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
    • 67 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There's a sense of satisfaction to slogging through each challenge in normal mode, but with only six levels to beat even this proves to be a hollow victory. [Aug 2007, p.109]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    For all its easy-going accessibility, it doesn't play anything like a realistic game of rugby, so those looking for authenticity should kick this one into touch. [Sept 2007, p.106]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    With deeper options, this would have been an essential. [Oct 2007, p.100]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Placing your shots feels random. [July 2007, p.109]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is punishingly, mercilessly, remorselessly ferocious. You will never, ever finish it. Until you learn to block. [July 2007, p.98]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pretty little explosions and detailed alien foes make this a visual treat, and the frantic action is always absorbing. [July 2007, p.107]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A user-friendly blend of big-fisted action and strategic thinking. [Aug 2007, p.110]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This, however, shamefully for a PS3 game, has all the grace of Honda's Asimo trying to climb a spiral staircase. [Sept 2007, p.104]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The gameplay is too unforgiving for FF to be a timeless classic. [Dec 2007, p.108]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Most of the time this feels like a clutter of poorly executed ideas held together with little more than good intentions. [Aug 2007, p.96]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A top-notch sandbox adventure and also one of the finest movie tie-ins in years. [Aug 2007, p.100]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If you're fully under Potter's spell, though, a few dodgy viewpoints won't ruin the magic. [Sept 2007, p.116]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Some scenarios really capture the perverse freedoms of navigating an abandoned city. [July 2007, p.106]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Swapping pairs of blocks is unwieldy. [Sept 2007, p.116]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Binge on it and you'll be done before your thinking walnut's sizzling, as there simply aren't enough different mini-games to satisfy in the long-term. [Sept 2007, p.107]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The puzzles are plentiful and challenging, but the dull looks and worthy brain-training angle make this a dull slog. [Oct 2007, p.113]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Controls-wise, the game is near-identical to "X-Men Legends." [Aug 2007, p.108]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    No classic, but Go! Puzzle gives you plenty of puzzle for minimum outlay. [June 2007, p.101]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's sadly no imagination here. [Sept 2007, p.108]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The most original idea on the PSP since "Locoroco." [July 2007, p.115]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Outdated and in need of a serious overhaul. [Sept 2007, p.111]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The only fight this game is winning is the one for worst beat-em-up on PSP. [Aug 2007, p.114]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    All the depth of a "Saved by the Bell" special, but just as secretly satisfying. [June 2008, p.106]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's as exciting as waiting on people in real life; which is to say, not very. [May 2007, p.114]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Smartly multi-layered plot. [Apr 2008, p.112]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For a game that should be stacked to the crow's nest with exhilarating swordfights, having such a weak versus mode is an insult. [Aug 2007, p.104]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    You'll only come over all outraged and teary when Edinburgh Castle goes 'boom'. [Sept 2007, p.116]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Those with even a passing interest in baseball needed hesitate, though. This is manna from heaven. Import now. [Sept 2007, p.110]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a gentle, heartwearming experience that perfectly suits the PSP format. Blissful. [June 2007, p.102]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Rather than doing anything very clever, it just nicks some of the best lines from the films, reminds you of the bits you liked, and carries on quietly being an incredibly average platform scrapper. [Sept 2007, p.117]
    • Playstation Official Magazine UK

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