Playstation Official Magazine UK's Scores

  • Games
For 2,964 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 37% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 58% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 7.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
Lowest review score: 10 Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
Score distribution:
2966 game reviews
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Yes, the game is in the middle of the series timeline, but the devs do themselves a disservice by drowning a rich experience in an ocean of complexity. [March 2014, p.92]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Playing fast and loose with historical fact, Onimusha: Warlords remains a PlayStation classic. Even some of its questionable design choices can’t dampen the fun. [Issue#159, p.92]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A trip down memory lane that's more of a stumble. [Aug 2016, p.94]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Especially commendable are Cricket 19’s best-in-show customisation options. While only England, Australia, and Australian domestic sides are licensed, all non-licensed sides – and there are loads – can be immediately overwritten with fan-created versions. Giving you ‘real’ names and kits for the exotic likes of Barbados Tridents, and Sunrisers Hyderabad, and, uh, Denmark. Oh to have such touch-of-a-button editing functionality in PES. [Issue#164, p.89]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's also a meaningful exploration of the frustration and release of boss battling. [June 2015, p.86]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    ProStreet bursts onto the stage dropping frames like a drunken juggler. [Christmas 2007, p.90]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A quirky platformer. [Christmas 2009, p.116]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    As satisfying as a rum cocktail on a sunny day. [July 2011, p.101]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Starts slowly before revealing some winning qualities. [Jan 2017, p.87]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A little more focus on creating bigger scares instead could have easily let it flourish. [Apr 2010, p.109]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A cute and charming speed-runner that races straight for your heart through winning nods to childhood days and the best damn butt-slide you'll find on PS4. [Apr 2016, p.92]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is a game that understands the hardcore racer, and that it’s important to choose the font of your bike number. But it’s also a game that believes its handling to be so compelling it doesn’t need to dress up nicely to achieve, say, an 8/10. It isn’t.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sadly, pretty looks and sweetly-edited shorts can't mask the lack of inspiration at its mechanical core. [Jan 2015, p.94]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Freedom Wars can't match the series it aims to ape, but this is almost as worth checking out for its bizarre, clever conceit as its satisfying, if shallow, combat mechanics. [Christmas 2014, p.87]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The incredible visuals don’t (quite) make up for the unbalanced racing, and the kinetic feel, pit radio, career mode, and damage modelling are all inferior to the 2008 original. [Issue#169, p.86]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A surprisingly solid puzzler. [Feb 2011, p.114]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's ballsy, hugely moreish, and so consistently exciting that not even the inevitably repetitive nature of the gameplay can bring this jet down. [June 2007, p.100]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For all its booms and bangs, Just Cause 3 is never quite the unrestrained fun-maker it threatens to be. Whenever Rodriguez dons his wingsuit, however, it positively soars. [Jan 2016, p.88]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Great value at a penny under five quid. [Dec 2008, p.121]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Then there's the visual sadness, which includes duff lighting, awkward cameras, and the stuttering Zoetrope-style framerate. [June 2009, p.98]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Only cumbersome controls steer[] this shy of a more eufloric score. [Christmas 2011, p.109]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The PS4 finally has a strong racing simulation debut to set the new gen pace. [Aug 2014, p.94]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's a massively deep fighter hidden here. [Aug 2011, p.115]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Controls are awkwardly mapped and the music is unbearably repetitive, but exploration is rewarded and the mechanic is neat enough to keep you playing. [Christmas 2011, p.104]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is a well put-together package. [Jan 2013, p.109]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ifbyou can stand the jank and that esoteric intro section, this is one train you definitely don’t want to miss. [Issue #175, p.76]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A great campaign (with Score Attack mode for extra replayability), and an evergreen Horde mode. Fun when played with friends, with strangers, and when played alone? How strange. [Issue#154, p.88]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Bungie’s new DLC falls flat due to its rehashed Moon setting, yet there are still moments of brilliance here. The season pass price is hard to justify, but the free-to-play main game gives us hope. [Issue#169, p.94]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Deep and playable enough to make it work. [Feb 2009, p.97]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's a phenomenal level of detail, and it's incredibly satisfying to see everything come together. It's just a shame there isn't more guidance. [May 2018, p.79]
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