The Games Machine's Scores

  • Games
For 2,652 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 71% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 22% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 79
Highest review score: 99 Baldur's Gate 3
Lowest review score: 30 Real Farm
Score distribution:
2654 game reviews
    • 85 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Mortal Kombat XL is basically a huge all-you-can-eat for fighting games fans. It's not polished as Street Fighter V, but the gameplay is fast-paced and fun, and bound to keep your stomach full for a long, long time.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    SUPERHOT is an FPS based on a simple, yet brilliant idea: time moves only when the player moves. The gameplay mixes speed and strategy, with the bonus of a brilliant story. It falls a little short of duration, but in the few hours needed to reach the end, you'll be truly entertained.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    An excellent point and click adventure, filled with humour and banter about time travel, with the same care in the production we loved in the previous episodes.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The debut title from Darjeeling in an ambitious one, but somehow it misses the target. Considered as a pure homage to Philip K. Dick, it's even too didactic; as a first-person interactive adventure, it's pretty basic and repetitive. But if you're a fan of P.K.D., you'll find some interesting and fascinating stuff.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Twilight Princess is respectful porting, maybe even too much respectful, of the original Gamecube version. The control system maintains the original flaws, and there are few, or hardly any, changes to the gameplay. Which might be good for hardcore fans of the original, but newcomers might have expected something more.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    This collection only makes sense if you didn't play the original Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls on PlayStation 3. Beside some technical improvements (and few adjustments to the gameplay for the latter), the games are basically the same, and that means two great experiences that should not be missed.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The new botanic videogame from Popcap is a big "more of the same", seeded with enough innovations to make it blossom. A lot of multiplayer modes, a brand new single player mode, a lot of new classes and well-designed maps will keep you busy and entertained for a long time.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Soul Axiom is a puzzle adventure set in an evocative cyberpunk universe. There are some good ideas here and there, but it also has some design flaws and storytelling problems.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Pixel Piracy is a pirate-themed roguelike, pretty basic in its gameplay dynamics and with a good leveling system. The control system is a little bit messy, and so is the interface. Not as deep or replayable as Faster Than Light, though.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Besides a graphics engine that is not aging too gracefully, and gameplay even more limited than in the past, this first episode of the new The Walking Dead miniseries isn’t as good as other Telltale’s productions. The storytelling is always great: the problem here is the story itself, pretty ordinary and based around events we saw too many times in The Walking Dead universe.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Town of Light is a heavy, emotionally-tough game, and it's definitely not for the faint-hearted. There are no monsters or jump scares, but a story so intense and cruel that is much more frightening. If you feel that videogames can be something more than simple entertainment, this is a journey you might want to engage in.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Zheros is a the debut title from Rimlight Studios, a young Italian software house. It's not a bad game, but it suffers from a certain repetitiveness in the gameplay and a bland level design.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Last year, Hitman GO was a pleasant surprise for our smartphones, an excellent strategic/boardgame starring Agent 47. Unfortunately, this is just a straight porting from the mobile version, with uncomfortable controls, almost no options, and nothing really new. Too bad.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    In a certain way, Far Cry Primal remains faithful to the original open-world formula, but somehow, in the Prehistoric Age, the freedom of the player really shines at its brightest. Ubisoft didn't waste resources on the multiplayer, and focused instead on a solid and intriguing story mode, immersed in a world so raw and savage to become majestic. A true far cry from what we usually play.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Albedo is basically a one-man game, a clever and funny arcade adventure, filled with good puzzles and a delightful atmosphere of a sci-fi movie of the '60s. An overall enjoyable experience, partially ruined by a stiff control system.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    There's no dancing around the fact that Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth is a disappointment. Despite a pleasant art direction and a good representation of the digital monsters, the gameplay is unbalanced, the challenge for the player is basically non-existent, and the storyline is too verbose and full of clichés.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Super Phantom Cat is a pretty good old-school platformer, with an inspired level design and a robust gameplay. Cute looking and with a great chiptune soundtrack, the game manages to challenge the player without making things too difficult or frustrating.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Bravely Second is a top-notch J-RPG. The original formula hasn't changed a bit, and that's a good thing, but it's been expanded with tons of class, skills and tactics to accommodate the need of every strategy fan. Some balancing issues won't affect an overall great experience.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    A sophisticated horror story, with an excellent art direction and the ability to build a constant sense of fear and oppression. The gameplay is pretty basic and not particularly challenging, but it has its good moments.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    The epitome of fan service: Project x Zone 2 is a must have for all fans of the series. Everyone else should carefully ponder the purchase of a game that's too easy, and incapable of shaking off some of its well-known flaws.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The new Street Fighter is an excellent fighting game, beautiful to watch and play, with an incredibly deep gameplay and plenty of new moves to learn and master. The lack of a real single player experience may be a problem for someone, but the game is bound to expand in the next few months. For now, it's simply the best multiplayer fighting game around.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's not the most difficult platformer ever made, but Unravel manages to deliver a truly sweet, gentle and tender experience. It's a delicate, red ball of yarn that will twine around your heart.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    XCOM 2 comes really, really close to the perfect score. The gameplay is incredibly complex, deep and polished, and the freedom for the player is simply amazing. XCOM 2 is challenging, incredibly rewarding but never frustrating. It's just February, but this is already one of the best titles of 2016.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo is a good rally game, although it doesn't live up to its potential. In some regards it's better than the previous WRC titles from Milestone, the amount of content is truly remarkable, and the gameplay presents a less realistic and challenging experience.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Behind an amazing art direction and great dialogue lies the moving story of an ordinary man, lost in a forest and in his life. It's a survival game in the most profound way, the survival from the fires that burn inside our soul.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Considered as a simple DLC, The Following is a big, fat expansion. As a whole (i.e., including the Enhanced Edition of the original Dying Light), the game becomes simply humongous. And the buggy is a nice new feature that makes the gameplay even richer.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is the perfect fan-service product, thanks to a lot of fighters and a comprehensive story mode. No doubt, the best episode of the whole saga.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Arslan: The Warriors of Legend is not the best musou created by Omega Force, but it has a pretty nice story based on a good anime license. As far as gameplay goes, do not expect nothing new or fancy, though.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Despite being short and not too challenging, TDToM is a wonderful tribute to the sci-fi movies of the '50s. The gameplay is a nice mix of hack'n'slash, dual stick shooting and platform, fun and enough varied to keep you entertained.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon maintains the peculiar neatness of the series, with a more than consolidated roguelike gameplay, and with enough fresh ideas to keep it fun and enjoyable, years after its debut on Game Boy Advance.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    This final episode of the Assassin's Creed spin-off finally lives up to its potential, with a mix of platform and stealth elements, a frantic gameplay, a robust level design, and an excellent art direction.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    A game based on such tacky and cheap premises that it could have been awesome. Unfortunately, behind the fairly good visuals lie a repetitive gameplay, dull characters, dumb AIs and bad design choices.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Not A Hero is a John Woo movie in pixel art, with a demoniac, smooth and frantic gameplay, a lot of brutal action and a bizzarre humour. Be a good citizen, vote for BunnyLord.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    This new masterpiece from Jonathan Blow, author of Braid, is a brilliant manifesto for consistency in game design, and for creating new ways to communicate with the player. It can estrange and bemuse, but it's an experience that anyone should live.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Another good, yet predictable iteration in the LEGO series, with the usual mix of humour, references to the Marvel universe and a gazillion of characters to unlock. The gameplay works, and the game is really fun to play, but the formula really needs a breath of fresh air.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    An almost impossible game to evaluate with objectivity and using "standard" rules: the gameplay is truly basic, and the story can be as touching as your personal sensitivity to a very delicate and serious matter.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A pretty standard DLC for the Call of Duty series, but the overall quality is undeniably good. The cherry on top is a great co-op mode that perfectly fulfills the needs of fans of nazi-zombies.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Punch Club is an enjoyable experience, with nice retro graphics and a lot of homages to the action movies of the '80s. The gameplay is captivating but pretty slow, though, and it works best on smartphones and tablets (where it's already available).
    • 86 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    On PC, Rise of the Tomb Raider is the same fantastic action adventure we played on Xbox One some months ago. if you have a high-end machine, this new version offers an even more immersive experience thanks to numerous graphical improvements.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    It won't be remembered for its technical features, but the depth of the gameplay and some truly original features make Dragon's Dogma one of the best role playing games ever made.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    This title marks the long-awaited debut of Wargaming on the Sony console. As with the Xbox One porting, the PS4 version of World of Tanks works very well, especially the controls. World of Tanks can be fun and addictive, and less tough than the PC counterpart, nowadays overcrowded by extremely skilled players.

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