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 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Lowest review score: 10 Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV
Score distribution:
1364 game reviews
    • 69 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The best description is this is basically Armored Core X Gundam. It has great mech and character customizations, fast and chaotic combat and a good enough story. If you have a Switch and are a mech fan then this game is a must buy.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It’s Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes but you’re in Hell, and instead of defusing bombs, you’re exorcising demons. Grab a buddy to play with, make yourself comfortable and decipher the Book of Rituals as you put Satan’s spawn back to its place through seven unique rituals.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is definitely the best edition of the game you could currently find out there. With little new features, an extra story, quality of life improvements and the awesome 2D mode, even if you had the game on other systems you should get it again on Switch and have it with you at all times.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Devil’s Hunt is one hunt not worth going on in this game. It is shrouded in a myriad of technical, gameplay, and even voice issues. The story is even half-told and it is expected to be finished in a sequel. Avoid for now.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Borderlands 3 is a by-the-book sequel that takes no risks. Veteran Borderlands players will embrace it, but others will find that it has not evolved enough.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    GreedFall is bursting with intrigue, good quest design, and interesting world to support it, but sadly suffers from sluggish controls and lackluster design choices and bugs. It still manages to overshadow most of those flaws with its narrative and present a satisfying experience to the players.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    New FIFA installment, does not bring much to the table of the hungry fans. Yet, the new VOLTA mode brings quite enough to justify this year's release. A few upgrades and minor setbacks, make FIFA 20 a football simulation - still worth playing. At least until the next generation, this one will have to suffice.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    eFootball PES 2020 is Konami’s another big step towards fully ideal football simulation. Even though it still has a lack of licenses of big European leagues, it presents itself as a, so far, the best edition of a long-running franchise that is a must-play for any football fan.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    This remaster hits a few major points when it comes to refreshing an old game. But blurry, upscaled backgrounds and a missed opportunity to go from 4:3 to 16:9 aspect ratio, leave much to desire here. Yet, it is still as great game as it ever was. It's just easier to see it, this time around.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Green Hell is a hardcore survival that will give you the atmosphere of wandering and surviving harsh Amazon jungle, all while posing an intriguing story to lead you onwards. Even though it does not possess multiplayer and suffers by being an average survival game in many regards, it will provide you with a few hours of quality fun, especially at this price range.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Great and fun homage to the retro shooters from the 90s
    • 85 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    "Switcher" may sound like a pun, but it's real as a Succubi breast! One of the most renowned RPG titles of all time now goes portable. Lower rendering and texture resolution and weaker performance are a small price to pay for such an experience on the go. Make sure to get this, and get it physical, as its whopping 29 gigabytes of required free space can truly be too much for some of the Switch owners out there.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    This is a quick, fun and chaotic indie title that has the feel of good old retro games. But its random core gameplay loop makes it rather frustrating at times if you end up drawing the short end of the stick. All in all its a fun bite-size package for summer or just as a quick drop in drop out game.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Wreckfest brings a lot of fun to the table and is also a great vent for piled-up aggression from bad day at school or work. If you liked games like Destruction Derby and Flatout, you will love this. Be warned, there are still some bugs in the game, but it looks like the team is actively working on fixing them.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Automachef is a really fine and simple automatics system puzzler game. Even with its abundance of options and menus, which can be its good and bad thing. It is still a fine game with its price tag and offers hours of problem-solving missions.
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    • 65 Critic Score
    Vault-Tec won’t save you now! Grab your loved ones, or not, and as many supplies as you can and pray to the gods of RNG that you will live to see the post-apocalyptic future!
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    PlatinumGames has surly shown that they still got it in the action game genre and are still leading game developers there. The two-character combat is bombastic and exciting, the detective exploration system is truly great and the story and characters tie all that together in a nice package no one should miss out on.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Control is one weird, surreal and astonishing experience. While it is lacklustre in some areas of gameplay and possesses some performance issues, it is a prime example in environmental storytelling and clever subtle narrative that encounters some thought-provoking themes.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Dragon Quest Time Devourer is back! A full-fledged JRPG with plenty of Minecraft elements comes as a ridiculously huge and open sandbox world. If there is a single element of the game that catches your eye, the bet is - you would enjoy it. Because, Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a monster of a game, only one with enough spare time will manage to explore it in a full capacity.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dry Drowning is not a perfect game but successfully presents itself as a typical, but intriguing cyberpunk noir visual novel that will provide you with at least some fun time, despite its cliché tropes and translation issues.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Man of Medan is the first entry in what should be a series of horror games based on urban legends in the Dark Pictures Anthology. It combines all the classic elements from choice and consequence adventures and puts them into an uneasy environment, where nobody of the main characters is safe. It has flaws in the terms of camera and exploration features, but it can be a very solid beginning to something new in the horror gaming genre.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    New character Big Khan is refreshing, and a lot of new enemies and challenges make this a proper full-blooded expansion that any fan of the base game should have.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Erica is a weird mixture of inconsistent but mostly quality writing, with astounding visuals and soundtrack. It poses as a truly interesting experience and even though with its flaws it is a step in the right direction for FMV games.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Exception delivers a fast-paced, flashy 2.5D action that leaves you with no time to think. If you would stop and think, flaws would emerge. So too much thinking equals a lousy experience, with no exception. If your brain feels sleepy, but you wanna stay up and play some video games - this is a choice for you.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Gibbous is a great entry-level point-and-click adventure that has many of the base features of old classics as well as a few new tricks. It very much looks and feels (and even has the humour of such games) as Monkey Island and the like, but it does lack the ingenuity of the puzzles from those games.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For the fans of the Kill la Kill anime, this would be a great and fun game to have and play with friends. Its button mashy system and crazy action are well presented. But lack of playable characters and high price tag drag it down for now.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Pawarumi is a very challenging SHMUP with an interesting colour mechanic that will leave fans breathless but shoo away any casual player.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rad
    RAD brings us back to the 80s and 90s of the future, where the mutation is still good and it grants you the most insane powers that you can imagine. Can you utilize them to bring the power back to the people who already suffered the apocalypse twice? It's up to you to never surrender, in this imaginative and weird roguelike that is clearly not fine, but double the fine! Or just play it while waiting for Psychonauts 2, that should work fine as well.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Rebel Galaxy Outlaw represents a true spiritual successor to Freelancer and similar games. If you are a fan of spaceship shooters and simulators this game is a must-have. Even with a few minor faults, it is worth the admission ticket.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beautifully animated musical puzzle platformer made to make you feel good. Game full of heart, music, and colours.

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