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
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Totally free, and totally worth your time. [Oct 2010, p.65]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A labour of love that successfully captures the spirit of the original. [Oct 2010, p.64]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A promising start to an atmospheric series, ironically let down by its puzzles. [Sept 2010, p.63]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Borrows so much but pays back so little. Seems to learn nothing from games half a decade old. Fun for a weekend. [Sept 2010, p.54]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fans will love it, but it could have been so much better. [Oct 2010, p.62]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Budget purchase at best. [Sept 2010, p.58]
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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
    The best experience is probably on console. [Oct 2010, p.60]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Inoffensive, easy and relatively fun. [Sept 2010, p.60]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mediocre gameplay hides an enjoyable RPG with moments of genius. But it could have been so much more. [Aug 2010, p.56]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Beautiful to look at and a thrill to play, Blur combines speed, strategy and style into a thoroughly entertaining package. [Aug 2010, p.62]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Light on true innovation, but everything in it will soon become an essential part of your tyrannical regime. [Sept 2010, p.64]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A must-have for Age of Conan players. [Aug 2010, p.64]
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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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    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In trading substance for style, Conviction winds up hollow and unsatisfying. Co-op is the only saving grace. [July 2010, p.52]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    An astounding story wrapped in frustrating, illogical adventure gameplay. [July 2010, p.59]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Gorgeous presentation and clever level design are only held back by mild control issues. [July 2010, p.61]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is the freshest that Sam & Max have been in a while. [July 2010, p.60]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Terrible pings, no servers and a tiny player base. [July 2010, p.58]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Get it if you're a Prison Break completist. [June 2010, p.62]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With insane stunts and explosions in a huge game world, this is pure adrenaline-fuelled action to the point of repetition. [June 2010, p.60]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Perhaps too complex for some but a beautiful, sprawling city management game nevertheless. [June 2010, p.58]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Stick to human-on-human multiplayer. There's simply no reason to engage with campaign mode or Skirmish at all. [May 2010, p.60]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Though it oozes atmosphere, frequent and irritating monster encounters tarnish an otherwise solid shooter. [May 2010, p.56]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A content-stuffed expansion that will thrill fans. If only it did a better job of paying attention to events in the first game. [June 2010, p.56]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It lacks enough pure content to be for anyone but Dawn of War fanatics. [May 2010, p.68]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A combination of DRM and instability ruins what should be an excellent game. Pick this up on console. [Apr 2010, p.58]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Modern Warfare plus squads and vehicles, and minus the stick up its arse. A solid multiplayer FPS. [May 2010, p.66]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fight through the performance issues to find that the heart of sub simulation's best franchise still beats strong. [May 2010, p.64]
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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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