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
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Summer Catchers is an endless runner that combines beautiful pixel art and an amazing OST. Start your engines and help Chu get to the ocean, but only if you like RNG.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Church in the Darkness certainly delivers on some of its unique replayability virtues, but is much of a hit and miss with its inconsistent characterization and clunky gameplay issues.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Plagued with flaws, this game could be at least decent if it only had a grain of charm. Somehow it misses all the elements it needs to have in order to be the game it wants to be, and can only appeal to the hardest of hardcore fantasy lovers out there.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Full Metal Rumble upgrades the Tiny Metal formula, making it an even deadlier time consumer than it ever was. It offers a great training for the mind while being entertaining at the same time. It is an echo of the Advance Wars legacy that delivers anything a fan would want, and so much more.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Wargroove manages to overcome Advanced Wars as its spiritual successor. It is genuinely fun and ridiculously pretty to look at. Its simple to get into, but hard to master in the best way possible.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If Kirby series could lay an egg, and you made an omelette with it, it would be Whipseey - a short breakfast that could use at least a bit more salt. It is an extremely tiny platformer with a few cheap deaths hidden around a corner, but still en enjoyable retro gaming hour for any fan of the old school.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wreckin Ball Is best played with friends or family. The game offers a lot of crazy levels and some impressive physics mechanics.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This standalone expansion is not worth the asking price, but if you played Martyr and liked it, Prophesy will be a great addition to your 40k library during a Steam sale.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Surge 2 is a solid proof that Deck 13 learns from their mistakes and that with every next game they level up their performance significantly.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Link's Awakening does not expand the old formula, yet introduce the original into the modern era. It's a charming and simple Zelda experience we all need sometimes. You will not find anything new here, but if you are in a search for that old, nostalgic feeling of simple and sheer gaming joy - look no further. This is a Zelda title you need to play.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Beautiful cold world, magnificent monsters, and spectacular fights. It suffers from A small déjà vu feeling but for hardcore fans it’s a must-play.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pagan Online is very interesting hack ’n’ slash twin-stick ARPG, based on Slavic mythology, that is bravely trying to implement some new, more casual but fun experience into the genre. Aside from its bugs and few balancing problems, it has great potential and it is already managing to separate itself from the big competitors in the genre.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Detroit: Become Human delivers a story with a ton of possible choices, and a lot of questions for a player to bear afterward. If you like it when games make you think about them after you play them, this is the game for you. Stunning visuals and music score, make you forget about some weaker points of the game. But all in all, it is an enjoyable experience you should not miss.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Lovely Planet 2: April Skies is a sequel to cute gun ballet with simple gameplay mechanics and cool music. This game has over 100 levels, but sadly they don't offer many challenges.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    An excellent port of a great game, that still requires a controller to enjoy it to the fullest. It has 8 great stories, 8 interesting characters, a bunch of mechanics to use and most of all - a tone of hours to pour into it and finish it all.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We have waited a long time for another game in this series but what we got is a title that just plays safely. The number of heroes is vast and are plenty of amazing cinematics, but to many problems with simple basic enemies can ruin the fun. All in all, it's a great cooperative game for a bunch of friends to enjoy and have fun with.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The king of Metroidvanias is finally here with a new title. A few bugs and weird animations will not prevent it from sitting on the throne.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Sea of Solitude tries to tackle more dark and sensitive problems of family relations and depression but fails ultimately to deliver by generalising its story thematic. It still manages to deliver the message it wants to, but completely underestimating player’s intelligence and degrading him into childish storytelling it tries to tell.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fire Emblem: Three Houses borrows some of the management elements from the Persona franchise, creating a fairly deep system of activities that will eat your free time like a glutton beast. The gameplay is still amazing and character relations are so fun that even the sometimes truly disgusting environment graphics can't ruin the greatness this game is as a whole.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    MotoGP 19 is a step in a right direction, but sadly it`s not a giant leap, more like baby steps. And while hardcore fans will be delighted with the product, others will probably wait for next year.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Sitting and playing a game where you sit and play a game by controlling a strange alien man through a hilarious set of unimaginable events, perfectly describes what this game is all about. If you are into random humour and story with a twist of laziness to well-designed gameplay, do try this game out. You will not be disappointed.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Solid port, but there are some problems with the controls.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Great combat mechanics and immersive story, but sometimes frustrating levels can get really annoying when you can beat them.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    More crazy stunts, more insane moves, more awesome weapons.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It is not an often thing, to have an interesting game that could be really great, if not for awful and cumbersome controls. Immortal Legacy is like a VR clone of the Uncharted series, only with a much more humble storyline, graphics and with a tedious control scheme that will ruin the experience entirely, if you are not a patient kind of a gamer.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Rage 2 is a victim of a wave of technical issues and painfully average story but still manages to be one of the most fun FPS you can encounter and can provide you with your adrenaline shot for the day if needed.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Inspired by the short London Heist game, Blood & Truth delivers a full experience, packed with action, gadgets and amazing graphics for a PSVR title. Just don't forget you are still in your room, as the immersion it brings could deliver a few broken things in your gaming environment. You have been warned.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The game has a really interesting world, lore, and story, that could easily get you into playing it. But the gameplay aspects, from a fixed camera, broken combat and save system, a bundle of bugs and boring monsters, drag the game into the ground.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    One of the best entries in the series yet, deep enough for veterans and approachable for the new players.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A unique combination of falling block mechanics and platformer elements that will keep you occupied for quite some time.

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