Play UK's Scores

  • Games
For 1,561 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Lowest review score: 5 Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta
Score distribution:
1561 game reviews
    • 86 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    The character roster might put some off, but this is a truly excellent fighting game that every fan of the genre should own. [Issue#209, p.98]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    It's fluid, vivid and with as much depth as you want. A delight. [Apr 2006, p.104]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    A superb game and a fitting swansong for Dante on the PlayStation 2. [JPN Import; Issue#139, p.104]
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    • 90 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    A comprehensive update to one of the best games in its class, Reaper of Souls is an absolute must-play for anyone that likes loot. [Issue#248, p.62]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Already one of our most-played PS4 games this year, Rogue Legacy is absolutely superb. [Issue#248, p.68]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    It might not be online, but if you have three friends, who really cares? [Issue #151, p.68]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    The Darkness combines the best bits of mafia and war films, producing one complete, intriguing experience...Few licensed games go beyond the realms of their source material, but The Darkness does it in a fun, gritty and engaging way. [Issue#154, p.62]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Buy it, learn it, love it. [Issue#243, p.70]
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    • 90 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    A simply brilliant sequel. [Issue#199, p.72]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    A joy to play. A huge story mode, rock-hard trials and great online will keep players occupied for a long time. [Issue#231, p.80]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Fantastic fun converted perfectly to Sony's handheld. All the Metal Slug you could ever want. [Issue #150, p.86]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Ignore the linearity of the level design and embrace the PSN's most adrenaline-fuelled game since WipEout HD. [Issue#193, p.102]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    It's a terrific concept bolstered by some truly great game modes and excellent unlockables. [Issue#184, p.85]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    It's a mature game, too – not just because it includes sex and violence under the pretence of being for adults – but because it delivers such dark and macabre content with the same level of intelligence we would expect from a major television series.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Tough and unforgiving, Demon's Souls is nevertheless a breath of fresh air in a very stagnant games market. [Issue#182, p.72]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    If you've ever had an interest in the genre then this pack is unmissable. [Issue#196, p.97]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    One of the PS3's best downloadable games. [Issue#188, p.87]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    The best football game on PS3. [Issue#197, p.82]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    We couldn't have asked for much better from Criterion's first entry to the NFS series. [Issue#199, p.76]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    A truly progressive effort. [Christmas 2009, p.66]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Finely honed, beautifully crafted and offering a mountainous challenge, World Tour reels you in with stat boosts and loyalty rewards and never lets you go. Satisfaction is definitely guaranteed. [Issue#165, p.91]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Although a little repetitive, Outrun 2006 has a lot to offer to those content with bettering themselves and sucking up the beauty. [Apr 2006, p.74]
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    • 91 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Bold, bright and insanely addictive. [Issue#200, p.102]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Supremely stylish, cleverly designed, fiendishly addictive. [Issue#171, p.92]
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    • 93 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    There's just so much to explore and discover here. Never has such a rich and fully-realised game world been committed to disc. [Issue #152, p.64]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    It's the excellent game it always has been, with as much to get out of it as you're willing to put in. [Issue#240, p.62]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    A loving package. [Feb 2012, p.80]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    The combat is faultless, the story is bonkers and the bosses some of the finest in gaming history. [Issue#228, p.66]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Freedom without control may well be anarchy, but freedom within the confines of the Deus Ex world is a brilliant thing. [Issue#209, p.84]
    • 84 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Whichever way you slice it, Resogun is a glorious score attack game and the perfect way for new PS4 owners to learn just how awesome PlayStation Plus really is. Essential.

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