Play Magazine's Scores

  • Games
For 2,350 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 65% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES
Lowest review score: 0 Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu
Score distribution:
2350 game reviews
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    • 70 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming. [Nov 2005]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    They don't come any more addictive than this, friend. With any luck this is exactly the type of game we'll see on the Revolution. [Feb 2006, p.59]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is where the PSP begins to run away from the DS. Yeah, I said it. [Feb 2006, p.60]
    • Play Magazine
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Monkeys have taken over television broadcasting and are feeding the masses an endless torrent of stupefying garbage. [Mar 2006, p.42]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All 6 games (and one bonus) still stand as some of the best and most challenging of 2D gaming, starring one of the most revered characters in the gaming universe. [Jan 2006, p.49]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All 6 games (and one bonus) still stand as some of the best and most challenging of 2D gaming, starring one of the most revered characters in the gaming universe. [Jan 2006, p.49]
    • Play Magazine
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    They don't make 3D fighters more beautiful and fluid than Dead or Alive 4. [Mar 2006, p.43]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    With apologies to Quiet Riot, this metal health may well drive you mad. [Nov p.102]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's Gauntlet through and through, packed with switches to be thrown, puzzles to solve and medievil overtures that compel you to gnaw on large turkey legs...only polished to a glistening sheen. [Jan 2006, p.47]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's Gauntlet through and through, packed with switches to be thrown, puzzles to solve and medievil overtures that compel you to gnaw on large turkey legs...only polished to a glistening sheen. [Jan 2006, p.47]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Tecmo has shown once again that it doesn't take mega licenses or millions of dollars to make a great video game. [Jan 2006, p.50]
    • Play Magazine
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The game is surprisingly close it its bigger brother, with the same addictive charge shots and simple, satisfying play. [Nov p.100]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    This is by far the craziest Mario sports title yet and I had a blast with it. [Jan 2006, p.49]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The game neither holds players' hands or pushes them away with a series of jumps only an automaton with computerized coordination could make. [Jan 2006, p.39]
    • Play Magazine
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The game neither holds players' hands or pushes them away with a series of jumps only an automaton with computerized coordination could make. [Jan 2006, p.39]
    • Play Magazine
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The game neither holds players' hands or pushes them away with a series of jumps only an automaton with computerized coordination could make. [Jan 2006, p.39]
    • Play Magazine
    • 66 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This RPG is brilliant, taking me back to the good old days when games like FFVII and Vagrant Story were king. [Nov p.101]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    I don't often get a good belly laugh from a video game, but then not many games pack the humorous charm of Mario and Luigi 2... [Nov p.99]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    There's a lot to be said about plowing through town with a zombie horde, biting brains. [Dec 2005, p.59]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The sounds that move all around you are also wonderfully implemented. [Jan 2006, p.42]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The game packs some decent chills and engaging action when it's working ,carry over some addictive, classic deathmatch play into the online arena. [Jan 2006, p.37]
    • Play Magazine
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Let's just call it very, very good and remind Namco that they'll need to surprise us next time. [Dec 2005, p.55]
    • Play Magazine
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    As a first-gen next-gen FPS it succeeds where it needs to most, dazzling us with heretofore unimaginable worlds, deep online components, and one spectacular franchise player. [Jan 2006, p.44]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's one of the best games of the year. [Dec 2005, p.56]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In a world where death is as temporary as heartburn, nothing is out of bounds. [Dec 2005, p.62]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The complete adventure package and then some, and it's not as sticky-sweet as you might think. [Jan 2006, p.48]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Visually, Condemned will spoil you, as everything is exactly as it should be. Monolith has set the bar extremely high with its first 360 offering. [Dec 2005, p.52]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Maybe it's time to teach this dog some new tricks and enter the realm of hub-based platforming with fantasy elements. Now that'd be something. [Jan 2006, p.49]
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Racing fans are lucky this launch season. [Jan 2006, p.46]
    • Play Magazine
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    I haven't enjoyed a hockey game this much in a long time (it's just cheaper on the original Xbox). [Jan 2006, p.48]
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