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
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There may not be much in the way of story, but Death of the Outsider is a fine farewell to Dunwall. [Issue#267, p.71]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you are the kind of person who enjoys traditional MMO design you will find Champions one of the best to appear on the scene since Azeroth got connected. [Nov 2009, p.62]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Most will stay for the joy of new discoveries, even if Colonization doesn’t have the same long lasting appeal as the more extensive Civilization series. [Dec 2008, p.71]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Authentically strange, and effortlessly entertaining. [Sept 2012, p.56]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Borrows a little too much from the original game but features some fantastic moment to moment action. [Sept 2012, p.58]
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    When it works, Diablo III is the best of the Diablo games. When it doesn't, all it does is make you mad. [July 2012, p.54]
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    We haven't had this much fun since Destruction Derby on the PS1. [July 2012, p.58]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hong Kong features a wonderful story but patience is required due to the glacial pace with which it progresses. [Oct 2015, p.56]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A slow-burn character study, some quick thinking and a constant air of menace make for a gripping start to a new adventure. [July 2012, p.68]
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Whether or not L4D should form part of your gaming collection can be decided with your reaction to a single word: Zombies. If a little chill of excitement tingled down your spine right now, you know what to do. [January 2009, p.47]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Make no mistake; this game is hard. You will die, and die often. [July 2010, p.62]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    FM 2008 proves that sometimes a minor tune-up is really all you need. [Mar 2008, p.65]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Derivative but really well implemented, which gives the game a personality of its very own. [March 2014, p.61]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Supreme Commander in name only, this new take on the franchise has a refreshing focus on macro-strategy. [May 2010, p.62]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Frontlines is a great and engaging game that may not steal your life, but if you are a fan of FPS and online combat, this is definitely a worthy game to have nestled beside Battlefield 2142. [May 2008, p.58]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A unique and intense challenge for RTS fans bored of the same-old. [Dec 2009, p.54]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A thoroughly enjoyable fighter that marks out NeverRealm as a brawler developer to watch. [March 2014, p.63]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A thoroughly enjoyable, if somewhat diluted return to a cult favourite franchise. [Apr 2014, p.50]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Thrilling, exciting, and fun as hell, but still a few steps away from true greatness. Nonetheless - it's pure Platinum. [March 2014, p.64]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    One of Telltale's best seasons, and a Batman tale that finds something new to do with the Joker. [Issue#271, p.50]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    For the serious gamer, expect lighthearted fun and you won't be disappointed. For the casual or younger gamer, expect to be painlessly initiated into the exciting world of strategic deck-based combat. [Christmas 2008, p.77]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An at times confronting, well spun mystery and fascinating setting. [Oct 2014, p.63]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    While it's clearly not a game for everyone, fans of the original series will find a lot to fall in love with, and at a bargain price to boot. [Apr 2014, p.54]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Full of funny moments and some great new mechanics but doesn't quite feel like it lives up to its own potential. [Issue#268, p.56]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It may not impress with clever mechanics, but Jazzpunk is a genuinely funny comedy romp that will put a smile on your face. [Apr 2014, p.55]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A brilliant, detailed racing game that stays true to the series lineage, for better and for worse. [Issue#268, p.64]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    After an hour or so of play this one is quite hard to put down. [Feb 2010, p.63]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Strangely, Pure is best described through its title. It's not complicated, it's not especially deep, and in parts it's not even that refined. It's straightforward, fast-paced, exciting racing. [Christmas 2008, p.80]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stealth-action reinvented as easy-to-digest open world RPG-action. [Issue#268, p.68]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A fun puzzle platformer that replaces jumping with a flying head and body-snatching. [Issue#254, p.60]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • Critic Score
    They didn’t disappoint me. Is this the best adventure, full stop? Apart from a few red herring moments, I was delighted by how design exceeded every other one of my expectations.

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