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For 170 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 47% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Grand Theft Auto IV
Lowest review score: 30 World Series of Poker
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 74 out of 170
  2. Mixed: 83 out of 170
  3. Negative: 13 out of 170
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fracture
    Not the greatest shooter with some annoying puzzles, but Fracture serves as a hugely entertaining game for those looking for something a little bit different.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Me & My Katamari
    The problem with the game lies in the fact that something so fresh 18 months ago suddenly feels a little crusty around the edges and suspiciously soft in the centre.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic
    It's achingly non-stop martial-art four-player silliness. Sweet! [May 2009, p.85]
    • PSW Magazine UK
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
    Providing you can get your head around the overly crammed control system and slightly iffy player intelligence, the addition of Master League mode should provide many a pleasant train journey.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Need for Speed Carbon
    Carbon is huge and involving, full of neat ideas like crew recruitment and custom bodypart sculpting, but that, yeah, it isn't all that great when it comes to getting behind the wheel. We still need speed from the series, and more importantly, thrills.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Def Jam: Fight for NY: The Takeover
    There's plenty of depth and subtlety to uncover in the fighting system, and the only niggles centre on the game's relative lack of fluidity. Everything else makes this a top PSP fighter. And yes, we know, you told us so.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded
    All in all there are plenty of gems here, if not a lot of variation. But you can't knock a compilation that offers a classic picture perfect conversion of Street Fighter II.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    50 Cent: Bulletproof G Unit Edition
    The story is unchanged and the notion of unlocking tracks and videos also returns, yet even though his first outing on PS2 saw him get flamed by all but his most loyal fans, G Unit Edition is a surprisingly decent 50 Cent game. Westwood would be proud.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rogue Trooper
    A rare example of a video game treating its comic book source with due respect.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Godfather II
    A solid sequel, but it doesn't add a lot that's substantially new.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Okami
    For all the style and attention to detail that's been put into this game, it's a pity the bulk of your time is spent fannying around completing boring and what feel like irrelevant side-quests.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
    Armageddon is fine. Nothing special, but not bad, and its Konquest mode is probably the perfect game for that Saturday afternoon period just before the footy kicks off, when your head still hurts from Friday.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tony Hawk's Project 8
    A bit half-arsed. The game in general is muted by glitches, slowdown and painful loading times, while the best things about it - the online play options - have been removed.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    24: The Game
    Being able to play as Jack Bauer and do all the stuff they've seen him do in the show is the most important thing to them, and on those basic terms, 24: The Game is an unqualified success.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Da Vinci Code
    But what it does well it does very well. It gets the feel of the book bang on, offering plenty of new locations, puzzles and setpieces to play through for fans. Newcomers will find a meaty mental test awaiting them with each new problem proving infuriatingly addictive.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 07
    There's still that nagging feeling that, certainly on a few of the defensive plays, you could put down the controller and it wouldn't make any difference to how the action panned out.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    FlatOut: Head On
    FlatOut finds its natural home on PSP where the speedy events and abusing your driver gag don't outstay their welcome as much as on PlayStation 2. An instant pick-up-and-play winner.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Miami Vice: The Game
    Despite our low expectations, Miami Vice is competently made and surprisingly enjoyable. It isn't the most original of games and doesn't really push beyond the pattern established in the first mission, yet it does prove that PSP can 'do' shooting games and deserves some credit for that.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tony Hawk's Project 8
    The way PS2 Project 8 uses shabby video versions of the Xbox 360 cutscenes to tell the story shows you this is a bit of a corner-cutting exercise in game-making, as is the lack of characters to choose from when starting a game, and the loss of online play.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tourist Trophy
    At its core, Tourist Trophy is a very nice game but it's totally bogged down by ripping off too much content from "Gran Turismo 4" and not going far enough with the riding simulation.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    What carries the game through some of its weaker moments is its charm and spirited embodiment of the movie.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Formula One Championship Edition
    Championship Edition is super-realistic. Perhaps too much for its own good. For F1 buffs that's ideal, but if you want an adrenaline-pumping ride on PS3, there's another game, with a big desert and mad vehicles, which does it far better.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Jaws Unleashed
    Original, fun and a fine test of the grey matter as much as it is of the reflexes. It's just a shame that there's not enough meat to make it a must.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Full Auto 2: Battlelines
    Full Auto 2 is a missed opportunity and comes over even more badly when compared to "MotorStorm." Buy that instead, or wait for "Burnout 5" to spectacularly crash the party.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
    It's limited, but what's here is well-executed and very playable, even on PSP. [May 2009, p.84]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fatal Frame III: The Tormented
    Yes, the atmosphere is thicker than Pete Burns' lippy, and sure, this is fantastic hairraising fare, but it is hard to shake the feeling that the bare bones of The Tormented - spooky exploration mixed with shadowy combat - has been done much better elsewhere, and this feels antiquated and cumbersome and in comparison.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Top Spin 3
    Top Spin 3 really won't be to everyone's tastes, and Virtua Tennis fans needn't bother.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli
    You've got to be slavish in your love for Ferraris to really enjoy this. I was dying to climb behind the wheel of something else after a couple of hours. It's an accomplished racer, but I was expecting the prancing horse to give me more of a kick.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
    Fun to play, but it's too punishing and packs a hefty learning curve.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    And 1 Streetball
    The barrage of 'street'-speak, stupid player names (we want to punch the prick who calls himself '1/2 Man, 1/2 Amazing'), yawnsome hip-hop and seriously over-the-top commentary all becomes a bit much, though we guess it kind of comes with the territory. If you're after a more skilful alternative to NBA Street V3 then And 1 Streetball should be right up your, er, street.
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