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For 631 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 41% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 53% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Death's Door
Lowest review score: 10 Rugby World Cup 2015
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 308 out of 631
  2. Mixed: 277 out of 631
  3. Negative: 46 out of 631
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan
    While there's a moderately entertaining co-op experience underneath the lazy level design, short game length, bland missions, occasional bugs, and minor kinks in the combat system, the quality and value most certainly aren't in line with what we expect from a $50 game.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India
    If you liked Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, then there's a decent chance that you'll have a good time in India, in spite of the problems outlined above.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Slice Zombies for Kinect
    Slice Zombies for Kinect is a solidly-made product that does everything it claims to. The problem is simply that it doesn't claim to do very much. It works well and is enjoyable enough while it lasts, but with just a single game mode and very little variation on that, you'd have to become pretty addicted to get any sort of long-term playability out of it.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Starfield: Shattered Space
    Starfield: Shattered Space is a big disappointment in almost every way. We loved the base game, for all its flaws, and we were willing this to be the big, exciting DLC drop that'd make us love it all over again. However, what we've got here is a very average narrative expansion that fails to add any big choices, upgrades, new enemies, biomes, loot or anything that could potentially excite or draw in new players. It's buggy, janky, badly acted in places, and there are a myriad of bugs and performance issues to be ironed out. What a missed opportunity.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Monkey Pirates
    Suitable for young and old, this competitive local multiplayer title is accessible enough for beginners, whilst being chaotic enough to keep the interest of higher skilled players.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Squid Hero for Kinect
    Squid Hero for Kinect is a game that can be immensely enjoyable. The problem is that even if you do absolutely fall in love with it – the chances of which are lessened thanks to some inconsistent input recognition, strange level design and a bizarre difficulty curve – it doesn't stick around for anything near long enough for you to feel suitably entertained.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Taxi Chaos
    And in the case of Xbox specifically, it's really hard to find a reason why you'd pay that kind of money when Crazy Taxi is backwards compatible on the platform, and can be picked up for significantly less. That's not to take away from the work that's been put into Taxi Chaos, because it's a competent enough take on the formula, but SEGA's 1999 original has more content, more attitude and a better soundtrack, so it's hard to recommend this one.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Pixel Piracy
    If you're lucky enough to avoid the bugs, Pixel Piracy will provide a couple of hours of enjoyment while you figure out its intricacies and perfect your crew, though we doubt there's enough variation to keep you hooked beyond your first play through.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Biomutant
    Much like the character you create, Biomutant feels like a Frankenstein creation of various ideas. Some are good, some are bad, but the end result is a misshapen product which feels messy and buried in its own ideas. Areas of the game that should have received more attention feel relatively barebones, while others feel overly complex. The repetitive nature of looting, levelling up, and looting some more never truly evolve and make the beautiful world often feel lifeless. We really wish we loved Biomutant, but unfortunately, it's a game with many ambitious ideas, but lacks the conviction to fully utilise them.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Dying Light 2 Stay Human
    Dying Light 2 is a pretty disappointing sequel to one of our all-time favourite zombie games. The parkour and combat here feels slightly off-point, light, floaty and unsatisfying. The first game's signature tense melee encounters feel diluted in a setting that gives you far too much space to catch your breath and night-time sorties lack the straight-up fear factor that made them so appealing first time around. With a lacklustre campaign that offers little to enjoy in the way of drama, some serious performance issues - which we hope will be patched day one - and an enormous world stuffed full of basic busywork padding, this is one zombie apocalypse we're finding quite hard to recommend.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    White Night
    A tad more polish would have seen this become a real benchmark for the genre, but a number of missed steps mean that it will likely just fade into the darkness.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Button City
    There's a lovely story bundling all the lesser parts together, but it ultimately feels as though it's been put together with tape and glue. Your enjoyment will stem from how much you gain from its narrative, but in all honesty, other games take a similar concept and run with it so much better. Arcade Spirits comes to mind, and while it doesn't directly allow you to play any titles, is a beautiful visual novel that perfectly encapsulates that 80s arcade energy. We're sorry to say, but Button City is an arcade cabinet that doesn't do too much to justify its existence.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Rebel Galaxy
    Time will tell if these issues get fixed but for the moment, Rebel Galaxy is several light years from where it truly wants to be.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Mystery Castle
    There's certainly not much wrong with Mystery Castle, but it's not doing anything to make it stand out from the crowd either.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    D/Generation HD
    D/Generation HD is a game that is a product of the early 90s. Story? Not much. Scenario? Ridiculous. However, what it does bring from that era is character and gameplay that all too often today are replaced by graphical flashiness. This is an unashamedly retro experience and even with the (gamebreaking) bugs we found, the urge to finish the game remains strong.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia
    There's some enjoyment to be had here, but it's frequently punctuated by massive bouts of frustration. If you want to try the series, you should grab China, since it remains the best of the three.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Wanted: Dead
    Wanted: Dead is an incredibly disappointing action effort that presents some decent ideas but fails to execute any of them properly. The idea of fusing hack and slash combat with shooter mechanics has lots of potential here, and the cyberpunk setting is initially intriguing. However, in practice it's all very clunky and janky and frustrating and beset by performance issues. There's a bunch of odd side activities thrown in to try to lighten the mood between battles, but it's just not enough in the end. With a very weak narrative, poor voice-acting, rubbish action and drab level design, this is one game that's best avoided.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Spectra: 8bit Racing
    Spectra is a missed opportunity that doesn't offer nearly enough variation to keep players enticed for very long.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Blast 'Em Bunnies
    Undoubtedly, it's a solidly-made product and the development team clearly have a good deal of talent. Sadly, there are also hints to suggest that they've misjudged this and were banking on it becoming a runaway success like Fruit Ninja or even Angry Birds. It won't.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Infinity Runner
    Ironically, Infinity Runner is too short for what it is. The gameplay is as repetitive as you'd expect but the storyline and non-standard features alleviate that somewhat, to the point that it can be entertaining enough at times.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    INDUSTRIA
    This is a tediously dull, monotonous, and derivative game that offers up absolutely nothing of any real worth in terms of story or mechanics.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Nutjitsu
    Nutjitsu's biggest downfall. Being far too shallow to entertain as a main course, the repetitious gameplay — which lacks any real sense of progression outside of earning XP and leveing up — struggled to hold our attention for more than a few moments at a time.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Amazing Spider-Man 2
    As usual, swinging through New York City as Spider-Man is an exhilarating and empowering proposition, but repetitive open-world events, unfocused/unrefined story missions, and a surplus of technical hindrances/poor design choices keep The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from being a solid movie tie-in.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Fermi's Path
    Some will play through and get some enjoyment out of it, but the long and the short of things is that this an endless runner at its core, where the developers have tried to throw in a campaign mode of sorts and where the running isn't all that much fun.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    WWE 2K15
    Wrestling superfans will get more out of the game than others, obviously, as the true-to-life presentation is pretty nice, with all the logos, arenas, music, and wrestlers that you could hope for. However, there’s a distinct feeling that the game was rushed to meet a deadline – something that’s only backed up by the two-week delay from which the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game suffered.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    F1 2015
    We're not exactly seeing what the wait was for when it comes to F1 2015. The game is clearly rushed, riddled with bugs and lacking in some relatively basic features.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is a pretty big mess. In its current state, this is a badly-judged game in almost every way. The new zone is incredible to behold at times, for sure, but it's a world at odds with itself; full of gear and guns, but with precious little in the way of enemies that challenge you to use them. The story is terrible, the A-Life system is AWOL, and the acting and writing is atrocious. Stalker 2 is cheap in how it kills without warning, is packed full of bugs and performance issues on Series X, and is devoid of mostly anything that makes it feel worth playing for very long.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Sacred 3
    There’s potential here that just isn’t ever realised, even if the game can be fun in small doses.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Deer God
    There's no denying that there is potential here and there are some very touching moments, but the flaws are so game breaking that at times it's just not any fun to play.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Saints Row
    Saints Row is one of the worst urban open world games we've played in recent memory, a bland, janky, old-fashioned mess of a game that fails to deliver on the promise held by a reboot of this zany franchise. Whether it's the buggy combat, boring missions, cringe-inducing dialogue or cookie-cutter side activities, there's always something to feel let down by here. If you're a huge fan of the genre you may well still find something to pass the time in Santa Ileso, there's decent character customisation, a strong soundtrack and plenty of baddies to kill and cars to wreck, but for everyone else this is one game that's virtually impossible to recommend and one of the biggest let-downs of 2022 so far.
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