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
    • 67 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Retains all the charm it had ten years ago. [Issue#155, p.84]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    A poorly created tennis sim that just doesn't hold up to repeated play. [Issue#154, p.74]
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    The action in Sigma is the heart and soul of the experience, and it's still strong three years after its original release. [Issue#154, p.70]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    A nice challenge and it certainly looks good in high definition, but it can become infuriatingly complicated during the later phases of each level. [Issue#155, p.88]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    A fantastic, tense and deeply tactical game, marred only by a few unnecessary niggles that were not present in the 360 version. [Issue#155, p.70]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 34 Critic Score
    This is as impressive as a crippled chimp, and its heavy-handed gameplay is ruthlessly boring. [Issue#156, p.80]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Still compelling, although its age is indicative in the duller hours of its constant battles. [Issue#164, p.95]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Refreshing and addictive. [Issue#158, p.90]
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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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    • 67 Metascore
    • 32 Critic Score
    It's a boring, sad affair that'll just turn kids off the books. Rubbish. [Issue#155, p.86]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 39 Critic Score
    Avoid, as per usual. [Issue#155, p.90]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Puzzle fanatics who can tolerate inadequacies in the two disappointing games can find plenty of occupying depth for a rainy day. [Issue#152, p.79]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Sadly it's a little too short with a lack of replay value, but you'd be hard pushed to find a title with better production values on the PSP. [Issue#156, p.85]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A puzzle game that we actually like, and that's rare. [Issue#154, p.86]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 46 Critic Score
    The price is too high for what you get, especially if you factor in the free version available online. [Issue#153, p.75]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    A gorgeous action RPG that'll inspire passion in the hardcore, Odin Sphere is only marred by its minor unbalance in combat, and occasional repetition. [Issue#164, p.91]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    The only truly decent thing in the game is the music, and the fact that it's undeniably cool to explore the sets from the trilogy. [Issue#154, p.68]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 52 Critic Score
    Stop living in the past, these games aren't good, they're just old. Old and tedious and simplistic. Grr! [Issue#139, p.93]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A far more generic title that is sure to disappoint fans. [Issue#154, p.80]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    It's cheap and incredibly cheerful, even if it does make you swear at your mates a lot. [Issue#155, p.82]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Solid, but ultimately very repetitive and dull crime caper. [Issue#154, p.84]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    The PS2 version has a few more multiplayer modes, but good luck trying to get someone to play. [Issue#156, p.93]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    If ever proof was needed that the next generation is in the games and not the console, this is it. [Issue#155, p.74]
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    • 49 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    A quacktacular giggle from start to finish combined with surprisingly valid puzzles make for what is being touted as the best game ever made by many in the office. [Issue #151, p.67]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The infinite weapons make Heatseeker more fun than "Ace Combat" and the 3D environment makes it less arcadey than After Burner, but it feels like Codemasters couldn't decide which way to take it, and as such Heetseeker sits uncomfortably on the fence. [Issue#153, p.74]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Some people like a challenge but more people don't want to be bloody annoyed by a sticky cube that explodes. [Issue#153, p.84]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 81 Critic Score
    Possibly the worst version of F.E.A.R. available. That doesn't make it a bad game, it just makes us a little jealous of our Xbox 360 and PC-playing pals. Whilst F.E.A.R. is still a great title, it just feels a little old and recycled for PS3. [Issue #151, p.82]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    It's cheap and it made us cheerful with its retro gameplay and easy-going difficulty levels. [Issue#153, p.85]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 54 Critic Score
    It's a workable romp through a pedestrian tale of little interest. [Issue#158, p.91]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Just be sure you've got a book or PSP spare for those, frankly, unbearable loading times. [Issue#152, p.78]
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