Pocket Gamer UK's Scores

  • Games
For 6,046 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 31% higher than the average critic
  • 19% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Gorogoa
Lowest review score: 10 Angels In The Sky
Score distribution:
6047 game reviews
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lego The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game is fundamentally a good game based on a great licence, but it's let down by the squiffy port to Vita.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Warts and all, it's impossible to not like Dragon Fantasy Book II if you can recall a time when Square and Enix were two separate companies.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Spirit Camera is a nice concept but one that's a little too demanding to be easily enjoyed. It's full of neat spooks and tricks but there are far cheaper and better ways of getting your freak on.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A well-presented shot of retro-blasting chaos, with just enough twists to keep you entertained.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Style over substance, thanks mostly to some ropey freemium nonsense, Monsters Invade: Oz is a lovely world to be a part of, but only if you have the money to spend while you're there.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    You never feel in time with the music, the scattershot levels will infuriate those looking for their next auto-runner, and the IAPs are horrendous.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A bright, breezy puzzle game that's sadly too short and lacking in variety to wholeheartedly recommend.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A run-of-the-mill endless-runner with a flimsy Avengers skin layered on top, whatever Marvel Run Jump Smash’s super power is, it’s not ambition.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    True to its DS roots, Wire Way is a big game, which while offering hours of alien-flicking fun, also suffers somewhat from its scale.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Too short to stand the test of time and too random for a physics sim, SimplePhysic has a neat idea that lacks the strength to do its job.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While the mini-games in the package really sparkle, Moops is let down by some below par three dimensional adventuring sections.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cast of the Seven Godsends isn't great, but if you've got a retro itch to scratch it's worth a look.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hamsterdam achieves something that very few games manage to; Its densely packed action and animation make it almost impossible to put the game down, even if it becomes incredibly obvious early on that you are watching the same animations and performing the same actions over and over.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    But with even the most thumb-tied tot capable of completing Cars DS in less than five hours, any Pocket Gamer reader is likely to end up feeling pretty shortchanged.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Shephy has a lot of promise, but ultimately lets itself down by unbalanced decks and somewhat messy rules.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An affectionate ode to Pac-Man, Naughty Bear is worth a play for the hilariously inventive deaths that dominate its gameplay.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sonic Jump Fever takes away more than it adds, and ends up feeling hollow compared to its more impressive sibling.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A highly entertaining offering that'll absorb your free time in 90-second bursts and leave you wanting more. It's a shame, then, that it only has one main level to offer you.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A dull mash-up of licences that never fires into life, Lego Star Wars: Microfighters just doesn't have enough fight in it.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Unwieldy and unfocused, there's a good game struggling to emerge from the core of Ethan: Meteor Hunter, but it never quite manages to do so.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A clunky, frustratingly limited arcade football experience that doesn't live up to the classic football games it clearly wants to emulate.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ninja Reflex is undeniably attractive and polished, but unfortunately it gives up its secrets far too quickly to be considered good value for money.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Unexpectedly challenging and fun, Producing Perfection is an excellent idol simulator that's only held back by its limited amount of content and repetitious gameplay.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Speedboat Paradise is equally uninspiring and unpleasant, and the tiresome races simply aren't worth all the grinding and waiting.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Those wishing for a Doctor Who action game will probably turn their nose up at this virtual card game, but it'll be their loss as this is a surprisingly enjoyable gem that younger gamers are likely to remember fondly for some time.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Some visual glitches, disjointed dialogue and lacklustre combat thankfully don't manage to entirely spoil an atmospheric, visually impressive horror romp.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    By turns sadistic and capricious, this twisted puzzler has its moments, but leaves a nasty aftertaste.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Like an elderly man with arthritis, Rayman's platforming adventure is afflicted with stiff controls that prevent enjoyable play.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A few nice touches can't hide the fact that this is a mash-up of several incompatible ideas.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A competent top-down shooter, but indifferent controls and an almost horizontal difficult curve keep it from fully taking off.

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