PLAY! Zine's Scores
- Games
For 1,364 reviews, this publication has graded:
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55% higher than the average critic
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8% same as the average critic
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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: | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | |
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| Lowest review score: | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 870 out of 1364
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Mixed: 425 out of 1364
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Negative: 69 out of 1364
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Short and boring, with a story that is, to put it simply - bad historical fiction.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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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.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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This grinding-cooking game truly is a recipe to make you smile. It's simple and full of grinding but warm and positive at the same time. It will truly make you feel good and pass the time like a pro. But don't let it pass too much, life is short you know!- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Nidhogg 2 upgrades its predecessor's formula to a grotesque but charming, fast-paced stamina duels. If you have a friend interested in testing his gaming expertise against you, grab this game! If not... Well sadly, nothing to look for in here.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Darksiders 3 does a lot of stuff wrong. True fans will be grateful that it exists, but this game is a below average action platformer that tries to be something that is not.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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This game is the closest to the original Jagged Alliance we got in the last two decades. It's a fun game but complexity is far below the standards of the original games in the series.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Energy Cycle Edge has a simple yet complex concept that will test your wits to the fullest. That is, if you find it interesting at all. It has no setting and no explanations, which equals to next to no reason to play it.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Book of Demons is a hidden gem, taking some of the best elements from action RPGs like Diablo and Path of Exile. It maintains its unique paper cut-out style, while providing a fun and intriguing equipment and advancement system.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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It is a game that reminds you how some titles earned their legendary status in the history of video games, and teaches you how it can be possible to implement that epic old school essence into the modern age of gaming. A truly superb and rewarding gem you should not let slip unnoticed.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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The Council started with a big bang but ended with a huge sigh of disappointment. It has a great level of details to represent the world at the end of XVIII century, it has some nice changes to the stagnant genre of "choices matter adventures", but the story and storytelling are not up to par with them. Also, world feels unresponsive, the pacing feels inadequate and in short, it could have been a great game, but it failed on the most important things.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Mutant Year Zero is a turn based strategy role playing adventure set in a world after the nuclear war. It captures the player with its main characters, world building, good sense of humor and an unforgiving combat. It has its flaws in the form of replayability, and lack of skill depth, but the overall impressions are very positive. Recommended even for the people that are not too much into this genre, and for those who are, it’s a no brainer.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Complex and challenging card game, but with some fundamental flaws and bad monetization system that basically killed the game even before it went out.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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OkunoKA redesigns the Super Meat Boy formula into a colorful and detailed, fast-paced, trial and error experience. Truth be told, it's a bit too detailed, and that makes the game even harder when the graphics get in the way of precise platforming. Still, a challenging game and a recommendation for any hardcore Super Meat Boy fans out there.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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With its unique fighting mechanics and even a possible 4 player co-op in which players control a section of a robot, it truly deserves to be in the game library of any mech fans out there.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Just Cause 4 is just another sandbox game that brings nothing new to the table. If you are looking for mindless destruction with a terrible story, this is a game for you. If you’re looking for something deeper, look elsewhere.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Clumsily narrated yet strongly delivered tale, told through the eyes of a seeking fox and set in a gorgeous dream-world, The First Tree is an hour long video game you will not forget for some time after beating it.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Just as its name says, this game is a great foundation for a really massive and great open world sandbox space adventure, where it's your choice to write your own destiny and play any way you want. But the massive and game breaking bugs simply stop players from delving more into it.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Interesting combination of gameplay mechanics and advanced level editor are good, but lack of servers really hurts multiplayer aspect of the game.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate escalates everything the series was known for, and delivers it flawlessly. Biggest fighter rooster ever, more dynamic gameplay, loads and loads of gameplay modes, stages, weapons, music, stuff! If there is a smash that deserves your cash, this is the one!- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 5, 2019
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No hints-guessing has never been this fun! Though it's still not all that fun. But it is charming and makes you giggle a bit, so that counts as well! If you have an hour to spare, enter the haunted mansion... if you dare.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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If you are a fun of old school point and click adventures, this game will suit you perfectly.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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Even when it first came out, it was regarded as one of the greatest "Tales of" games. Its story, its characters and its world, made up for its lackluster and rushed publishing. But here and now, after 10 years, we get the full experience as it was meant to be, and event with few lingering flaws, it is still a great one. A true recommendation for any JRPG fan and anyone who wants to enjoy a great story and its fun cast.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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Jon Shafer's At the Gates is sadly lackluster in comparison of its maker's past titles like Civilization V. It presents some innovation for the genre, but has serious failures in some of the basics of 4X games and poses as a weird package with big need for some quality of life updates.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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Immersive and authentic presentation of airplanes with a lot of interesting and diverse missions makes for a really great experience and a game you will enjoy again and again and again.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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A grand finale that summarizes one of the most legendary waits for a video game sequel - ever, and really does a fine job! Kingdom Hearts III is a complex yet perfectly lite experience story-wise, packed with amazing combat and adorable worlds and characters. It is a game that lives up to the Kingdom Hearts name and is something you should not miss, whether you are a long term fan or new to the franchise.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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This is a punishing and often not a fair title, but it still offers enough to invite all the challenge seekers out there. Not the greatest of the genre, but still quite enjoyable - if you can take all its ruthless punishments.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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A nearly perfect RTS in a Warhammer 40k universe, universe that the developers absolutely understand. If you’re an RTS fan, you must try this game.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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With its captivating prose, Sunless Skies will certainly scratch the narrative itch of its niche audience, but the lack of innovation in the gameplay department threatens to prevent new fans from being drawn in. Too often the rudimentary gameplay and masterful plot find each other at odds, and in both cases the player ends up being the victim.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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Boring and rushed experience, probably just to promote the new movie.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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An amazing space rogue-lite that borrows most of its charm from Dead Cells, Freelancer and FTL, but fails to provide its own original ideas.- PLAY! Zine
- Posted Mar 4, 2019
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