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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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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Overlord II
    Undeniably great fun and funny, but still a bit on the vapid side.
    • 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
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Godfather II
    A solid sequel, but it doesn't add a lot that's substantially new.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wanted: Weapons of Fate
    Tirelessly one dimensional. [May 2009, p.88]
    • PSW Magazine UK
    • 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]
    • PSW Magazine UK
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Trivial Pursuit
    A decent attempt at an update, but it can't compete with Buzz TV. [May 2009, p.93]
    • PSW Magazine UK
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
    Mercs 2 is disappointing because its execution doesn't live up to its ambition. Though big and bold, There's a feeling that you've played it all before. And you have.
    • 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.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    B-Boy
    It's fun while it lasts, but the novelty soon wears off. It's authentic, and paints the culture of B-Boying in a great light, but it becomes just a little too b-boring, too quickly.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
    Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is a sound of a series cautiously dipping its toe in the water, slightly afraid of how the big bad Rock Band shark will react to its presence.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Viking: Battle for Asgard
    Viking is sadly, a massively missed opportunity that's dragged into the depths of mediocrity by a boring story, an uninteresting hero, repetitive missions, endless wandering around, hit-and-miss sound, disappointing battles and lots of slowdown.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice
    With new additions like the Shop, leaner graphics and a custom difficulty option, ensure this is the best Pursuit Force yet. Twenty-plus hours of macho gaming in your hand.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Need for Speed ProStreet
    A solid racing game with some good ideas, but the package is overshadowed by a dense, inaccessible structure and frankly boring events. Play online and you'll get more from the game.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
    A shallow and clumsy game that fails to make the most of the PSP and the AVP licence.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Clive Barker's Jericho
    Jericho isn't a groundbreaking shooter, but what it does, it does really well. Sadly, there's no online content here, just a slew of production art to unlock by completing skill tests in the game - making for a sound FPS that will have horror geeks gagging for more and shooter fans reaching for the sick bag. [Nov 2007, p.92]
    • PSW Magazine UK
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
    Renegade Squadron looks great and has some fantastic online multiplayer modes, but it unfortunately suffers from a sluggish control system. Still worth a bash if you're a fan though.
    • 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.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
    A bland, ugly and dreary game - which goes against everything you're used to after playing the series on PS2. There's a certain compulsive quality to sniping but after a couple of levels, you'll develop a strange sense of deja vu and wish you were playing a better shooter.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Surf's Up
    Younger kids will love it and come back for more. A fun concept, well executed.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Star Wars: Lethal Alliance
    Fans will love this, but most will be better off with "Star Wars: Battlefront II."
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Brothers in Arms: D-Day
    D-Day doesn't change anything or bring anything new to the table sadly, but if you want the same Brothers in Arms experience on a handheld, then this is faultless if a bit unambitious.
    • 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.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    SingStar Rocks!
    But - and maybe this is just us - singing these serious rock songs just isn't as much fun as belting out tracks by Blondie and Girls Aloud. We felt a bit embarrassed trying to sing serious songs by Snow Patrol and Hard-Fi. You just don't get the same fun party vibe ploughing through serious emotional songs as you do with the fluffy pop nonsense.
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