Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)'s Scores

  • Games
For 952 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 48% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Red Dead Redemption
Lowest review score: 20 NFL Tour
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 89 out of 952
952 game reviews
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It might not be a perfect way to extend the experience, but it will surely help tide you over while you eagerly await the sequel hinted at in Persia's pitch-perfect ending. [Jan 2009, p.66]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    We told you that world domination comes to those that wait. Luckily for Revolution players, the wait on PS3 isn't quite as long. [Aug 2008, p.74]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Still, Trine 2 is easily PSN's prettiest game and is definitely worth the price of admission. [Mar 2012, p.80]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An entertaining, colorful, occasionally terrific romp that provides a solid basis for what we hope is an ongoing, evolving franchise.[July 2009, p.66]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's not the best-looking game, it's clunky in its controls, but it delivers where it counts with a fun experience that will keep you entertained through to its conclusion. [Aug 2008, p.70]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If you want a challenge, World Tour will still rock your world. But a joyous homage to the music you love? Not so much. [Jan 2009, p.80]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Yoshinori Ono and the team at Capcom have done the impossible, crushing 3D fighters onto a 2D plane and making it feel coherent and surprisingly gratifying. [May 2012, p.74]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A charming 2D visual style tops off the p[package, making this one can't-miss hodgepodge. [July 2011, p.86]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    F1 2010 is gorgeous, frighteningly fast, and offers aggressive racing in a packed field. [Dec 2010, p.85]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's particularly satisfying on Vita, where the back panel is used to move and adjust pieces, but Sound Shapes otherwise plays identically across platforms. [Nov 2012, p.84]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fight Night Champion blends stunning presentation and story with boxing action in a way no game has before. [April 2011, p.74]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Perhaps Resident Evil 5's most remarkable achievement is how it deftly straddles the line between the franchise's sometimes endearing, sometimes frustrating, legacy gameplay mechanics while incorporating more contemporary action adventure elements like enhanced interaction and exploration of environments and a decidedly more shooter-like control scheme. [Mar 2009, p.38]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sure, they are not quite up to the same level as God of War III, but make no mistake: Origins still kicked our ass all over ancient Greece, and we were smiling the entire time. [Oct 2011, p.83]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    MvC2 fans may be bitter about some of the changes, but in the end, the joy of watching our favorite characters beat the crap out of each other will always win out. [March 2011, p.70]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Goal-oriented gamers needing a concrete beginning and end will be let down, but if you're easily engrossed with multiplayer and exploration, Most Wanted is certainly a blast. [Holiday 2012, p.78]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The blade shines brightly and with a razor's edge; the time for killing is here. [March 2011, p.44]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Everything old, pardon the worn sentiment, is new again with Kombat. [June 2011, p.76]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's also packed to the gills with lengthy, real-time cutscenes, which, true to the series' form, are filled with awesomely over-the-top action sequences. [Mar 2008, p.74]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's a near-perfect sequel in almost every way. [Mar 2009, p.68]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Best of all, by the 11th hour, Split/Second had us doing something few racing games can accomplish: it kept us smiling. [July 2010, p.71]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The first leg of what promises to be an emotionally jarring five-part journey delivers a very different and refreshing take on zombie apocalypse survival. [July 2012, p.83]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The most substantial upgrade the NFS series has ever received, along with some of the best visuals in the genre's field. [Nov 2009, p.83]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Make no mistake about it: GT5 is the best Gran Turismo game ever made - but sooo much of it is enhanced, but reconstituted, content from previous games. [Feb 2010, p.82]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Despite her considerable charms, this Lara is best experienced alone. [Nov 2010, p.84]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    In other words, even when this punished, superior sequel is kicking our ass and crushing our soul, it still feels fair, fun, and rewarding as hell. [Oct 202, p.80]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Though many of Half-Minute Hero's whopping 120-plus quests fly by in the blink of an eye, you'll get a ton of mileage and many hours of enjoyment out of this gem. [Dec 2009, p.84]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you have your PS2 networked, the opportunity to play in 30-team online leagues is a huge draw. [June 2008, p.79]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Even though the learning curve is steeper than your typical wrestling or boxing game thanks to the dizzying depth in its controls, UFC 2009 Undisputed delivers the most functional and entertaining MMA gameplay to come along in years. [July 2009, p.80]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This may be a well-made rat maze, but a rat maze it is and that's all. [Holiday 2012, p.73]
    • Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's all over a bit too quickly, but the open-ended story virtually ensures a sequel--leaving us eager to don the ARS once again. [Dec 2010, p.76]
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