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For 2,038 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 36% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 60% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Red Dead Redemption
Lowest review score: 10 Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 928 out of 2038
  2. Mixed: 867 out of 2038
  3. Negative: 243 out of 2038
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    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Undercover: Dual Motives
    If you can cope with laggy, wooden movement, touch-detection that goes from iffy during navigation to horrible in the minigames, a story which doesn’t (even try to) make much sense, minimal music, and conversations bordering on wall-talk, you might find some comfort in this old-school adventure game that sticks to its prehistoric roots. Otherwise, this isn’t worth the time – even though it is a pretty damn short ride.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
    There is no way anyone can justify buying this when Tomb Raider: Anniversary can be bought for a third of the price.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga
    Valhalla Knights only excels at one thing: no other game can grate on your nerves quite like this.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Celebrity Sports Showdown
    With £17.99, you could buy a bucket of paint, throw it all over your bedroom walls and watch it dry. For a game packed with so many so-called “celebrities”, Celebrity Sports Showdown is a big non-event.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Sopranos: Road to Respect
    Whilst gamers are happy to purchase badly developed, poorly contrived games such as this, sadly those examples will still be a rarity.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    PDC World Championship Darts 2008
    With an unnecessarily simplistic control system, terrible commentary and a lifeless customisation system, the only slight nugget of entertainment can be found in the licensed career mode.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
    It’s a given that the Xbox 360 sequel has slightly better graphics, but they don’t justify the aforementioned gameplay or the subsidiary poolside mini-games. Xtreme 2 represents a large step in the wrong direction for one of gaming’s finest development teams.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Final Fantasy: All the Bravest
    This loose fragment of fan-service is priced as a Vita game and designed as a low-end iOS game. Square’s use of IAPs wouldn’t be a good model even if it were free-to-play. With the premium attached, All the Bravest is simply anti-consumer. It’s a big waste of a good opportunity to streamline.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    DARK (2013)
    DARK’s main mistake is that it never makes you feel like a terrifying vampire in any way. If it did, some of its many, many flaws could be excused. It’s bug-ridden, badly designed, and plain boring to go through. Add a side-dish of casual misogyny, and you end up with a deeply unenjoyable experience.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    DOOM 3: BFG Edition
    It may be dubbed the ultimate collection but even on consoles the BFG Edition is far from ideal. As a PC game its existence is highly questionable; any esoteric changes made on id's part have already been done better by a dedicated modding community.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Warriors Orochi 2
    It amazes me how Koei can get away with releasing the same game every year, without even attempting to fix the problems that have plagued all their past entries. There’s nothing worth investing in here.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Aliens: Colonial Marines
    This is the very definition of a shameless cash-cow. Anyone of sound mind must steer clear.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    ShellShock 2: Blood Trails
    Avoid like you would a vicious infection.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Devastation
    Developed by Arush Entertainment, this urban-themed FPS game makes a few stabs at greatness but ultimately misses its mark by, oh, about a mile.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Will Rock
    Every texture repeats over and over again until your eyes cry out for something different. Even the artificially produced skies are bland and generic, possibly so the clouds don’t upstage the boring enemies you fight again.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Gorky Zero: Beyond Honor
    What annoys me most about Gorky Zero is that although it's crap, it's not amusingly so. Some games are so dire that you find yourself laughing before you shred their shiny disks, but this is so generic and uninspiring that it's frustrating.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Major League Baseball 2K7
    MLB 2K7 is not worth your time and this is definitely one game to avoid.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    An utterly abysmal game.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Ju-on: The Grudge
    In the end, it’s a game of such dubious quality I find it difficult to recommend even to fans of the films, and instead recommend it swiftly being hidden beneath better dross in a bargain bin, or, better yet, a normal, everyday, trash bin.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Emergency Mayhem
    A complete failure of a game.
    • 19 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Chicken Shoot
    But by slapping a horde of white meat fodder onto a tacky shooting system and calling it a day, the developers have severely undercooked this dinner and given me a bad case of Campylobacter.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Ninjabread Man
    Ninjabread Man couldn’t be a more of a generic platformer if it tried.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence
    Finding any redeeming qualities in CSI: Hard Evidence is like searching for clues in a crime scene drenched in bleach.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    MechWarrior: Tactical Command
    I don't know whether a rush to meet deadlines or a half-hearted attitude led to the game being released in this state, but that is exactly what MechWarrior: Tactical Command is: a total state.
    • 17 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
    In short, BOB has no redeeming qualities at all and I would not wish this on my worst enemy.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Jumper: Griffin's Story
    There are simply no redeeming features to justify recommending Griffin's Story, even for people who are inexplicably fans of the movie.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Deal or No Deal
    You lose if you buy Deal or No Deal, no matter how many times the game may say otherwise.
    • 6 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
    If you hate someone, and I mean HATE someone, give them this game as a gift, in the hopes that they’ll play it, because that way you can say to them, “haha, you’re an idiot who plays Big Rigs!” I wish I could think of some redeeming factors for the game, but there simply aren’t any.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    George of the Jungle and the Search for the Secret
    Having to play George of the Jungle was without a doubt the lowest, most embarrassing moment of my gaming track record.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    AMY
    Everything about Amy is designed to frustrate and drain the player's will before they eventually throw up their hands in defeat and give up. Between the broken combat, constant annoyances in dealing with Amy, counter-intuitive controls, non-existent plot, bland characters, cheap deaths, and overall shoddy workmanship, Amy fails on practically every level.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon
    If you love, or are curious about, Ugly Americans just watch the show. If you need a good sidescrolling shooter fix, an 8-bit snack should suffice to satisfy your palette.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    The Asskickers
    Beyond some sharp points in the visual style, The Asskickers is a prime example of why beat 'em ups have all but been abandoned. Go play Streets of Rage if you need a reminder of how relevant that still feels – this game won't satiate anyone's thirst for 16-bit nostalgia.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    300: March to Glory
    Truly a generic licensed game gone wrong.
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