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 Red Dead Redemption 2
Lowest review score: 10 Test Yourself: Psychology
Score distribution:
2966 game reviews
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stranglehold has a cool-as-anything hero, a strong story, a great pick-up-and-play vibe and - later on - a genuinely taxing tactical side. It is, in short,one of the most exciting games of any genre on PS3. [Oct 2007, p.84]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you're a horror geek, you'll have seen worse. But you won't often have seen much better. [Christmas 2008, p.98]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Fine for fans, but no-one else should touch it with a greasy finger. [July 2007, p.114]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rock Band might wait on the horizon like a dark army, but for now, Guitar Hero still rules. [Christmas 2007, p.102]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's no denying that the technology has serious potential, it's just a shame that the first game to use it ends up being a busted flush. [Dec 2007, p.100]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The short answer to the question, "Why isn't Jericho a fun game to play?" is that the AI is broken and the hackneyed horror stylings would barely have raised an eyebrow back in Barker's '80s heyday. [Dec 2007, p.104]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 80 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This might have seemed enjoyable 14 years ago, but then again so did MC Hammer. [Feb 2008, p.91]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Odds on, you'll finish the ride exhilarated. [Dec 2007, p.92]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Chuck in a selection of mini-games and you've got cheap childcare sorted for the next two weeks. [Dec 2007, p.114]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    From the drab visuals to the limp presentation, it screams 'mediocre' like a moped on a steep hill. [Dec 2007, p.114]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It is a genuinely exciting arcade racer with just the right amount of meat on its jiggling ass. [Dec 2007, p.102]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sadly, the best Sims game for a long time is almost crippled by tiresome loading times that hobble the action. [Christmas 2007, p.111]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It just about beats sitting in an empty room, which is my new scoring standard for movie games. [Feb 2008, p.98]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Lacking the immediacy and fun of Killzone Liberation, this feels criminally outdated. [Christmas 2007, p.109]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is brilliant, challenging and rewarding as you pull impossible stunts out of thin air; but it's hard to get excited about another game in the series with fundamentally the same gameplay so soon. [Christmas 2007, p.108]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    You always cringe at the collision detection. [Feb 2008, p.97]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Like its music, though, Everyday Shooter slowly gets under your skin. Just bear in mind it's more chill than kill, kill, kill. [Feb 2008, p.96]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's not that deep, and it lacks the furious, deranged pack-racing of "Motorstorm," but it is very fast, looks gorgeous and handles ever so sweetly. [Nov 2007, p.92]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The biggest complaint, as ever, is the controls: until the PSP grows a second analogue stick. shooters are going to feel clunky. [Dec 2007, p.112]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    An absolute masterpiece. [Nov 2007, p.104]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    One of the most esoteric, charming and satisfying adventures on PS3 so far. [Nov 2007, p.90]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    FIFA 08 is a workmanlike effort from EA. [Dec 2007, p. 98]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's a below-average platformer in a Bugs Bunny outfit, and that's all folks. [Christmas 2007, p.112]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Blame rapidly decaying attention spans if you want, but this won't hold your attention for long. [Aug 2007, p.103]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Exhilarating, accomplished and relentlessly enjoyable. [Christmas 2007, p.110]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The two-player co-op prevents total shame. [Jan 2008, p.114]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Far too serious and combat-heavy. [Jan 2008, p.114]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The post-game wrap-ups are especially good, enabling you to look at each player's top moments from the match. [Dec 2007, p.111]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is NBA Live as it definitely should be - deep, engrossing, polished fun. [Dec 2007, p.114]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Makes the sport feel like it should: sometimes laconic, often dangerous and always, really, really hard. Which, of course, is what makes it such fun. [Nov 2007, p.96]
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