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For 624 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 45% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Lowest review score: 10 Alien Creeps TD
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 434 out of 624
  2. Mixed: 170 out of 624
  3. Negative: 20 out of 624
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fantasian
    Fantasian draws clear inspiration from mid-numbered Final Fantasy games. From its orthodox structure — players are put in control of a party of heroes who explore towns, dungeons, and an overworld map, with turn-based battle occurring at random intervals — to its sci-fi-cum-fantasy vibe, which includes grand airships, imaginative monsters, and even glowing save crystals, anyone who played a turn-of-the-century Japanese role-playing game is going to experience some welcome nostalgia here — especially when Uematsu’s signature battle music and themes kick in.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    LEGO City Undercover
    At some point — I can’t say exactly when — my interactions with the GamePad screen became natural and intuitive, an organic part of the game that I didn’t find myself consciously thinking about. It just felt normal and fun. This is a crucial step forward in changing players’ perception of the GamePad from novel gizmo to worthwhile, game-enhancing peripheral.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    inFamous: Second Son
    Second Son is a blast to play and offers a remarkable open world for a next generation platform...Sucker Punch can save the serious innovation for next time.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Guitar Hero Live
    It’s a breath of fresh air. A true next-generation rhythm game...But it’s not going to be for everyone.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    1979 Revolution: Black Friday
    Like a good film, 1979 Revolution often makes you feel like you’re witnessing real events, or at least an accurate depiction of those events.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Paper Mario: The Origami King
    Needless to say, Paper Mario: The Origami King doesn’t have the general appeal of a traditional Mario game. It’s smart, creative, and rarely less than lovely to look at, but its combination of odd combat mechanics and sporadically subversive wit are bound to reinforce the franchise’s status as distinctively niche within the Marioverse.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    EVERYTHING
    The few hours I spent with Everything were far from wasted. It is a one-of-a-kind interactive experience that will lead most players to think long and hard about the universe and their place in it. Any game that can do that – and especially one that does it with such panache and fearless ambition – earns my stamp of approval.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Resident Evil: Revelations
    Resident Evil: Revelations on living room consoles isn’t any better than it was on a Nintendo 3DS. It remains a reasonably fun retro-themed game that’s striving to be something more. But upgraded graphics and more robust controls aren’t moving it any close to that goal. Revelations is what it is, and that’s all it’ll ever be.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: WWII
    Call of Duty: WWII‘s campaign may not quite manage to fully satisfy players’ cravings for a terrific war story, but its online play is an addictive and multifaceted blast.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Thomas Was Alone
    All you need do is have a taste for platformers and a love of good stories.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pushmo World
    Like other great puzzles franchises – Tetris, Bejeweled, and Picross leap to mind – Pushmo doesn’t seem to be changing much between releases. Intelligent Systems has stumbled onto a winning design and they’re sticking with it.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Middle-earth: Shadow of War
    If you like Tolkien fantasy and all you really care about is finely crafted and gratifying combat, then you’re bound to have a ton of fun. Buy with abandon. You’re in for dozens of hours of bloody and gruesome entertainment. If, however, you want a fantasy role-playing game with a little more story, a more thoughtfully designed world that’s a pleasure to explore, and a pace of play that allows for more time engaged in activities outside of battle, then keep shopping. Middle-earth: Shadow of War won’t be for you.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Forza Motorsport 5
    I came away wishing it had been something more. I was hoping for a racing simulation that didn’t just look next-generation, but also felt next-generation in the way it played. Which is to say I’d have preferred Turn 10 spent as much effort innovating the career mode as it did perfecting the way the game’s cars look and handle.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Skylanders Imaginators
    It’s also easily the prettiest Skylanders game yet – an early stage in a twilight world with glowing lights and waterfalls has an almost Trine-like beauty – but as with past entries the graphical upgrades are evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wolfenstein: The New Order
    It’s an unexpectedly satisfying feat of writing – with some fine voice performances, to boot – for a series that hasn’t received much in the way of accolades for its storytelling in the past.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Magic Circle
    The Magic Circle’s appeal runs the gamut of the video game industry. While players might have one experience, someone who has actually worked in game development might get something entirely different from the game. And with a well-written script and some talented voice acting, it has a narrative that you’ll actually enjoy instead of merely coasting through to see the credits roll.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall
    This is an add-on pack in the truest sense of the term, giving you a large heaping second-helping of what you experienced before.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rock Band 4
    If Harmonix continues to build upon what its laid down, Rock Band 4 could end up being a monumental interactive music experience.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Cart Life (2013)
    Cart Life really is unlike anything else out there. I’ve never had a game that so pointedly puts you into a role and expects you to make its life work just like your own.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Evil Within
    You will be mauled and eviscerated. You will be blown to tiny bloody bits. You will watch as your head is severed from your body by big men with chainsaws. Or stomped on by nurses with glowing eyes...But, strangely, I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s all part and parcel to the classic survival horror experience.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    South Park: The Fractured But Whole
    I laughed loudly and frequently, and could hardly bring myself to stop playing. But I’m not sure I’ll be in the majority.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Prey
    To be sure, much of what players encounter will be familiar, and usually pleasantly so. But there’s also a satisfying dribbling of concepts and ideas here that you won’t find anywhere else. If you’re a fan of any of the games I’ve referenced over the course of this little essay and you’ve enjoyed Arkane’s past work, then Prey is a pretty safe bet.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Until Dawn
    Ultimately, Until Dawn is a clever romp through horror movie tropes that is good for those who want fun interactive narratives. It’s cheesy, and there’s perhaps less to do with it once you’re done than I’d like, but it lacks the rough edges of many other narrative-first games...Personally, if we got a few more of these each year and a few less samey shooters, I wouldn’t mind one bit.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    New Pokemon Snap
    I don’t know how much longer this pandemic will go on, but I’m happy to have New Pokemon Snap as one more weapon in my arsenal to combat lockdown boredom, alleviate my creative listlessness, and encourage a little more socially distanced friendship and community.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Alien: Isolation
    I think there’s an amazing amount of fidelity and love shown here to the source, and it’s one of the few adaptations of the material that seems to specifically get what made the 1979 film special. It’s certainly better than the atrocity that was last year’s Aliens: Colonial Marines. It’s just that it overstays it’s welcome a bit. A lot.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
    I even occasionally found myself skipping through the all-important court dialogue without reading, then using hint coins to solve the case just so I could get back to Layton’s puzzles.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Sackboy: A Big Adventure
    It doesn’t take a lot of risks. You’ll run around a little hub world choosing visiting shops and choosing levels filled with various running and jumping challenges, plus some signature Sackboy moves involving tugging, pushing and hanging onto stuff. But it’s well executed and wonderfully easy to just sit down and play for 20 minutes here or there. Plus, the action is set to a buoyant soundtrack filled with music that perfectly matches the family-friendly hijinks. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself humming these tunes long after you stop playing.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Trials Fusion
    Trials Fusion, like its predecessors, is a super-charged, neck-breaking blast of a motorbike game, and solidifies the franchise’s status as the Excitebike of our time.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide
    Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide isn’t an entirely new game, but it’s not far off. It gives fans of the original game plenty of reason to dive back in for not just one, but hundreds or thousands more turns.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Alienation
    To be sure, Alienation could have done with a little more polish in its RPG systems and the inclusion of an extra mode or two.
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