. [Nov 2011, p.62]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hardcore tank combat clashes with a casual business model, ensuring only the most dedicated tread-heads will get the best experience. [Nov 2011, p.60]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A gorgeous game, featuring expert narration and meaningful mechanics, where story, lore and gameplay are effortlessly weaved together. [Nov 2011, p.56]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Incredible potential squandered by a focus on action and dull quest design. Still a decent romp in co-op, but it could have been so much more. [Nov 2011, p.54]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Overture deals a winning hand with this gem, delivering addictive gameplay in spades. [Nov 2011, p.52]
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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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    • 60 Critic Score
    This hallway feels a little narrow. [Nov 2011, p.48]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An excellent free-to-play game, but a less than stellar paid experience. Definitely worth the download, but not worth your cash. [Nov 2011, p.44]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A solid alternative to the deluge of twitch-based multiplayer shooters, with great potential to draw in new fans to the realism shooter scene. [Nov 2011, p.42]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A great wargame that doesn't sacrifice its depth for strategic challenge. Some puzzle-like scenarios will obfuscate enjoyment. [Oct 2011, p.64]
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A scientific and psychological thriller, involving great characters you will go out of your way not to talk to, but it's over much too soon. [Oct 2011, p.62]
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A superb, harrowing experience, guaranteed to crawl under your skin and stay there for a long time. [Oct 2011, p.58]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Despite its quirks, EYE's mind-boggling ambition evokes the best of PC gaming's past, while giving us a glimpse into its future. [Oct 2011, p.56]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    An intriguing gimmick, but neither polished nor entertaining. A tech demo on stilts. [Oct 2011, p.54]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    An unusual yet beautiful game bound to remind you of nature's power. [Oct 2011, p.50]
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    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    One of the finest PC games ever created. Eidos Montreal has touched the sun. [Oct 2011, p.40]
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    • 30 Critic Score
    And it's this amateurish feeling that pervades the game...Best to swat this fly. [Sept 2011, p.71]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Great card game, and dangerously addictive, but fails to realise the potential of both the Magic system and platform. [Sept 2011, p.70]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Minor gameplay changes mark this as one for fans only. [Sept 2011, p.69]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Unique, arty, and ambitious, yet awkward. [Sept 2011, p.68]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Too much effort required to get to the good stuff, for war-gaming aficionados only. [Sept 2011, p.67]
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Might not have been built in a day, but sure feels like it at times. [Sept 2011, p.66]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Competent hack-'n'-slash with a few neat ideas wrapped in a package that's remarkably unremarkable. [Sept 2011, p.64]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A loving celebration of bullet-hell, which relishes its intricate perfection without the distraction of a whole game's worth of content. [Sept 2011, p.63]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Intricate detail and strategy make for an excellent value release for the serious war-gamer. [Sept 2011, p.62]
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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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    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This is one storm-chasing RTS that can't escape The Suck Zone. [Sept 2011, p.60]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Don't write this off as glorified shareware. Avadon has charm, as if it were an old gem unearthed. [Sept 2011, p.58]
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