Pocket Gamer UK's Scores

  • Games
For 6,041 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 Tomb Raider
Lowest review score: 10 Kick-Ass: The Game
Score distribution:
6042 game reviews
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bright, polished, and enjoyable, Respawnables rarely misses its mark.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Time Recoil is a brilliant game, albeit one that's even better played with physical controls.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    VOEZ plays wonderfully on Nintendo Switch, and offers a premium package where the mobile version required you to buy many songs separately. That might work for you though, if you wanted to keep the cost of entry low. The only slight disappointment with this version, is that you can't play it in docked mode. Sure, that would have been difficult to do given that it's a touch-based game, but it would have been nice to have had a version running that used the right Joycon as a Wiimote. It's not the end of the day though, and if you're a fan of rhythm action games VOEZ is one well worth checking out for its beauty, innovation, and wealth of content for that low price.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Simple and stodgy, Assault Wave offers a good chunk of game, but it loses some of its flavour after a while.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It won't transform your decks, but it does open up a wide range of mouth-watering new options.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Although the novel RPG Story element is less refined than it could be, with over-long cut-scenes and some tedious schlepping, Bomberman Story is a worthwhile RPG and, more importantly, a terrific multiplayer experience.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Emissary of War shows how to make a great iOS dungeon-crawler - it's just a shame there's not more of it.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A neat little sim, but once you get down to the bones of the matter, Pocket Trains is a little too similar to its airborne predecessor.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This match-three-puzzler-in-RPG-clothing adds just enough flavour to spice up its otherwise passable gameplay.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A slight fudge on its predecessor, PES 2011 is made up of largely the same squad, but never reaches the same heights.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    ModNation Racer's astonishing editing tool and bucketfuls of personality are let down by lacklustre handling and sensation of speed.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A neat and pretty well put together platformer, Lost Journey isn't brilliant, but it is quite a lot of fun.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A solid tower defence game with some decent ideas, if you like the genre Because Zombies is worth a shot.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It scratches all the nostalgia spots but this retooling is a little too unforgiving where it matters most.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Part 3 is an enjoyable continuation of the Back To the Future story, but is still plagued by the technical issues of past attempts.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    What Putty Pals offers that few others do is the sort of couch co-op experience that can have you in fits of giggles one minute and punching the air with satisfaction the next. The Switch could do with a lot more of that sort of thing.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A well-designed, wonderfully frantic climber that's thoroughly enjoyable despite doing little to set itself apart from its genre bedfellows.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sound Ride's unique graphics and music-building hook add a bit of spice to what's otherwise a relatively vanilla running game.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Backyard Baseball '97 is a charming port of the original 90's computer game featuring quirky players, with commentary and intuitive controls.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Although more puzzles and a level sharing facility would be welcome, the ability to create almost any physics-based simulation on the move means that players can do far worse than TinkerBox.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Colin McRae Rally is a fine racer, but it's sorely let down by some forgotten modes and features, and those seriously outdated visuals.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Simple and linear, Sprinkle Islands never allows room to think, but it's reasonably entertaining all the same.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Short but sweet, Scramble With Friends is a game designed exclusively for the socially-enabled wordplay fan. That said, Zynga With Friends has delivered an addictive puzzler for those willing to engage with friends and randoms alike.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Road Master dishes out great graphics and more than enough thrills to overcome its steep level of difficulty.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The most fully featured and deepest entry in the Patapon series so far, but definitely not the most fun or accessible.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Great fun for a while, but frustration will likely set in before the home stretch. Here's hoping a sequel hits the heights that To-Fu can't quite reach.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A fairly satisfying and good-looking slice-em-up that could do with a bit more polish and difficulty balancing.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Quantic Pinball is a well-executed modern take on pinball, but it needs to step further away from the classic pinball structure to really make us flip out.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A neat distillation of cricket. It's not exactly tactical, but it's quite a lot of fun all the same.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It might lack a little glitz and glamour, but Cubemen 2 is a satisfyingly deep tactical shooter all the same.

Top Trailers