PSM Magazine's Scores

  • Games
For 1,326 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 40% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Lowest review score: 20 Sonic the Hedgehog
Score distribution:
1326 game reviews
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The level designs are limited, repetitive, and visually uninspiring, while Zapper has all the personality of a last-minute stand-in. [Jan 2003, p.42]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For its first hour, the game is good for a chuckle. Trouble is, it quickly becomes repetitive and furstrating. [Nov 2004, p.94]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's still fun in bursts, but there's very little here that hasn't already been done on the PS2. [Jan. 2007, p.84]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    With over 70 playable characters, you're sure to be going for a while. [Nov 2007, p.89]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    It's a shame that between this and "Shadow the Hedgehog", our blue-haired buddy has been driven into overkill hell. [Apr 2006, p.80]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's just too bad the game is so repetitive--even if you buy all the combos and upgrades, the gameplay quickly grows repetitive. [May 2007, p.84]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Series fans may enjoy the returning stunt mode and the local wi-fi multiplayer, but Rush is too uneven to really recommend. [Feb. 2007, p.83]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The games all blur together, and many of them are so similar that it seems like there are more like 20 or 30 games rather than 200+. [Nov 2007, p.90]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The game can often feel painfully slow. [Feb 2002, p.38]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's nothing in this game that hasn't been done elsewhere, and better. [Holiday 2002, p.44]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It's not easy to make a good combat racer, even with all the mechs in the world, as this game so sorely points out. [Nov. 2006, p.80]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While fun in concept (and on the PC), this game suffers from really awkward controls that don't respond nearly fast enough to keep pace with the customers. [July 2007, p.85]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It would earn a recommendation if there weren't a superior military shooter ["SOCOM"] hitting the market at the same time. [Nov 2002, p.50]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The pacing just drags. [Sept 2004, p.24]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Uninspired. [Sept 2003, p.38]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    While the strategy portion succeeds in breaking up SW2's monotony, it ultimately can't save SW2E from becoming only slightly more interesting. [Apr 2007, p.87]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Successfully capturing the spirit of the movie and its hero, Ash, it's one of the better budget titles we've played in quite a long time. [July 2003, p.28]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Enemies fight identically; thus, so do you. [Aug 2007, p.86]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    With sub-par graphics and load times, Pac-Man World Rally is just the latest game to show that three dimensions is still one too many for Pac-Man. [Sep 2006, p.86]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There's nothing here you didn't already pay for with "UFC Throwdown." [July 2004, p.34]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Surprisingly, this latest Frogger adventure is quite solid. [Nov 2005, p.82]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While the sometimes humorous challenges made us chuckle, their basic type remained the same. By the time all is said and done, the repetition led us to near boredom. [Jan 2003, p.28]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Certainly enjoyable and worth playing - especially for the die-hard fans - but it's over far too quickly to warrant a purchse. [Oct 2004, p.40]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    You can't even play through this or any season as your favorite college team, which makes us wonder why on earth they called it March Madness 2002. [Mar 2002, p.30]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A decent game hampered by a bad camera and frustrating design choices. [Sept 2004, p.24]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It's just too bad that the game gets so repetitive and has some rather unengaging story sequences. [Apr 2007, p.86]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    If you're expecting puzzles to solve in The Da Vinci Code, then you'll be pleased to know there are plenty; if you're expecting a good game, however, that's a different story entirely. [Aug 2006, p.84]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    For a game in which high-speed dashing and keeping the enemy in sight at all times is critical, this crippled control and decreased speed detracts from gameplay. [Jan 2004, p.48]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    From the poorly encoded and nonsensical cutscenes to the broken level design and loads of bugs, it's one big mess. [Sept 2007, p.83]
    • PSM Magazine
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The game ultimately boils down to mindlessly shooting everybody in sight, which is only compelling for so long. [Sept 2005, p.85]
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