PLAY! Zine's Scores

  • Games
For 1,364 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 8% same as the average critic
  • 37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Returnal
Lowest review score: 10 Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV
Score distribution:
1364 game reviews
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    You could call Elderand a safe bet. If you are craving a good quality metroidvania game where you know what to expect, look no further. This is a solid adventure that brings nothing new to the table, but what it does serve, is unmistakably good. Just don’t forget to keep your expectations in check.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Warcraft Rumble is a superbly designed action RTS game which offers deep tactical experience, a massive single-player campaign with 75 unique missions and boss battles, PvP, and other content to enjoy for months. Unfortunately, it's also plagued by predatory monetization tactics that exploit human weakness in order to make you spend an absurd amount of money.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is a great port of an amazing old game that most fans thought would be forever lost on the PS2. If you love the Star Wars universe, you definitely need to give this game a spin. You just need to bear with the controls a little.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Eight years in the making, Scorn is a tremendous, grotesque and terrifying experience that encapsulates true horror with something alien and unknown, masterfully translating it into a first-person action puzzler. It doesn’t relish itself with its rudimentary mechanics, but it adds upon them with carefully synergized environmental design.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    For the fans of the beat 'em up genre, this is a must. Yet, it won't leave its mark on the gaming world bar the impressive amount of political incorrectness, staying just above the average of the gaming spectrum.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Beat Cop is an interesting point and click cop simulator with great humor. The mechanic of the game is interesting in the beginning but does not evolve for later levels. The time concept is neat, but limits the player’s ability to roam and discover more events and things to do.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Another masterfully done remake from top to bottom. Jump into an aliens skin and reek havoc upon the humans with blasters and space saucers. New and old players should definitely look to picking this remake up.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If beautiful art, graphics quality and music are all you look for in video games, look no further. Just make sure that frustrating juggle between three characters is not something that could drive you mad. Because this game is exactly that - a beautiful series of tedious gameplay mechanics. A truly charming mess.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Atomic Heart is a love letter to retro-futuristic soviet aesthetic incorporated in an intriguing story and decent combat that will put you in a genuinely immersive and exciting world that does not overstay its welcome. It comes with its flaws, but it is such an audio-visual spectacle that tends to become better as you give it more time to open up, and it will surely stay in your memory as an original and fun experience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rue Valley delivers a striking blend of time-loop mystery, small-town drama, and a heartfelt look at mental health. Its strong writing and atmosphere shine, but shallow choice systems and repetitive loop mechanics hold it back. It’s a compelling premise that ultimately feels uneven.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Great game. Compared to the last year’s installment we can see improvements in all aspects. Graphics are better, penalty system is good now, nothing random will occur. But, this is still way too hard for anyone except the hardcore rally fans.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Full of Nintendo charm but lacking in content, this is an easy to play but hard to recommend the title. Unless you have at least two more friends to play and share the price of the game with.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shadow Blade Reload is a fun game. It offers absolutely nothing new. But it’s still fun.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Drawing inspiration from the greatest age of video game platformers—the 16-bit era—The Cub creates an atmospheric world that is a joy to traverse. The somewhat stiff controls and the basic level design can't take away the charm built by the gorgeous visuals and the juicy story, which is told through a cheeky radio broadcast—from Mars!
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Resident Evil Zero's remaster doesn't manage to surpass the series' previous remaster work, mostly missing the opportunity to fix some of the glaring issues the original edition of the game had.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Monster Energy Supercross 3 is a mild upgrade over its predecessor, posing with average boring career, but some fine gameplay improvements in some of its misdoings in past. Multiplayer experience provides a lot of fun though, especially with some of smaller modes of the game, but over time, this upgrade isn’t worth your money if you played earlier installments.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In a nutshell, Grow Up could be described as "just another indie platformer" especially with its wonky physics. There are some performance issues, but even with them it's a relaxing romp that can help you unwind during its 4-hour running time.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Amazing idea that's ultimately ruined by execution, Clandestine manages to create more frustration than fun.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    It's always heartwarming to see a new addition in the Farm Sim genre that offers evolving, expanding, and rewarding experience. Pure Farming 2018 is in my opinion that game, but it lacks multiplayer experience, and that is not acceptable from a game in this age.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Star Overdrive is a slick-looking, well-crafted action-adventure with some seriously fun hoverboard action. If you’re craving old-school mascot platformers, this is the closest modern take you’ll find.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you would call Trek to Yomi a poor man’s Ghost of Tsushima, you’d be gravely mistaken. This game „emulates“ an old-style Japanese samurai movie to perfection. While the combat is a bit clunky and the game is not that long, the overall experience is excellent and easy to recommend to anyone interested in such a theme.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mages of Mystralia is far from a good game, but it fits perfectly on a Nintendo Switch. Monotonous gameplay and puzzles are overshadowed by the sheer number of spell combinations.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Game that could only be recommended to players who are nostalgic for overly difficult strategies. Other than that, Ashes doesn't offer anything new or different from other games in the genre and spectacularly falls flat.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    It might not shine like the shiniest gem, but Song of the Deep is a metroidvania diamond in the rough - a game that even with its minor flaws can reel you in and completely immerse you into this aquatic adventure.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Even with more than twenty playable characters, Battleborn fails to offer enough variety in its gameplay to keep players engaged for longer periods of time. And with an unfortunate release date, it is a game that will be forgotten in a matter of months.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Even considering this was a portable-first, God Eater 2 in its PS4 edition remains a rather unspectacular game. But, its brilliance lies in its core, the deep gameplay system with numerous weapon modifiers. It's not for everyone, though it doesn't need to be.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A short but interesting co-op survival puzzle, focused on player communication, that will take one afternoon of your free time but even with different endings doesn’t have replay value.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    When the quality over quantity recipe goes too far, you get The Hinokami Chronicles. A visually stunning game based on a renowned anime, that painfully yearns for more content. It is full of forced activities that are there only to prolong the experience. Yet, the sides of it that shine are absolutely stunning. Not to mention that if you are a fan of the series, it will probably blow your mind.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Dark Pictures Anthology continues to deliver intriguing stories told through a well-written narrative. Only this time, it feels like we have even less control over the flow of the story. Whether the controls are to blame, weird choices or an even more present army of bugs and glitches, The Devil in Me remains an excellent addition to the franchise, but the next one should be better.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Fun shooting and open world are great, but there aren’t many Ghost Recon elements and game simply feels dull at times.

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