PlayGround.ru's Scores

  • Games
For 209 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 47% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 GRIS
Lowest review score: 30 Agony
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 15 out of 209
209 game reviews
    • 76 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Q.U.B.E. 2 is far more beautiful than the original Q.U.B.E., but it also lacks originality.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    LawBreakers is an interesting mix of Tribes: Ascend and Overwatch. If you are tired of Blizzard's online shooter, you definitely need to try it.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Sadly, Tacoma, the new game from the creators of Gone Home, is not the best example of interactive storytelling.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hob
    It's good to have such game from Runic as Hob, but it's bad to not have Torchlight 3.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The first episode repeats too many situations from previous seasons. As a result, it becomes too predictable.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Super Mario Party is a perfect collection of fun and addictive mini-games.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Despite its technical imperfection, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is the best collection of unique and mostly believable medieval stories.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Evil Within 2 is an excellent thriller that keeps your attention until the final credits.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Surviving Mars is an unintuitive game that really needs some kind of tutorial. Still, it perfectly captures the atmosphere of exploring and colonizing the Red Planet.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    There are no reasons why you should buy this game, unless you are the biggest Dota 2 fan in the world.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An interesting start to the new sub-series that will serve as a good way to pass the time until the next "big" Total War.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Prey: Mooncrash has deep mechanics and offers a great content generation system. It's a great DLC to play, but if you want more story missions, you shouldn't expect much from it.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The game's tragic story really makes you sad. What also makes you sad, is the abundance of cliches.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Learning the game's controls can be a real challenge, but EA Sports UFC 3 is practically the best MMA simulator you can buy today.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    A good candidate for the title of killer of the evening. For more, unfortunately, Urang Medan did not have enough traction.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Absolver is an intriguing but painfully boring fighting game that repeats the mistakes of No Man's Sky.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    With its lack of content and boring solo campaign, Gran Turismo Sport is simply inferior to its predecessors.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    RUINER is a spectacular and harsh action game. It doesn't ask if you like to hurt other people - you just have to do it.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Get Even has some very interesting ideas, but they would look better as a book or a movie.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ode
    Ode is a game that let you relax and do almost nothing. It looks and sounds beautiful, but we doubt you will play it a lot.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Dungeons 3 has finally started to develop its own mechanics. As a result, it's simply the best game in the series.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sundered is another example of a good concept that was poorly realized. During the first five minutes the game is nice, but after that you have to force yourself to play it.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The economy model in Railway Empire is so simple that it's practically impossible to ruin it. On the other hand, laying tracks and managing trains is the best part of the game.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Kentucky Route Zero did it better.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A very сute game you can enjoy for 10 hours or even more.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Oriental Empires combines the ideas from Civilization, Europa Universalis and Total War, making a very interesting game based on Chinese history. Unfortunately, its balance is not great, but the game definitely has some potential.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    If Dan Brown wrote a detective story in the style of Aghata Christie, it would be The Council.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 utilizes the same mechanics that were used in all previous games of the franchise. If you played some LEGO games before, there is a chance that you will be bored to death.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Part 2 isn't as great as Part 1, but it's still a great science fiction story.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    SpellForce 3 continues to mix strategy and role-playing. The result is good, but not as great as before.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We have to admit that the single player in this game has no potential. Not everyone wants to play all day long, exploring the map, like in Fallout – it just gets boring. Rage 2 could become a perfect Battle Royale experience or pretty simple MMO, but as the game, designed for single player walkthrough, it can keep your interest only for a couple of evenings, perhaps forcing you to come back from time to time to explore all corners of this world.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mothergunship deliberately uses cliches, excessive pathos and pop culture jokes. The game does not take itself seriously, and in this case it's a real problem.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    In General, Need For Speed Heat looks quite acceptable for the game for a few dozen evenings.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Black The Fall is a pretty good allusion to the crimes of the communist regime in Romania. The game has a rich atmosphere, but there are also some serious shortcomings.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    ECHO is a decent story-driven adventure game that has too much bad stealth gameplay.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Station is a really short game, but it offers a truly beautiful science fiction story.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite has a small selection of characters, poor graphics and imperfect combat system. If you're looking for a new fighting game, you better skip it.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The third episode is an excellent example of clever story writing, but visiting the same locations over and over again is too boring.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Resistance DLC improves the game's matchmaking system, so you shouldn't worry if you haven't played Call of Duty: WWII multiplayer for a couple of months. The new maps are great, but we doubt the new stealth-focused Resistance Division will be popular among the players.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Kingdoms and Castles is a great city builder that proves that visuals in this genre are not so important.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A great emotional journey.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Telltale did a great job transforming the main hero. As the result, the second episode of the season is practically the best thing that happened to Batman: The Telltale Series.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The third episode of Batman: The Enemy Within proves that Telltale still can produce great stories and develop interesting characters. The Fractured Mask gives us everything that the first season missed.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Crossing Souls looks like Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon turned into a drama.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Darksiders 3 is a bright and unique adventure that we want to continue. The game has less ambition, but it is sincere.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A very cute game that sometimes can be a little boring.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Fe
    Fe struggles to immerse you in an atmosphere of magic, but rarely succeeds.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Road Redemption can be a nice game for people who enjoyed the original Road Rash. If you are not one of them, you may be disappointed.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    For some reasons the second episode breaks some promises made by the developers, but still keeps the intrigue.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Fighting in Vampyr is just painful. On the other hand, the game has a great story, developed characters and immersive atmosphere.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sudden Strike 4 proves that old-school real-time strategy games are not dead. The game may look like it came from the mid 2000s, but that's what makes it so appealing.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Not the brightest representative of the Wolfenstein family, which, nevertheless, is able to entertain the less-demanding player. We are waiting for a real sequel.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Graveyard Keeper is a heaven for those who love to grind, and a real hell for everyone else.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Jurassic World Evolution is not a deep simulator, but if you are a fan on Jurassic World universe, it's the game of your dream.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Lost Sphear is an easy to master game with a simple but captivating story. It uses many traditional JRPG mechanics, but offers almost no challenge for an experienced player.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Sea of Thieves really shines in co-op, but offers too little content for the price.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    State of Decay 2 looks like a totally broken remake of the original game.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    A nice episode that creates some intrigue, but offers nothing new in terms of gameplay.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A long cyberpunk adventure that manages to be both unique and unoriginal, intriguing and terribly dull.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Conan Exiles is a great survival MMO with an interesting world to explore. On the the other hand, its scale and population density do not allow for serious PvP-wars.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The main problem with Agents of Mayhem is that the game is too repetitive. It can be fun, but in the end, it's just boring.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If you enjoy Portal-like puzzles and don't look for an interesting story, The Spectrum Retreat may appeal to you.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    If you are looking for a rich cyberpunk fantasy atmosphere, Seven: The Days Long Gone may be the game for you. If you are after good stealth or fighting gameplay, you better skip it.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The new Battlefront game is way better that previous one. The story mode is not the best part of it, but the game really shines in multiplayer.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It's like Sniper Elite Zombies, but better.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    TT Isle of Man may be an interesting game for true fans of motorbikes, but with dead multiplayer and small amount of content it won't live for a long time.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Purely for fans and nothing more.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    You can enjoy Elex only if you are a true fan of Gothic series. If you are not, playing it will be simply painful.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Call of Cthulhu is an interesting game in which many things cause confusion. It has a nice story, but its mechanics are either poorly balanced or unnecessary at all.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An excellent sheriff simulator that should be a little shorter.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    An epic racing experience that offers much more content than the original game.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Rad Rodgers successfully combines mechanics from many different platform games, but sometimes becomes too repetitive.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Ash of Gods has many of its elements almost directly copied from The Banner Saga, but it doesn't help the game. The story is badly written, and the game's mechanics are not balanced properly.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Good for meditation, bad for playing.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Atomega looks like a prototype. The game has an interesting concept, but simply lacks content.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    A good city builder to play on consoles. On PC, however, it doesn't have much original content to offer.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Antigraviator has smooth controls and beautiful locations, but its multiplayer is empty, and the small amount of available content is a real disappointment.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    If it continues like this, the series will die.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is a really strange game. Sometimes it becomes addictive, and sometimes you hate it. Just know that if you don't know anything about the game's universe, its story will look to you like a mess.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    I would recommend this game only to true Lovecraft’s fans. Follow the story and don’t step aside – otherwise, due to a large number of side quests, you may completely lose the thread of the story. You won’t find interesting gameplay mechanics, gloomy atmosphere or something like that in this game. All I managed to find was a simple detective story with elements of mysticism and a bunch of controversial design solutions. I definitely do not advise you to spend money on The Sinking City.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A beautiful futuristic version of Dark Souls that requires more patience than Dark Souls itself.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    If you want more story, you can buy Destiny 2: Warmind. If you want more content, you better wait for another expansion.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    We Happy Few looks like it didn't come out of Early Access, but just slipped into beta.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Need for Speed Payback turns the series in the wrong direction. The story here is too weak, but it's still a central element of the game.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Exorder is a nice but too simple game to be released anywhere but on mobile platforms. Playing it on a PC is like trying to run Angry Birds on a 40-inch TV.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Masterful use of classic quest mechanics and an intriguing story make Black Mirror one of the best games of this fall.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Metal Gear Survive is just a mediocre game, and the absence of Kojima has nothing to do with that.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A bad game with an interesting story.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dakar 18 is a great way to understand what a rally raid is. It has some flaws, but it provides an experience no other game can offer.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's obvious that Anthem didn't have enough development time, but had some great potential. It's a real shame, that everything turned out this way. Even now, the game can bring out positive emotions. Hasty climbers have sudden falls. No matter how ironic this proverb may seem, it's incredibly relevant for Anthem.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The fourth episode breathes new life into the series.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Curse of Osiris has some beautiful locations, but it doesn't really expand the game. After finishing the DLC, you will have nothing more to do in Destiny 2.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The gameplay of the last episode is disappointing, but The Council is still a great game as a whole.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The mechanics of echolocation looked promising, but its potential is not fully utilized. Beside this, Perception has nothing to offer.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The idea behind Freaky Awesome was great, but there are some serious problems with the game's mechanics.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Fallout 76 meant to change the very concept of the series, but turned out to be a complete disaster. The game is not only boring and empty, but sometimes simply unplayable.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Overkill's The Walking Dead brings nothing new to the genre. Visually the game looks nice, but its gameplay is too boring and predictable.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Bullet Witch was a bad game back in 2006, and in 2018 it didn't become any better.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Extinction simply requires you to kill giants over and over again. Besides that, the game offers almost nothing.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Everything seems to be made with talent, but there is no atmosphere in the game at all.

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